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EBPC Potter Profiles

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Willow Bonsai Pots - South Africa

By Antony & Mavourneen Smith

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Antony and Mavourneen are a married couple from Pretoria, S. Africa with a great passion for bonsai and their ceramics. They make a variety of styles of pots under the name Willow Bonsai Pots and have identified and provided for a much-needed niche in the S. African bonsai market – that being bonsai pots which are affordable and of a great, hand-finished quality. Whilst also running Willow Bonsai Pots, Antony is a bonsai artist, having demonstrated at top level shows in Europe, and now regularly works with the sensational Raffael Torres in Spain.
 
After deciding to resolve this unsatisfied need for affordable, quality bonsai pots in S Africa, in early 2016 the couple embarked avidly on pottery classes. They have been producing increasingly proficient ceramics since and like all great artists, have learnt most of their trade through continued trial and error.
 
‘When we started the pottery, we decided to make as high quality products as possible. We have pushed hard from the start to always get better and develop new pots and new glazes. Our glazes are made uniquely for us in Johannesburg, South Africa and they are all reactive, which creates unique and interesting pots’. 
 
After initially creating Earthenware pots, Willow Bonsai pots are now made from a Stoneware clay and are high fired to 1220 degrees for a high degree of frost resistance and a quality product. ‘Our pottery starts off with moulds, thereafter each is levelled and finished by hand. Mavourneen does all the detail work on the pots and creates the finesse to our pots. Thereafter bisque firing and glaze firings finish off the process. Our studio and kiln are at our home in Pretoria, South Africa.' 



Contact:           Willow Bonsai Pots / EBPC 

E-mail:             [email protected]
 
Website:          http://www.willowbonsaishop.com
 
Commissions can be requested through us here.

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 Pots by Willow Bonsai

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The ‘European Bonsai Potter Collective’ is brought to you by Alex Rudd and 50+ of Europe's leading bonsai ceramists and furniture makers.  
Willow Bonsai - S. Africa is an honorary EBPC member artist.
​The EBPC are proud to be Willow Bonsai's distributor for Europe & works will regularly be available for sale in the EBPC Shop.
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  • Home
    • Blog
    • Bonsai Events >
      • EBPC Trading at ..
      • EBPC Pot Talks
      • Bonsai Exhibition Calendar
      • EBPC SPONSORED EVENTS
    • The EBPC Collection
    • Contact
    • About the EBPC
  • EBPC RESOURCES
    • ARTIST PROFILES >
      • TABLE & DAIZA MAKERS >
        • Doug Mudd Bonsai Tables
        • D. R. Bonsai Tables
        • Ikigai Bonsai Stands
        • Imbo Bonsai Tables
        • Sandro - Kawasemi Studios
      • 'Honorary' EBPC Members >
        • Koho - Japan
        • Roy Minarai - U.S.A.
        • O-Yaku - Israel
        • Shuuhou - Japan
        • Willow Bonsai - S. Africa >
          • Willow - Process
      • POTTERS - Belgium >
        • Flow Studio
      • POTTERS - Czech >
        • Tom Benda
        • Keramica od Luka
        • Jiri Konopac
        • K.M Bonsai Pots
        • ​Miroslav Znamenáček
      • POTTERS - Denmark >
        • E.B.L. Pots
      • POTTERS - France >
        • Amdouni Bonsai Pots
        • Bruno Auvinet
        • FURO - Florent Coirier
        • Greg Ceramics
        • Lotus Bonsai Studio
        • Pierre Rousseau
        • Sabine Besnard
        • Terre en Vadrouille
      • POTTERS - Germany >
        • M.B.Bonsaischalen
        • Englert Keramik
        • Roman Husmann Bonsai Pots
        • Walter Venne
      • POTTERS - Greece
      • POTTERS - Italy >
        • Igor Carino
        • Shibusa Bonsai Pots
        • Yaruki Ceramics
        • Vasart Bonsai
      • POTTERS - Spain >
        • Guerao
        • Maidenhair Ceramics
        • M J G Ceramica
      • POTTERS - Sweden >
        • Atelier Bonsai Element
        • Carina Jern
        • Gramming Bonsai Pots
        • Holvila Bonsai Pots
      • POTTERS - Slovakia
      • POTTERS - Slovenia >
        • Me & Raimondi
        • Marjian Mirt
      • POTTERS- Switzerland >
        • Fukurou Ceramics
        • Jürg Stäheli
        • Kawasemi Studios
        • SlabndBonsai - Robin Löhrer
      • POTTERS - The Netherlands >
        • Fusion Ceramics - Niels van der Wal
        • Michal Mokry
      • POTTERS- Turkey >
        • Umi Bonsai Pots
        • Zey Ceramics
      • POTTERS - U.K. >
        • Bryan Albright
        • Ian Baillie
        • Eddie Curtis
        • China Mist
        • Dragonfly Bonsai Pots
        • Erin Bonsai Pots
        • Kingdom Bonsai Pots
        • Miroslav Kolar
        • P.A.S. Pottery
        • Paul Rogers Ceramics
        • Stone Monkey Ceramics
        • Suteki
        • Walsall Studio Ceramics
      • Collaborations >
        • The Triskele Group
    • EBPC Shop >
      • Purchase & Returns Policy
      • Privacy Policy
    • EBPD Stamp database
    • EBPC Pot Talks
    • EBPC Pot Displays
    • GLOSSARY of terms
    • EBPC'S POT BUYING SERVICE
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    • EXTERNAL RESOURCES
  • 2026 BONSAI POT CONTESTS
    • TROPHY - EURO BONSAI POTTERY CONTEST 2026
    • THE UK BONSAI CERAMICS CONTEST 2026
  • EBPC FOR ARTISTS
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