Jane Hamlyn MBE (born 1940) is an English studio potter known for her functional salt glaze pottery.
Born in Whitechapel, London, Hamlyn initially trained as a nurse at University College Hospital London.[1] She studied pottery part-time at Putney Adult Education Centre,[1] before attending Harrow School of Art (1972-1974) where she was taught by Michael Casson.[2] In 1975 she set up Millfield Pottery Workshop near Doncaster Yorkshire.[3]
Hamlyn is credited with discovering the green colour that arises when painting a titanium wash over a blue slip[4] and in 1999 she was awarded the European Saltglaze Prize.[3] Along with Walter Keeler she is considered a pioneer of the salt glaze revival.[5]
Hamlyn is a Fellow and former chair of the Craft Potters Association.[2][3]
Her work is displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum London,[6] in the Crafts Council Permanent Collection,[7] and the William Alfred Ismay ceramics collection at the York Art Gallery.[8]
Hamlyn was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to pottery and ceramics.[9]