Sue Binns’ functional domestic stoneware is inspired by Mediterranean pottery, Japanese fabrics and ceramics but mainly by 1950’s Rye Pottery with which she was surrounded when growing up. Distinctive patterns are produced by brushing dilute cobalt over the dolomite glaze before firing. The seemingly endless combinations of stripes that dominate her work are carefully chosen to suit each individual piece.
Sue Binns is a largely self-taught potter, undertaking a few years at the Montem School in the 1980’s.