Jean-François Bourlard began his professional training of traditional wheel-throwing in1996, at the EMA CNIFOP International Centre for Training in Crafts and Ceramics in Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, France. He gained experience in workshops throughout France and Germany, until 1999 when he returned to his hometown of Sadirac to set up his own practice. In 2012 he won the Ateliers d’Art de France Foundation Award with his
