Clive Bowen produces slip decorated earthenware pots.  In 1965 at the age of twenty-two, after studying painting and etching at Cardiff College of art, he joined Michael Leach as an apprentice at Yelland Pottery and stayed there for five years.  He helped Michael Cardew at Wenford Bridge at weekends, and built himself a kiln. He set up his own pottery at Shebbear, North Devon in 1971, and has been working there since.

Artist Statement:

The form and function of my work can be traced back to centuries-

old pots such as English mediaeval jugs and early Tamba ware. I hope that I am re-inventing them and not merely imitating them.