John Jelfs’s marvellous collection of domestic stoneware is handmade at the pottery in Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds, founded in 1973 by Jelfs and his wife Jude. Jelfs has been influenced by Leach, Shōji Hamada and the Eastern school of potters. ‘The strength of their pots lies in their quietness’, he says.