Phil Rogers
1951 Born in Newport S. Wales.
1973 Teacher of Art and Pottery in Secondary Schools in Cambridgeshire.
1977 Moved to RHAYADER and opened our first workshop.
1984 Moved to present site at Cefn Faes Farm, Wales.
1984 Built a large down draught kiln, fired with oil for stoneware reduction.
1985 Built a 40 cu.ft. kiln to fire salt glaze. Elected a fellow of the Craft Potters Assoc.
1986 Elected to the council of the Craft Potters Association (C.P.A.)
1991 Elected a full member of Contemporary Applied Arts. Chair of the C.P.A.
1992 ‘Ash Glazes’ is published by AC Black Ltd.
Visited Ethiopia to carry out a feasibility study for Project Ploughshare.
1993 Filmed by ‘Invision Films’ for video released in 1994.
1994 Appointed to the Craft Board, Arts Council of Wales. Re-elected as Chair of the C.P.A. for a fourth term.
1995 Visited Ethiopia again to oversee progress on Women’s Pottery Project in Gondar. 2nd workshop tour of the USA.
‘Throwing Pots’ published by AC Black.
1996 Gives a week-long workshop to Township people in Cape Town, S. Africa. Demonstrated at the Maltese Potters Annual Festival in Valletta.
1997 Judge for ceramics at the Royal Dublin Society. Spends 3mon ths at Chungnam University, Yusong, S. Korea.
1998 Builds new 55 cu.ft. kiln for Salt Glaze. Awarded a Wingate Scholarship to build two-chambered wood firing kiln. Returned to Korea to commission salt kiln and Invited to give workshops in Canada and the U.S.A. Guest Demonstrator at the Israeli Potters Festival, Tel Hai, Israel. Prize Winner, National Eisteddfod Crafts Competition.
1999 Selected for the Westerwald Prize Exhibition, Hohr Grentzhausen, Appointed a trustee of the Craft Potters Charitable Trust. Appointed a Director of the International Potters Festival. Guest Demonstrator, International Potters Festival, Aberystwyth. Workshops and lectures in the U.S.A.
Elected a member of the International Academy of Ceramics.
2000 Guest on H.T.V. ‘Art Talks’ chat show. Further workshops in the U.S.A. Featured on H.T.V.’s ‘High Performance’ Arts programme.
Purchase Award - Orton Cone Box Show, Kansas City. USA.
2001 Has work selected for the World Ceramic Bienale, Seoul, S. Korea.
Completes new book ‘Salt Glazing’ for publication in 2002.
Phil Roger’s pots are hand-thrown on the potters wheel, about half salt-glazed and half reduction-fired stoneware and are intended for use in the home.
Technical Information
The pots are glazed at 1300 C, both kilns oil-fired to Cone 11-12. The most recent 70 cubic feet kiln is used mainly for salt-glazing and was built in 1998. The glazes make use of local materials, particularly woodash, but also using many local stone dusts and clays. The salt glaze takes advantage of a technique discovered in the 16th Century, using common salt, which produces a hard and durable glaze with a rich and sensuous surface.