John `The Potter' Bauer

The other day when I was at John the Potter's house he showed me an article that had been written on him.

Here is an extract

Ambling down the tree-lined streets of lower Claremont, I was struck by the spruce front gardens, flower beds and shrubs. But this spick and span fizzled out abruptly outside John's front gate where trim lawn yielded to unruly thickets of weed. In this quiet haven, the hullabaloo of green, lavender and ochre adorning John's house, seemed like an eructation at a tea party. The brood of boisterous, terracotta troglodytes whooping it up on the garden wall, could certainly face charges of disturbing the peace.

I thought the article was very amusing. John is someone who has become his own brand. He is pretentious, and I think he will admit it. He gets under lots of people's skin, and that is part of his aura. He likes to shock. He likes being `odd' John.

But... in spite of or because of that...

His ceramics is actually very good.