About - Tower House Pottery

The pots are thrown on a wheel in red clay. When leather hard they are dipped in white slip, and when dry the images are applied by scratching the outline of the design through the slip – a technique known as sgraffito*. After illustrating the raw-clay pots, they are biscuit fired.

The pots are then painted with coloured pigments, glazed and fired again. Spending up to five days in the kiln to produce high-fired earthenware.

The finished ceramics are highly decorated, mainly with floral designs, or images reflecting our location. Each process is crafted by hand to produce unique pieces. A procedure which is highly skilled and time consuming.

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*sgraffito – decorative work in which the top layer is removed to expose the lower layer

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Peter Thomas

Studied Ceramics at Farnham School of Art after Foundation at St Albans School of Art. After leaving college gained a place at Digswell House Trust (providing art for the new towns).

He moved to Berwick Upon Tweed in 1976 to establish his own studio at Meadow Cottage with help from a craft council grant.

In 1989, needing more space moved a short distance to Tower House, Tweedmouth.

The pots have been widely exhibited and are in many private and public collections.

Margaret Thomas

Studied Textile design at Farnham School of Art after Foundation in Coventry. Her background is originally as a weaver but in recent years has worked predominantly in the pottery designing and decorating. She has work in the Victoria and Albert Museum and has exhibit nationally most notably at RIBA.