Artist's Statement
Jon was born partially-sighted and from the age of two was
registered blind. Throughout his life Jon has regularly tried to verbally
explain the limits and characteristics of his sight and the way he perceives
the moving world around him. In 2003, after being introduced to the medium of
clay, he has slowly developed a way of surface treatment using reactive slips,
the cutting and stretching of clay and the unpredictable outcomes of reduction
gas firing; to bring fully-sighted people into the visual and textual world he
lives in. Due to his heightened sense of touch, Jon finds throwing on the
potter’s wheel most comfortable, as he can ‘feel’ his work whilst making it,
rather than relying on his limited vision. Jon graduated from a BA in ceramics in 2011 and now works from his studio in Llanarth, Ceredigion producing his wares.