THOMAS BAIN CERAMICS

A love of ceramics and creative pursuits has been a constant in Tom's life, from a young age he has been immersed in a world full of artistic influence. His father and mother were both art teachers, his father Peter Bain a Painter, selling and exhibiting his work... Another major influence in his life is his maternal grandmother, after a career in architecture in her 50's Joy Nightingale who already was an accomplished water colour painter, and a talented sculptor; began to explore the medium of clay and became a talented potter. Joy taught well into her 80's in a studio in her garden in Totnes. Tom spent a lot of time as a child with his granny; she taught him how to work with clay and ignited a passion for ceramics which still influences his studio work all these decades later.