Scott Brough is a potter and musician based in Heretaunga, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Born in England, he has roots in the storied ceramics region of Stoke-on-Trent. His passion for pottery ignited at 18 during evening classes with Seymour May in Turanganui-a-Kiwa Gisborne, and deepened through his partner Yasmin Dubrau’s collection of woodfired Japanese pottery. After earning the Otago Polytechnic Diploma of Ceramics, he apprenticed with renowned potter and wood kiln builder Masakazu Kusakabe in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture.

Scott mixes his own clay, shapes his work on Leach-style kickwheels, incorporating elements of hand-building and fires it in a gas kiln or during group woodfirings. His practice is influenced by ancient Japanese, Korean, and pre-industrial European techniques, honouring the irregularities in natural materials and manual processes.