Josie originally studied horticulture
at Nottingham University before moving to Malaysia
where she lived for 12 years in a rural region
of the country. Here, people, customs, crafts,
plant and jungle life stimulated her outlook. She
visited Japan five times during her time in Malaysia
where she studied bonsai and the art of flower
arranging (ikebana) as well as the pots used for
display. On returning to England she studied pottery
under Helen Pincombe.
Her stoneware pots are for
use in the house or the garden, are heavily textured
and coloured with oxides. They are glazed inside
and fired at a high temperature and are ideally
suited to ikebana. Her bowls and ‘eggs’ use
glass as a decorative element, some of the glass
being 18th Century.
Josie is still experimenting with new styles and
items. Her ‘nun’ bottles (shown) have
proved very successful and her ‘cavity wall’
pots have found a myriad of uses.
