Nigel Wood is a well-known potter and a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association. He has long been interested in Far Eastern ceramics and has collaborated on scientific research into this subject with the Ashmolean Museum, Oxfod, and the British Museum and the V&A in London. He has lectured worldwide on the technology of Chinese ceramics, and is the author of numerous articles on the subject. He has also presented papers on ancient Chinese glazes at five conferences in Shanghai and Beijing. He is currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University.