Ian Marsh is based near Porthmadog, just inside the Snowdonia National Park, in Wales, and has a ceramics studio in the Vale of Ffestiniog. He has in the past taught ceramics and edited the Northern Potters Association Newsletter. Jim Robison was born and raised in Missouri, USA and has a MA in Sculpture and Ceramics from Eastern Michigan University. Active in Ceramic Groups, he is an Elected Fellow and has served as a council member for the Craft Potters Association of Great Britain. He has also been Chair of the Northern Potters Association, guest lecturer at many art colleges, demonstrator and Master of Ceremonies at the International Festivals of Ceramics at Aberystwyth, Wales. He was a Senior Lecturer at Leeds University College, Bretton Hall until his retirement from University. He has also contributed articles to Artists Newsletter, Ceramic Review, Ceramics: Art and Perception, Ceramics Technical and Ceramics Monthly.