Martin Dickson

Martin Dickson is a Dorset-based ceramicist. He trained as a teacher in Exeter where he first developed an interest in pottery and ceramics. His interest is in hand-building with a particular emphasis on slab construction. Early pieces aimed to explore form and surface within the constraints of vessel and container forms. This is a thread that has run continuously through his output in a number of ways. He works with a variety of coarse stoneware bodies to produce sharply defined, often symmetrical vessels with scraped and stained surfaces. A series often develops through the systematic reworking of a particular form before that is, sometimes temporarily, exhausted. Similar themes are sometimes explored through wheel-thrown pieces in white stoneware bodies and in porcelain. In parallel with these individual pieces he also makes to order a range of hand-built planters, sundials and fountains for gardens and conservatories.

His work is in private collections in the UK, Europe and the USA.