The Oxshott Pottery was set up by Denise Wren and Henry Wren at their home, Potters Croft, in

Oxshott Oxshott is a suburban village in the borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England. Oxshott includes hilly acidic heath which is partly wooded (see Esher Commons and Prince's Coverts) and occupies the land between the large towns of Esher and Leatherhead ...

, Surrey in 1920. The pottery had a reputation as a successful

studio pottery Studio pottery is pottery made by professional and amateur artists or artisans working alone or in small groups, making unique items or short runs. Typically, all stages of manufacture are carried out by the artists themselves.Emmanuel Cooper, ...

, producing brightly glazed

earthenware Earthenware is glazed or unglazed nonvitreous pottery that has normally been fired below . Basic earthenware, often called terracotta, absorbs liquids such as water. However, earthenware can be made impervious to liquids by coating it with a ce ...

pottery; examples of their work can be found in the

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, the

Crafts Study Centre The Crafts Study Centre is a university museum of modern crafts, located next to the entrance of the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham, Surrey. The Crafts Study Centre holds collections of 20th and 21st century British craft, primar ...

Farnham Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a trib ...

, Surrey, and Kingston Museum Art Gallery.HOPE FOR BEAUTY. Designs and Ceramics by Denise Wren. 15 December 2017 - 7 April 2018. Kingston Museum Art Gallery. Exhibition Leaflet.

Publications

* Wren, Henry & Denise (1928) Handcraft Pottery for workshop and school. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons * Wren, Henry & Denise (1932) Pottery: The Finger-built methods. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons * Wren, Denise & Rosemary (1952) Pottery Making: Making Pots and Building and Firing Small Kilns. London : Pitman

References

{{reflist English pottery Borough of Elmbridge