oakwoodceramics are delighted to exhibit Mark Griffiths new and wonderful work.
Mark has been making pots since 1973, he was first apprenticed to Colin Carr, Frizt Stellar and Russell Collins 1973, 74, 75 respectively. In 1976 he set up his first workshop and in 1982 moved to his present workshop in rural Shropshire. He was elected a fellow of the CPA in 1996.
We have known and admired Mark's stoneware since he first switched to making it in 1995. Up to this point [1995] he was producing terracotta garden pots, some of which were very large, Mark rightly became acclaimed as one of the best large ware thrower's making in the UK.
In 2000 Mark again returned to making terracotta which included commissioned works for Hampton Court, Powis Castle and in 2004 for Dyrham Park. We are grateful that in late 2006 he again returned to making reduced stoneware.