Jane Hamlyn

{{Short description|English studio potter (born 1940)}}

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Jane Hamlyn {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|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.{{cite book | title=Studio Pottery | publisher=Phaidon | author=Watson Oliver | year=1993 | pages=190}} She studied pottery part-time at Putney Adult Education Centre, before attending Harrow School of Art (1972–1974) where she was taught by Michael Casson. In 1975, she set up Millfield Pottery Workshop near

Doncaster Yorkshire.

Hamlyn is credited with discovering the green colour that arises when painting a titanium wash over a blue slip{{cite book | title=Salt Glazing (Ceramics) | publisher=A & C Black | author=Rogers Phil | year=2002 | pages=152 | isbn=978-0713648218}} and in 1999 she was awarded the European Saltglaze Prize. Along with Walter Keeler she is considered a pioneer of the salt glaze revival.{{cite book | title=Modern British Potters and their studios | publisher=A & C Black | author=Whiting David | year=2009 | pages=48}}

Hamlyn is a Fellow and former chair of the Craft Potters Association.{{cite web | url=http://www.ceramics-aberystwyth.com/jane-hamlyn.html | title=Jane HAMLYN The Ceramic Collection Ceramic Collection and Archive - Aberystwyth University of Wales 13 March 2015 | work=ceramics-aberystwyth.com | accessdate=13 March 2015 | year=2015 | quote= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154029/http://www.ceramics-aberystwyth.com/jane-hamlyn.html | archive-date=2 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.miararts.com/artists/jane-hamlyn/ | title=Jane Hamlyn | work=miararts.com | accessdate=13 March 2015 | year=2015}}

Her work is displayed at the Victoria & Albert Museum London,{{cite web | url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O97539/bell-jar-lidded-jar-hamlyn-jane/ | title=Bell Jar Hamlyn, Jane V&A Search the Collections | work=collections.vam.ac.uk | accessdate=13 March 2015 | year=2015}} in the Crafts Council Permanent Collection,{{cite web | url=http://www.caa.org.uk/exhibitions/archive/2012/tradition-and-innovation-five-decades-of-harrow-ceramics/jane-hamlyn/ | title=Contemporary Applied Arts: Jane Hamlyn | work=caa.org.uk | accessdate=13 March 2015 | year=2015}} and the William Alfred Ismay ceramics collection at the York Art Gallery.{{cite web |url= http://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/york_art_gallery_joins_the_best_museums_in_the_world_on_google_s_art_project_1_3255048 |title=York Art Gallery joins the best museums in the world on Google’s Art Project - Places - Yorkshire Life |first= |last=|work=yorkshirelife.co.uk |year=2015|accessdate=13 March 2015}}

Hamlyn was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to pottery and ceramics.{{London Gazette|issue=63714|supp=y|page=B20|date=1 June 2022}}