BORN BRIXHAM DEVON 23 / 4 / 62

MOVED TO CORNWALL WITH FAMILY IN 1969 WHEN FATHER ALAN BROUGH WENT TO WORK AT ST. IVES WITH BERNARD LEACH. ATTENDED LELANT CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, FOLLOWED BY ST. IVES SECONDARY MODERN.

POTTERY EDUCATION BEGAN AT ALANS STUDIO IN NEWLYN THAT HE OPENED AFTER LEAVING THE LEACH, SATURDAYS SPENT GLAZING AND STACKING KILNS FOR POCKET MONEY.

FORMAL STUDIES BEGAN IN 1980 AT CORNWALL TECHNICAL COLLEGE
CAMBORNE, A FOUR YEAR COURSE STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY THE LEACH
TRADITION. THROWING TUTOR WAS WILLIAM MARSHALL WHO WORKED AT THE LEACH POTTERY FROM AN EARLY AGE.

LEFT CAMBORNE 1984 WITH DIPLOMA IN DESIGN (DISTINCTION) AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE SOCIETY OF DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN (S.D.C.) AND THE SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS (S.I.A.D.)

1985 WENT TO WORK AT THE NEWLYN POTTERY. FIRST MAJOR COMMISSION WAS A LARGE ARCHITECTURAL PIECE FOR SOUTH - WEST ELECTRICITY. SEVERAL SIMILAR COMMISSIONS FOLLOWED.

1990 BUILT OWN STUDIO AT HOME IN LELANT. DESIGNED A RANGE OF DECORATIVE
HIGH FIRED EARTHENWARE FOR LOCAL GALLERIES. MAJOR INFLUENCES BEING CHINESE, KOREAN AND PORTUGUESE CERAMICS. THE DESIGN OF DECORATION STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY THE LOVE OF WEST CORNWALLS’ MARITIME ENVIRONMENT.

“ I LIKE WORKING ON A LARGE SCALE, AND HOPE THAT I CAN MOVE TOWARDS
MAKING MORE ONE OFF PIECES, ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE MAKING FOR THE GALLERY MARKET IS A WONDERFUL DISCIPLINE AS IT REFINES THE CRAFT SKILL NEEDED TO MAKE PROGRESS “