Andrews Tim

Tim Andrews has gained an International reputation for his distinctive smoke-fired and raku ceramics.
He makes individual Raku work (from £100 to £5000).
Many are black and white with linear decoration or burnished with muted coloured slips.
His pieces have been acquired for both public and private collections and are exhibited widely across the UK and abroad. He is a Fellow of the CPA, a full member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen (Chairman of the selection Committee 1996-1998) and a Member of the West Country Potters Association.
Work currently available from his studio at Woodbury, Bettles Gallery - Ringwood, Hants., Stour Gallery - Shipton on Stour. CPA Gallery - London, Porthminster Gallery - St Ives, Inspirations Art Gallery - London
Available for lectures and workshops, although notice is required as often heavily committed.
The pieces are usually thrown, although recent pieces are handbuilt.
Bisque-firing is in a conventional gas kiln to 1060 degrees Celcius.
Many pieces have a 'resist' slip and glaze applied and are then fired in a 'top hat' glass-fibre kiln to around 1000 degrees Celcius, before removal when red-hot to a smoking chamber.
When cold the resist glaze is chipped off and the pot cleaned up and waxed.