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Phil Hayes

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I made my first pots at school at the age of 14 and I still possess some of these weighty objects! After a long absence I came back to pottery at art school at 21, there I met potters who earned a living from working with clay and I set my mind to try to do this myself.

After another 3 years at Stoke Poly I set up my first workshop on Anglesey and worked there until 2 years ago when I moved to Pwllheli. I have now been a full time potter for 27 years and whilst I have learned a lot in that time, pottery continues to be a learning experience. Over this time I have worked on thrown and hand modelled ceramics but I now work exclusively on the latter making Raku fired humorous animal sculptures.