After training at Derby College of Art, Nic Collins widened his experience by working as a thrower in potteries in Italy and Germany. In 1988 he moved to Devon and set up his first workshop at Powdermills and in 2000 moved to Moretonhamstead. He responded to the wild rural environment by making pots often with locally sourced clay and wood firing techniques. He is influenced by older pottery traditions and kilns as w