Richard's broad pottery teaching experience spans forty years. A ceramics graduate of the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, and further trained in the studios of tutors Colin Pearson and Janice Tchalenko, Richard is a long established professional potter whose is exhibited and collected widely in the UK and Europe. He is a Fellow of, and recently retired as Chair of the Craft Potters Association, a member of the Cornwall Crafts Association and of the Penwith Society of Artists.

Richard makes thrown, altered and assembled vessels in coarse textured red and black earthenware clays with brushed slips and resist techniques. his current work combines references to ancient pottery, European slipware traditions and early twentieth century abstract painting.

Debbie was born in Canada. She was educated in England and studied ceramics at the West Surrey College of Art & Design and at the Bath Pottery. A potter of great skill and wit, Debbie produces ceramics which tell stories and she draws inspiration from a wide range of sources including the natural world, folk lore, classical mythology and the art of indigenous cultures. Her large hand-thrown vessels employ the techniques and aesthetics of traditional pottery and demonstrate her mastery of the craft yet she uses the surfaces to tell contemporary tales.

Using a bright colour palette, she illustrates her pots with rhythmic abstract patterns or intricate designs of birds, plants and sea creatures, commenting on environmental issues. Combining slips, oxides and glazes with painterly skill, she decorates her complex narrative pieces with great attention to detail. Debbie's finely thrown work is distinguishable in any collection for its exuberance, unique style and contemporary craftsmanship.

Simon Bayliss is an artist and music producer based at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, Cornwall, UK. Trained as a painter and more recently as a potter, he works mainly in slipware ceramics and dance music, with occasional forays into video, poetry and performance. Born in 1984, Wolverhampton, he was raised in Andros, Bahamas, then East Devon, UK and has been living in Cornwall most of his adult life.

Mollie Milton is currently undertaking an apprenticeship with master potter Richard Phethean, supported by the charity Adopt A Potter. She studied Sculpture at Manchester School of Art, and was raised in the Peak District. She is now based in West Cornwall and works from Tresabenn Studio making our in house range of slipware, and developing her own work, alongside teaching.