Jane Hamlyn

Jane Hamlyn (born 1940) is an English studio potter known for her functional salt glaze pottery.

Born in Whitechapel, London, Hamlyn initially trained as a nurse at University College Hospital London. She studied pottery part-time at Putney Adult Education Centre, before attending Harrow School of Art (1972-1974) where she was taught by Michael Casson. In 1975 she set up Millfield Pottery Workshop near Doncaster Yorkshire.

Hamlyn is credited with discovering the green colour that arises when painting a titanium wash over a blue slip and in 1999 she was awarded the European Saltglaze Prize. Along with Walter Keeler she is considered a pioneer of the salt glaze revival.

Hamlyn is a Fellow and former chair of the Craft Potters Association.

Her work is displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum London, in the Crafts Council Permanent Collection, and the William Alfred Ismay ceramics collection at the York Art Gallery.

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