Specialties
Barbara Davidson Pottery - ceramics made by hand in Scotland
Beautifully designed handmade ceramic pottery including tea cups and coffee mugs, bowls, lamps, vases, dishes, plates and full dinnerware collections. Over the last 30 years the busy pottery in Larbert (near Falkirk in Scotland) has produced well over 100,000 handmade pots, many of which are still in use and enjoyed by people all over the world.
We also design personalised handmade ceramic pottery to order - if you are looking for a personalised pottery mug or a pottery commission, such as a ceramic mural or ceremonial pot, we will work with you to create a design for a memorable and unique piece to mark any occassion.
Genuine Barbara Davidson hand-thrown pots can only be obtained from the pottery - they are not sold elsewhere but we will happily deliver worldwide.
Come for a visit and browse our handmade pottery shop or take a look around the gift shop, located in the barn of our converted 17th century farm near Falkirk.
History
Established in 1969.
Having graduated from Glasgow School of Art and spent two years teaching art and pottery Barbara decided to set up in business with her fiancee Brian. Premises were located in an old dairy in Larbert which had enough space to make a pottery and build racing engines for various competition cars. The first person to find the new pottery was Bill Williams of NB Gallery, Gartocharn - still producing the famous Artwork magazine.
Barbara Davidson was a founder member of the Scottish Potter's Association in the early 1970s and chairman of The Scottish Craft Centre in the late 1980s.
She has had solo and group Exhibitions at The Scottish Design Centre, The Art Gallery and Museum Kelvingrove, the NB Gallery - Gartocharn, Crowsteps, The Stirling Gallery, The Scottish Craft Centre, The Lillie Art Gallery, The Henderson Gallery, The Nancy Smillie Gallery, Callendar House Falkirk, and many others over the years.
Meet the Business Owner: Barbara D.
From the ages of two to twenty two Barbara lived in Inveraray in the West of Scotland. After attending Inverary Grammar School and Oban High School she studied Ceramics at Glasgow School of Art.
Having graduated and spent two years teaching art and pottery she decided to set up in business with her fiancee Brian.
As demand for her pottery increased the training of an apprentice became a necessity. Alisdair Kettles was the first and he stayed for many years. Eight others trained with Barbara over the years until 1993.
Since then she has enjoyed the experience of working on her own, concentrating more on individual customer requirements, and a variety of ceramic and pottery commissions, rather than quantity production.