Ceramics

I use real leaves and fossils to add texture and patterns to my ceramics, or take other inspiration from nature. I love the way that pottery can be part of your everyday life, and the joy of a big handmade mug that fits your hand. I’m currently experimenting with smoke-firing to create unpredictable reactions on decorative pottery.

My ceramic work is contemporary focusing on sleek lines, playful forms and colour juxtaposition. My inspiration is drawn from the wonders of geology coupled with the ordered balance of geometry. I combine wheel throwing with hand building techniques to create functional and sculptural pieces that I hope will not only delight but will also intrigue and be thought provoking.

Studio made pottery for the home focusing on functionality, form, texture & detail. Colour is key, paired with design twists to create individual pieces. I am particularly influenced by colour and textural themes from both fashion and nature, taking inspiration from whatever last caught my eye. Many of my pieces compliment each other and can be displayed together.

I started making pottery over 20 years ago, returning to clay six years ago after a long break. I hand-build every piece using slab and coil techniques, creating colourful, nature-inspired ceramics that combine the purpose of decoration and everyday use. Each unique piece is made to bring joy, warmth, and character into daily life.

I was inspired by the paintings of Giorgio Morandi to explore the powerful meanings held by seemingly ‘quiet pots’ in still life groups. I hope my work inspires calm and contemplation for the viewer. As a chemist, I have always been interested in how materials combine so my work involves many experiments , pieces often incorporate wire or other materials.

I create hand built animal sculptures in clay which are first to biscuit, this is when I add underglaze bringing to life the creature. It is then fired again to stoneware. My inspiration comes from the animals that live around us and with us.

My ceramic sculptures for home & garden are made in a small garden studio at my home. I use a variety of clay modelling processes resulting in a diverse range of work that continues to evolve. I enjoy exploring the possibilities of clays and glazes, whilst interpreting the structure of forms both natural and man-made from the world around me.

When making my ceramic pieces I think about creating beautiful shapes and profiles and I work primarily on the potter’s wheel to achieve this. I experiment with colour, by staining clay and layering glazes, and texture, by manipulating and carving the clay. My work is varied and I produce both functional and decorative pieces.

My inspiration over the years has come from international travel, mostly in Africa, but also from other parts of the world where I have lived. My interests lie particularly in landscapes and wildlife. These have been the motivation for both my paintings and ceramic work. My ceramic pieces are hand built, incorporating movement and character in each piece.

I am a ceramicist with over ten years’ experience, creating hand-built pieces inspired by nature’s quiet movement and flow. Working with varied clays and glazes, I craft soft, matte, velvet-like forms with organic shapes and muted palettes. Each piece offers lightness, tactility, and a calm, timeless presence.

I am a local potter, I mostly make glazed stoneware and porcelain that is functional and attractive. I only use food safe glazes and my work is dishwasher, microwave and oven safe, and frost proof if out in the garden. I like to take commissions ddiwceramics on Instagram.

I have been working in clay for over a decade and found my passion for clay while doing a fine art degree. Each piece is crafted by hand, using slab-building and hand-building techniques. I find beauty in the small details and through my creations, I aim to reflect the harmony, wonder, and subtle connections we share with the natural world.

Debbie is a handbuilder ceramicist whose work explores the many possibilities of clay. Her ceramics span delicate botanical printing techniques to the bolder, metallic surfaces created through copper fuming raku. Her forms are simple, strong and can include found wooden twigs for handles. Debbie's work is decorative and sculptural in nature and will offer outstanding, signature pieces for the home.

Letter forms, lettering and drawing have always been part of my work. I make thrown ware with impressed and resist inscriptions and prints with
lettering and drawn images.

Diggs pottery is handmade pottery produced either on the wheel or built by hand. I use specialist clays and handmade ancient recipe glazes to create layers of textures and depth of colour. Some of the glaze compounds are made from the produce of my garden. All work is thoughtfully made to be functional but at the same time a lot of care and attention has gone into the aesthetics too, with many creations being influenced from the places I have lived, like the Canary Islands, the Peak District and Buckinghamshire.

Pottery provides me with a unique, ever evolving creative outlet. Recently I have been working on a series of minimalist thrown jugs, glazed with vivid, quickly applied, primary colours.
In contrast I have been hand-building pots with scratched & textured surfaces: applying oxides to give each piece a more earthy look and feel.
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Emma Louise Payne is a distinguished ceramicist based in the Oxfordshire countryside. Since establishing her studio in 2017, she has collaborated with leading architects and brands. Her innovative practice pushes the boundaries of ceramics. Alongside her Oxfordshire studio, Emma specialises in bespoke, site-specific architectural ceramics, creating works that respond directly to place, material, and context.

I am a visual artist; and have loved making things all my life. My blue and white flower bricks began with an idea for an anniversary gift. Individually hand crafted, each one has its own unique charm, an inner smile, and a connection with nature. I am continually developing my making process and my clay journey continues. Making is happiness!

I am a ceramic artist working across tiles, plates, and sculptural forms. My practice draws on faces and people, translated through hand-built surfaces and graphic relief. I’m interested in character, awkwardness, and small observations. Humour is central, I resist preciousness, allowing imperfection, repetition, and not taking myself too seriously to guide the work and shape how the objects are read.

After retiring from teaching, I began pottery classes locally. I was given a kiln so was able to start working at home. I like experimenting with different decorating techniques but now mainly prefer to paint my work with underglazes. I love visiting museums and galleries, where I often find inspiration and also take ideas from the world of nature.

I enjoy making small, hand built, textured, stoneware pieces. I am inspired by ancient, worn ceramics

I am a ceramic artist living and working in Crowthorne. I make bowls and vases and am inspired by natural organic shapes which are incorporated in a range of outdoor sculptures.
My pottery is decorated with oxides, coloured slips and a variety of glazes. Everything is fired to 1260 degrees making it very hard wearing and frost proof.

I have been a potter and gardener for 35 years and produce many outdoor and organic looking vessels. I also work with finer clay for indoor ornaments. I am influenced by ancient cultures and love the charm of ageing materials.

I hand build pieces inspired by forms and textures from the landscape and colour palettes from nature.
Each piece is unique, embracing material imperfections and makers marks.
My interest lies in developing surface marks and multi layered glazing to expose narratives in the base forms and shapes.

James Ort is an accomplished wildlife artist and international tutor, with a lifelong passion for animals and art. Inspired by his late grandfather, renowned Ladybird Children’s Book illustrator Brian Price Thomas, James has channelled his love of wildlife into sculpture and ceramics.In addition to his work as an artist, James has managed the Phoenix Studio for 16 years.

My ceramics are inspired by nature and all things botanical. I throw and hand build, I enjoy carving clay and exploring glaze combinations.

I normally make small to medium sized ceramic pieces to enhance your garden. It is all fired to stoneware and is frost-proof. Many of my pieces are free-standing whilst others can be hung on fences or trellises.

Jenny is an intuitive potter, letting her hands shape the curves as she works on the wheel in her studio in Turville. The shapes are simple, balanced and made to be held, used and enjoyed. The glazes tend to the earthy. It’s always about the curves, be they of mugs, bowls, jugs, platters or more.

I teach pottery from my garden studio and create functional ware in porcelain and stoneware.

I have been potting since 1997, beginning with evening classes and gradually finding my own rhythm in clay. Today I work from a studio in my garden. I love throwing and hand building, fire mainly in an electric kiln, and occasionally embrace raku. My current passion is garden pots in crank or stoneware, while my raku work remains small scale.

June is a self taught ceramic artist in the Blackdown Hills. Inspired by her love for the countryside, she uses hand built techniques to build vessels such as lamps, clocks, storage containers, bread crocks and flower jugs. All her work is functional and individual and then hand finished in a relief style with minimal glaze and oxide.

I work mainly with the extremes of fine porcelain and sandy crank clay, producing hand-built functional, decorative, and sculptural pieces. I am inspired by the shapes and colours found in my garden, North Cornwall’s rugged coast, rock pools, coral and the changing light and texture.

Influenced by forms and patterns within nature, I find ceramics engage the senses via feeling and textures. I love the narrative of the process and connection between potter and recipient.
I combine functionality and durability with aesthetics in hand-built crank clay plants pots.
I also sculpt animals in crank and stoneware, using my sketchbook to paint and simplify the form.

I make functional and decorative stoneware. I prize complex and subtle glaze effects and I use a wood-fired kiln, adding salt and soda to create and modify glazes. Many of my pieces are thrown on a wheel and then altered in shape. I like to accumulate levels of complexity in my surfaces, which reveal their secrets slowly over multiple viewings.

Ceramics is a relatively new venture, which I am thoroughly enjoying exploring. I am inspired by nature’s texture, colour & shape and the work of many ceramic artists.
I originally trained as a Graphic Designer working in London for design studios and in children’s publishing. For the last 16yrs I have been teaching at the UoR in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication.

As a ceramic artist, my work is rooted in the relationship between feel and form. I use a variety of hand building techniques to create sculptural work inspired by the natural world and the organic, tactile nature of the clay itself. Each piece is unique and emerges organically from the instinctive interaction with the clay.

I am a ceramic artist who mainly throws on the wheel, loving the possibilities and unpredictability of clay.
My thrown work comprises two different, but complimenting styles; “Unique vessels” and “From Turmoil to Strength”. They both embody qualities of tactility, boldness, and surprise. I am inspired to create pieces that connect with the viewer through beauty, strength, and sheer energy.

I enjoy working with stoneware and earthenware clays, using slips and oxides with light glazes. I am inspired by shape, texture and form.

The built environment is a constant source of inspiration for my slab built vessels.
I create angular shaped vessels with castellated tops. Utilising various techniques
including sgraffito,inlay ,stencilling and printing I build up layers of colour and texture
To give a sense of place.

Since 2006, I have been throwing functional pottery - experimenting with different clays & firing techniques and mixing my own glazes and slips. Recently, I’ve explored raku firing, bringing sculptural variety to my work. I also organise ceramic events and teach lessons, which supports my artistic growth and allows me to share my passion for ceramics with others.

My work is hand built using pinching, coiling or slab techniques. I particularly enjoy combining my pottery with my other great hobby - plants.

I make ceramic and bronze resin pieces for inside and out. I have exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show for many years and work with architects , designers and private garden owners to bring unique pieces to their designs and gardens. Nature has always been my deepest source of inspiration and I feel a profound connection to it.

I create functional ceramics inspired by places I have travelled to. I love incorporating natural inspirations into my work as well and working with recycled materials wherever possible. My pieces are mostly thrown on the wheel and each have their own distinct charm.

I enjoy working in a small studio at the end of my garden where I create down-to-earth stoneware pieces. I love the adaptable and forgiving nature of clay and the meditative process of working with this medium. I like to think of my pieces sharing a space on your table and joining you in your life with family and friends.

I am a studio potter, producing a range of colourful decorative and functional ware using wheel throwing and hand-building techniques. I prefer to work with smooth stoneware clay and porcelain. I am inspired by both the English countryside and by oriental ceramics.

My pots are thrown on the wheel using stoneware clay. They are fired twice in an electric kiln with the second firing reaching 1,265C. This high temperature makes them strong, microwave and dishwasher safe and a pleasure to use for many generations. I like simple shapes with complex decoration inspired by the flowers in our garden.

I enjoy making functional and decorative ceramics exploring texture, surface pattern and form. I particularly enjoy decorating pieces using a sgraffito technique. More recently I have been making sculptural pieces on a small domestic scale based on pure abstract ideas echoing shapes and motifs that I also use in my printmaking.

There are so many techniques in Ceramics that I am lured into experimentation.
Primarily with technically difficult glazes using stoneware reduction firings and diverting into forms of Raku. Many of the pots do not see the public gaze but it is the learning by experience and lucky mistakes that keep my interest. I’m always searching for the “near” perfect pot!

I create modern rustic stoneware featuring intricate sgraffito carving and layered glazing. As a trained garden designer, I draw from my love of the outdoors and nature to create unique pottery pieces. Working on the wheel and crafting organically formed hand-built bowls, my nature-inspired geometric patterns blend folk art tradition with contemporary design. I run workshops from my garden studio.

Since 1974 I have worked with my wife Lesley at our pottery Bartley Heath Pottery (now Closed) near Odiham making mainly gas fired domestic stoneware. I have recently returned to making slipware influenced by the work of contemporary slipware potters like Russell Kingston and Ben Fosker while also experimenting with stoneware recipes that work well in an electric kiln.

I am an artist with a City & Guilds qualification in Ceramics (2000). For some time, my practice shifted to glass before returning to ceramics four years ago. I now create wheel-thrown and hand built functional and decorative pieces, characterised by vibrant colours and textures that frequently incorporate glass elements.

I’ve always loved creating with my hands. After joining an evening pottery class in 1986 with two fellow physiotherapists, I discovered a lasting passion for working with clay. Inspired by the sea, plants and woodland, I enjoy making varied, unique pieces. Whether hand‑built or wheel‑thrown, I explore different techniques to craft work for both indoor and outdoor spaces.

I enjoy producing a wide variety of functional pots for daily use. The speckled
stoneware clay breaks through a white glaze giving an organic feel to the pot.
Double dipping with glazes, some random results with Chun base glazes plus the
randomness in a gas kiln’s reduction firing and the interest can last a lifetime!

A ceramicist based in Windsor, I love the process of hand-building and all my pots are coiled freehand using a textured clay creating tactile, sculptural pieces. My work has a contemporary feel, taking inspiration from the beauty and simplicity of Scandinavian design.

I work in stoneware to handbuild my pots, creating small, medium and large pieces, both functional and sculptural. My work is frost resistant, suitable for indoors and outside. I am very drawn to movement and texture, inspired by traditional forms, the lines and tones of nature. Handbuilding is a slow process, rarely resulting in perfect symmetry. Each piece is unique.

My ceramics uses stoneware and porcelain. I use glazes to enhance and communicate the look and texture of each piece bringing it alive. It’s always a thrill to open the kiln and see what will be unloaded. My work gives me a chance to be mindful and at one with the clay, I hope that this shows in my ceramics.

My pieces are made individually by hand.
pots from stoneware clay,
glazes from ground up rock and metal oxides,
beads from polymer clay.
I enjoy developing my own glaze recipes and create unusual pots with original, tactile surfaces.
I roll the beads for my jewellery from patterns I create in colourful polymer clay which is light and easy to wear.

Through ceramics, I share my love of the natural world. Inspired by scuba diving, I create marine-themed functional pieces celebrating vibrant sea life, alongside bird totems reflecting Britain’s garden species. Fired to durable stoneware, my hand-built forms use specialist clays and artisanal glazes, incorporating small animal sculptures that invite tactile, visual engagement with nature.

This year sees the first Raku ceramics firing at Maker space... a dynamic and exciting spectacle not to be missed... red hot pots lifted straight from the kiln and plunged into waiting buckets of sawdust leaves and straw before being quenched in water and washed to reveal their glaze colours

Slip cast and hand built earthenware ceramics. Decorated using gloss, opaque and matt brush on glazes and finished with gold and platinum precious metals. I’m influenced by medieval art as well as artists such as Chagall and Klimt. My work is highly decorative, bright and colourful as well as whimsical. I always create with an emphasis on fun.

Bright and colourful earthenware ceramics. I create different textures by cutting and mark making into wet clay and by using gloss, opaque and matt glazes. Each piece is finished with gold precious metal. My work is highly decorative with an emphasis on fun.

I specialise in the intricate Nerikomi ceramic technique, tracing its roots back to 7th-century China. Colour and intricate decoration infuse the Porcelain clay itself, bypassing brushwork decoration. By layering slices of coloured clay, then symmetrically arranging, my vessels convey delicate beauty and mystery. I delight in the interplay of vibrant colours against the canvas of white porcelain.

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I have enjoyed being a member of the eARTh
group of potters for a few years .
Having been a Dentist in the past I like creating objects out of clay using my hands which I feel are used to doing things. I particularly love anything with a Japanese style ! I am lucky to have visited Japan several times !

I work in porcelain, taking my inspiration from the landscape. Both the sweeping vistas of the hills and valleys of the Chilterns and the delicate patterns of individual leaves and flowers inform my work. I make vessels and lamps with impressed leaves and flower recording the season and place and sculptural vessels with abstract images drawn from the landscape.

With an interest in both ceramics and glass, my experience with one feeds the other. In ceramics, I chiefly use sculptural and throwing techniques to explore historical and conservation art. With glass, I am exploring the wonders of heat work, in casting and fused glass, and Pate de Verre techniques.

I create fine porcelain ceramics that capture the ephemeral beauty of nature’s changing seasons. Through hand-building techniques I preserve the delicate details of fallen leaves, evergreen sprigs, emerging shoots and wild grasses, embedding real flora into the porcelain to leave their ghostly impressions behind. Each piece is then carefully hand-painted, evoking the quiet poetry of the natural world.

Vallari Harshwal specialises in ceramic tableware and lights. Between designing handcrafted ceramics and dinnerware surfaces, her work evokes a sense of calm and simplity on a landscape of shifting narratives of life.