Blue cylindrical Carn vase
Blue cylindrical Carn vase (mark)
Carn bottle
Carn bottle (mark)
Carn bottle vase
Carn bottle vase (mark)
Carn cat
Carn cat (mark)
Carn curved tube
Carn curved tube (back)
Carn curved tube (base)
Carn Diagonal Steps vase
Carn Diagonal Steps vase (back)
Carn Diagonal Steps vase (mark)
Carn fan vase
Carn fan vase (mark)
Carn green tall thin octagonal vase
Carn green tall thin octagonal vase (back)
Carn green tall thin octagonal vase (mark)
Carn Large Pyramid vase
Carn Large Pyramid vase (back)
Carn Large Pyramid vase (mark)
Carn large wedge
Carn large wedge (mark)
Carn medium melon shell
Carn medium melon shell (back)
Carn medium melon shell (mark)
Carn oval section vase
Carn oval section vase (back)
Carn oval section vase (signature)
Carn owl
Carn owl (base)
Carn plaque
Carn Short Crossed Top vase
Carn Short Crossed Top vase (back)
Carn Short Crossed Top vase (mark)
Carn tin mine plaque
Carn tin mine plaque (back)
Carn totem with angles
Carn totem with angles (back)
Carn totem with angles (marks)
Carn trio
Carn trio (mark)
Carn vase
Carn vase (mark)
Carn Very Large Stone
Carn Very Large Stone (back)
Carn Very Large Stone (mark)
Elliptical Carn vase
Elliptical Carn vase (mark)
Four Carn cats
Green glazed Carn owl
Green glazed Carn owl (base)
Green octagonal Carn vase
Green octagonal Carn vase (mark)
Large oval Carn vase
Large oval Carn vase (mark)
Rectangular Carn vase
Rectangular Carn vase (mark)
Smaller Carn plaque
Square Carn vase
Square Carn vase (mark)
Tall Carn trapezoidal vase
Tall Carn trapezoidal vase (back)
Tall Carn trapezoidal vase (base)
Tall octagonal Carn vase
Tall octagonal Carn vase (back)
Tall octagonal Carn vase (base)
Waisted Carn vase
Waisted Carn vase (mark)

Carn Pottery

John Beusmans, 2001

John Beusmans
2001

The small village of Nancledra is half-way down the Penzance road from St Ives. It was here, three miles south-east of Carn Naun Point, that John M Beusmans set up Carn Pottery at the Old Chapel in the early 1970s. John was born in Hampshire and moved to Cornwall with his parents who ran a retail pottery shop. His parents, incidentally, made the lampshades supplied with Troika lamps. He studied throwing at Redruth Art College.

John's work is distinctive and his skills composite; he carries out the work of thrower, mould-maker and decorator. His pieces vary tremendously in shape, size and nature, but are always instantly recognizable. All his work shows a strong fascination with shape - some pieces morphing from one size and shape at the front to another at the back.

All work is slip-cast, and John usually makes several moulds from a master, each one incised with a different design. The colour is produced by applying copper oxide and copper mixed with cobalt with a mop. John, who works with one helper, fires his pots in an electric kiln at 1140°C.

There is a growing army of Carn collectors, and it is fortunate for them that the pottery is still producing. The mark is a simple rubber stamp giving the name or the name and address of the pottery.


 
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