Svend Bayer Workshop at Kigbeare, Devon (England)
A three day weekend workshop on the 6, 7 and 8th of September 2013, where Svend, definitely one of the best known British potters, helped me to improve my skills to throw bigger pots in the fully equipped pottery workshop. Venue Kigbeare Studios and Gallery, Southcott, Okehampton.
SVEN BAYER
Svend Bayer (born 2 January 1946 in Uganda to Danish parents) is a studio potter described by Michael Cardew as "easily my best pupil".
Bayer studied at University of Exeter from 1965 to 1968 and began work at Wenford Bridge Pottery with Michael Cardew in 1969. In 1972 he joined the Brannam Pottery in Barnstaple, where he worked as a thrower for a year.
He has been described as probably the best of the potters to work at Wenford Bridge, and his large pots have been said to be "very powerful".
After travelling in the Far East, Asia and the United States, he set up his own workshop in Sheepwash Beaworthy, Devon in 1975.
He uses local North Devon ball clays and fires his kiln with wood. He is known for boldly decorated domestic ware and very large garden pots.
Bayer has exhibited widely in Europe, the Middle East, North America, Australia and New Zealand
Bayer studied at University of Exeter from 1965 to 1968 and began work at Wenford Bridge Pottery with Michael Cardew in 1969. In 1972 he joined the Brannam Pottery in Barnstaple, where he worked as a thrower for a year.
He has been described as probably the best of the potters to work at Wenford Bridge, and his large pots have been said to be "very powerful".
After travelling in the Far East, Asia and the United States, he set up his own workshop in Sheepwash Beaworthy, Devon in 1975.
He uses local North Devon ball clays and fires his kiln with wood. He is known for boldly decorated domestic ware and very large garden pots.
Bayer has exhibited widely in Europe, the Middle East, North America, Australia and New Zealand
