Janie Ramsay

In 1979-80 Janie Ramsay received a Turkish Government scholarship to study Turkish Ceramics. Based in Istanbul she also travelled to various regions of the country, developing her interest in this extraordinary country’s fascinating art and culture.

Now living in Devon, on Dartmoor, Janie Ramsay works predominantly in stoneware clay, making sculptural pieces and hand-built ceramic vessels. Janie Ramsay’s inspiration and interest centres around the dramatic moorland and coastal landscapes of Devon and Cornwall. Her time spent in Turkey, with its extraordinary range of antique and contemporary ceramics and at the museum in Dover has had an underlying influence on her creative endeavours in clay.

Janie states:
“Working with a variety of hand-building techniques, I decorate my pieces using resist methods with slips and oxides, rarely glazing it. I then polish my finished ceramic work with beeswax polish. I fire my pieces many times to achieve the surface texture I require, taking the work up to a temperature of approximately 1180 – 1200 degrees in my ceramic kiln in the final firing.”

People love Janie Ramsay’s work, particularly her moorland-influenced ceramic jugs and narrow ceramic vessels, experienced potters marvel at her craftsmanship and delicate ceramic creations. Janie’s Turkish inspired lidded ceramic boxes are constantly admired for their precision and unique surface decoration. Her ceramic work is very collectable and also makes perfect gifts.