Steve Tootell

Steve has been a pottery maker for over 45 years. Thirty five of these have been making, teaching and studying pottery in Japan from 1984-2019.

Steve has now returned to his workshop in North Wales to concentrate on producing new work and developing his teaching studio at Apple Tree Studios, Denbigh.

Steve’s pottery teachers have been British, Indian, Australian, Japanese, Korean, American and Brazilian. Each has given a particular direction and influence to his work.

Steve’s work is currently exhibited in galleries in Washington, Tokyo, UK and San Paulo.  

He has three strands of work coming out of the Denbigh workshop: Soda fired pottery from his large wood kiln (built at Brookhouse Pottery); Raku work from his gas kiln at Apple Tree Studios; Stoneware and Low Fired Slipware with photo silk screen decoration from his electric kiln at Apple Tree studios Denbigh.