Handcrafted pottery blending Japanese, Korean, and European traditions.
Scott Brough is a potter and musician based in Heretaunga Hastings. 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 Masakazu Kusakabe in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture.
Scott mixes his own clay, shapes his work on Leach-style kickwheels, and fires it in a gas kiln or during group woodfirings. His practice is influenced by Japanese, Korean, and pre-industrial European techniques, honouring the irregularities in natural materials and manual processes.
process Scott Brough
bisque firing. Cups, vases and vessels loaded closely into a kiln for the initial firing of the clay to prepare for glazing.
"As a society we eat off of bright white plates and ‘ooh’ at cracked artefacts behind museum glass. This is the gap I want to bridge.”
Scott creates his own clay mixes using both locally sourced and purchased international clays, incorporating fine pumice, sands, and stone to enhance its texture.