About David Wright

David Wright is a studio potter based in Redditch, Worcestershire with connections to North East Lincolnshire, he was born and brought up in Cleethorpes and studied at Grimsby School of Art in the mid-1980s. He gained a first class honours degree in 3-D Design (Ceramics) from Wolverhampton Polytechnic before postgraduate study for a Master’s Degree in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art during which time he completed a placement at Wedgwood.

A 27-year career in secondary education followed, teaching design & technology, serving as a faculty head for 22 years. In 2021 David took early retirement from teaching, this allowed him to revisit his earlier interests in ceramics.

David’s ceramics are in a number of galleries around the country as well as in private collections here and abroad; including America, Ireland, France, Japan and New Zealand.

Hand building techniques such as press moulding, extruding and slabbing are employed to make components that are then assembled into finished pieces. His work is mostly on a small scale and has been described as quirky and possessing a ‘different voice’.