Ian Lamb began potting in 1976. He has an entry In the 1996 potters' directory, at which time he was based in Cronulla, NSW, teaching part time and producing decorative and functional reduction stoneware bowls, jugs, vases and tableware, stamping surfaces at the leather hard stage and pouring and spraying glazes for a decorative effect. His marks are an impressed 'IL' and an incised 'Ian Lamb'.