BRIAN NOBBS was one of the team who designed and built the Pottery  Studio.  On the opening of the Studio in 1971, he was also the  Pottery Studio Manager until he left the Findhorn Community in  1972.  Life took Brian in a very different direction upon leaving  the Community, however he did return again for a brief period in the  early nineteen eighties, when he worked as one of the Studio  Potters.  In 1990 Brian returned, this time to stay.  At this  time the Community was restructuring and Brian took on the Findhorn  Pottery as a semi-independent business with a view of creating a  sustainable business offering maximum creative opportunites as well as  fostering the production of high quality ceramics in a variety of  styles.  In April 2005, he "semi" retired handing the Studio over  to the now resident potter Belia Biesheuvel.  He is also an  accomplished painter (see Brian's website: www.briannobbs.com) and in  his retirement Brian wants to spend more time painting.  However,  since his retirement with less responsibilities and more production  time in the Studio, Brian has been enjoying the more time consuming  handbuilding process of sculpting pots with themes from the spirit world  and from the other realms.  He continues to make thrown pots both  domestic and decorative, inspired by the tradition established by  Bernard Leach, after this ceramic legend's return from Japan.