John Bedding was born in London 1947 and has lived and worked in St Ives, Cornwall since the late 1960’s.
His career developed as an apprentice with Bernard Leach and later as a member of staff. In 1979 John was invited to work at the Ichino Pottery in Tamba, Japan for a year. This was followed in the 1980’s by two further residencies at Shigeraki and Mashiko, both famous centres of pottery.
In 1990 he established St Ives Ceramics and in 1999 opened the Gaolyard Studios where he established his studio and workshop. He became a founding trustee of the Leach Restoration Project in 2004 and was appointed ‘Honorary Lead Potter’ at Leach in 2012. He is only the second invited potter to exhibit at Tate St Ives.
John Bedding has exhibited in London, New York, Japan and throughout Europe and is represented in many public and private collections