Jack Welbourne Straight Mug, Tenmoku Spotted

A simple rustic mug, with a gently tapered shape, a blue-grey ash glaze to the interior and exterior and hand applied tenmoku spots for decoration. After training in Cardiff and Gothenburg, Sweden, Welbourne set up studio in Cardiff, where he produces wheel-thrown stoneware in red Cornish clay, gas-fired using glazes mixed in his studio (sometimes using materials dug locally, combined with potash, chalk, iron oxide and flint). Jack is inspired by the concave curvatures of neolithic Chinese and early Korean clayware. 8.5cm diameter, 10cm wide including the handle and 10cm tall, approximately.