A brief history.

In 1970 Graham Fern arrived in Britain from New Zealand with his wife and four children. He wished to work with British potters.

1971

On a trip to Cornwall he was offered a job with Jon Cheney, a potter who had worked in Porthleven for a number of years in the Old Lime Kiln building.

1972

Jon moved to the Lake District while Graham stayed on making pots in the building, later moving his pottery to the ground floor of his house at 16 /18 Peverell Road, until a workshop became available in the village. This was in Shute Lane, but only for a short period as a fire started in another building destroyed the workshop along with the street of buildings.

1973

The pottery moved to a large shed in the yard beside the Harbour Hotel becoming Porthleven Pottery from 1973 – 2003. He and his wife Marjory ran the pottery, Graham throwing pots while Marjory glazed and helped load kilns.