John Bedding
+5
studio-pots
NaomiM
pottlr
yunomi
big ed
9 posters
Page 1 of 1
John Bedding

John Bedding (leach potter now runs St Ives Gallery)
big ed-
Number of posts : 11951
Age : 69
Location : UK
Registration date : 2008-03-22
John Bedding, JB mark
Last edited by NaomiM on November 8th 2022, 1:32 am; edited 2 times in total (Reason for editing : wrong photos)
yunomi- Number of posts : 40
Location : West Midlands
Registration date : 2012-02-10
cross mark st ives cornwall - John Bedding
I need help identifying this st ives cross mark
any suggestions?


another example with an added cornwall here:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/458382068297388289/
i am not sure if the attribution to John Bedding is right since he uses another mark
any suggestions?


another example with an added cornwall here:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/458382068297388289/
i am not sure if the attribution to John Bedding is right since he uses another mark
pottlr-
Number of posts : 10
Location : oldenburg, germany
Registration date : 2014-03-26
Re: John Bedding
There has been a discussion about this on a couple of collectors forums but I'm assured that the attribution was straight from the horse's mouth.
_________________
Carrot cake is just fake cake
Re: John Bedding
Looking at his website, which has galleries showing images of pots from his past, he doesn't seem to have made anything like this since the 1970s when he was at the Leach Pottery. It would be interesting to know when the horse said he made it.
_________________
Now you should know by now that Potty and I need to see your bottom - we're funny that way!
Re: John Bedding
In the Leach Pottery St. Ives book it states that Bedding went to St. Ives from London with the intention of working at the Leach Pottery. It also says he worked at two local potteries before Janet agreed to take him on in 1968. One of these was Troika but maybe this is the other one?
There is not indication in that book that he made anything other than lower fired/raku type work after leaving the Leach Pottery for the second time in 1978.
There is not indication in that book that he made anything other than lower fired/raku type work after leaving the Leach Pottery for the second time in 1978.
_________________
Now you should know by now that Potty and I need to see your bottom - we're funny that way!
Re: John Bedding
that was fast, thank you both very much
for the horses attribution and insights about a possible period

pottlr-
Number of posts : 10
Location : oldenburg, germany
Registration date : 2014-03-26
Re: John Bedding
Possibly going by the marks, Arch Pottery or Tregenna Hill Pottery - from 1955 to 1960
Kenneth Quick maybe.
Kenneth Quick maybe.
potterymad62-
Number of posts : 669
Location : Redruth Cornwall
Registration date : 2009-07-22
John Bedding, Cross Street, Penzance
Here's John Bedding's reply:
Dear .....
Yes it is one of my domestic standard pots and was made when I had my pottery in Cross Street Penzance, hence the cross as the pottery was called Cross Pottery. I am sure it is good to lay that one to rest.
Best wishes
John Bedding
Last edited by NaomiM on November 8th 2022, 1:31 am; edited 1 time in total
_________________
Carrot cake is just fake cake
Re: John Bedding
I wonder why it's marked St. Ives if the pottery was in Penzance?
_________________
Now you should know by now that Potty and I need to see your bottom - we're funny that way!
Re: John Bedding
This is from his website and I quote, "I returned to England in 1980 and set up my own workshop, firstly in Penzance, and later Trencrom, on the outskirts of St Ives. At Trencrom I moved away from the more traditional Stoneware and Porcelain to explore low fired fuming and raku techniques in my search for a more individual style."
Note:- After leaving the Leach Pottery in 1978 he went to Japan and worked in Tanba with Shigeyoshi Ichino, who he had become friends with at the Leach Pottery.
Note:- After leaving the Leach Pottery in 1978 he went to Japan and worked in Tanba with Shigeyoshi Ichino, who he had become friends with at the Leach Pottery.
_________________
Now you should know by now that Potty and I need to see your bottom - we're funny that way!
John Bedding
John Bedding.
Here's a small bottle vase of his which stands a few inches tall... I guess it's from the 1970s.

Here's a small bottle vase of his which stands a few inches tall... I guess it's from the 1970s.

cycladelic-
Number of posts : 539
Location : Island in the China Sea
Registration date : 2012-11-02
Re: John Bedding
Here is the JB mark on the above bottle...


cycladelic-
Number of posts : 539
Location : Island in the China Sea
Registration date : 2012-11-02
Leach Pottery, St Ives - John Bedding
Picked this one up in a local shop - pretty sure it is a John Bedding vase




olipayton- Number of posts : 519
Location : wrington
Registration date : 2015-12-08
Re: John Bedding
I believe you are right, just cross referenced it in my book and it looks good.
Guest- Guest
Re: John Bedding
John Bedding from his time at Leach St Ives, by the looks of it.
_________________
Carrot cake is just fake cake
abstract*toad- Number of posts : 643
Location : England
Registration date : 2021-04-23
Re: John Bedding
I think it's John Bedding
Last edited by NaomiM on November 8th 2022, 1:30 am; edited 1 time in total
_________________
Carrot cake is just fake cake
Re: John Bedding
Thanks Naomi. I knew I'd seen the mark and being a quality piece that makes sense, just couldn't place it.
Much obliged

Much obliged


abstract*toad- Number of posts : 643
Location : England
Registration date : 2021-04-23
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
|
|