The Woodfired Pottery is a potter’s studio in Glen Huon, in Tasmania’s Huon Valley, owned and run by John Martin. The studio and workshop are in a converted early-20th-century barn, surrounded by gardens and farmland.

John designs and handmakes a range of pottery, and demonstrates traditional pottery-making and firing techniques for visitors.

John has fired exclusively with wood since building his first Bourry box kiln in 1986. He makes both decorative and functional pieces from stoneware and porcelain clays.

Working on the edge of Tasmania’s South-West wilderness, he reflects its colours in his work. Each piece is finished with natural glazes, and the flame and wood ash of the firing give it a distinctive glow.