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Allison Severance
Allison Severance

Embracing the Squish with Allison Severance

Hamish Jackson

October 01, 2025

 

Editorial note: This is the second in the "Embracing the Squish" series of interviews by Hamish Jackson for Studio Potter. In this series, Hamish speaks with ceramic artists whose pots seem to defy the finality of the firing process – works that hold onto the softness, the movement, and the vulnerability of wet clay. These are pots that remember the hand, the squeeze, the gesture.

 

Hamish's conversations explore how these artists use clay’s most tactile qualities to express feeling, form, and meaning. From pinched mugs to slumped jars, these pots carry a sense of immediacy, even playfulness – a kind of looseness that invites both curiosity and comfort.

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Author Bio

Hamish Jackson

Hamish Jackson is an English potter living in the US. Halfway through his undergraduate degree in literature, he attended a pottery class and realized he wanted to be a potter.  Hamish began potting at Winchcombe Pottery, then completed a four-year apprenticeship with Mark Hewitt in North Carolina and earned an MFA from Utah State University. He has traveled and exhibited widely, from Europe to Japan to the United States to Thailand. Focusing on local materials, he seeks to make pots that people love to use. He is also a tea enthusiast. Read more from Hamish on his blog and Instagram.

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