Joss Hibbs

Joss Hibbs is a potter and broadcaster on rural affairs. She speaks on the history of pottery and has written on subjects including Bronze Age history and Dartmoor National Park's wildlife. She works as a potter at Powdermills Pottery where she sources natural materials to glaze her pots. Joss Hibbs has been resident potter at Powdermills since 1999, having been taught to throw pots on the potters wheel by Richard Phethean, and having completed two years of study in ceramics at the University of Westminster. Joss first visited Powdermills in 1998 to work with Nic Collins, and was introduced to Svend Bayer. Joss is indebted to these two potters for teaching her about building and wood-firing anagama kilns. A firing lasts for four days and nights to allow the outside surfaces of the pots to be naturally glazed by wood ash. The result is a rustic range of pots designed for everyday use, which Joss believes reflect the landscape that surrounds the pottery. The pots are sold only from the shop at Powdermills.