Jack Hardie lives and works in Cumbria, UK, at the edge of the Lake District National Park. Jack has been creating pots for over 40 years. In 2014 he and his wife Joan experimented with printing clay using a 3D printer; this made it possible to create ceramic forms not achievable by other means. There were no commercial 3D printers originally available to work in this way, so Joan and Jack built their own. Jack combines art, craft and technology within his practice, opening up possibilities that are fascinating to explore.

His pots usually begin with an idea inspired by natural forms. The idea has to be captured and developed as a digital design which is practical to print in wet clay.