Northern Potters Association

The aim of the NPA is to encourage and support artists in the production of sculptural, functional, fine art and decorative studio pottery in all its forms throughout the North of England

Lenartowicz, Joseph

  • Joe Lenartowicz

I make functional stoneware along with some decorative pieces and have an interest in traditional ideas about process, form and function. Most of my work is thrown on the wheel, raw glazed and single fired. Living in Cumbria I am influenced by the ever changing relationship between landform, water, clouds and light in wild places. My ceramic surfaces try to capture the interplay between these elemental forces, sometimes calm and sheltering, sometimes abrupt and dramatic, but always steering the eye to sudden glimpses of unexpected light, shadow and texture.