My name is Andrew Pearson and I have been creating Bonsai since 1993. I have also been making Bonsai pots since 2002. . I was introduced to Ceramics and I “had a go” at making my own pots, with a lot of time and practise I started to get better. After purchasing a small electric kiln and I started to make, glaze and fire Bonsai pots. At first I made them for my own enjoyment and for my own trees. However members of my local Bonsai club started to ask for pots for their trees and I also sold some to a local Bonsai Nursery.
I gained a lot of inspiration from other great English bonsai potters like Dan Barton, Brian Albright, Ian Ballie, David Jones, Gordon Duffet and John Pitt to mention just a few; this drove me to search for my own individual style. Over the past couple of years I have attended several courses at colleges and universities in my quest to improve and better myself. These courses have included throwing pots and glaze formula. In the early part of 2003 I purchased a potters wheel and a 9 cubic foot gas kiln. Again there was another learning curve with new glaze recipes and reduction firing.
I use a number of techniques to make my pots; they include throwing, slab and coil work, this all depends on the design of the pot.
Pottery compliments my passion for Bonsai, they go hand in hand. The more pots I make, the more I want to make. I never tire of it and I am very passionate about my work. There is only one small problem, I never seem to be able to make pots for myself, perhaps one day I will find the time to make something for my own trees.
Pots made at Stone Monkey Ceramics are all handmade, employing a variety of techniques ranging from throwing to coiling by hand. The pots are fired to temperatures between 1250 and 1300 degrees Celsius, depending on the clay and glaze used. This ensures that the pots are frost proof.
Commission pots are regularly undertaken to create that special pot to the customers’ requirement. .

Andy Pearson.
Stone Monkey Ceramics