Jonathan previously studied archeology, and this background informed his unique process within his current creative practice. Jonathan is one of the few if not only potters in the UK to dig, refine and make his own clay. It's a long 2 year process, that he explains makes a far more mailable and soft clay. Each piece is then wood fired in his own hand built kiln.
Jonathan’s tripod pots are evocative of Chinese neolithic cooking pots, each with their own distinctive markings. They are suitable for use both inside or out as they are frost proof.
Born in 1954, Jonathan Garratt grew up with his father’s collection of Ming porcelain from Shanghai in 1948 and Sierra Leone narrowstrip weaving bought in 1940 as curtains in the living room. Pots and textiles were normal. His mother ran an all women architecture practice in Notting Hill,so the idea of Design was normal too. Discovering pottery at school, courtesy of Gordon Baldwin, he received a BA in archaeology at Cambridge, but opted for the life of a craftsman in the countryside.
