Ceramics

Abbie Sunter is multi-media artist specialising in hand built ceramic sculpture. Drawing heavily on themes of folklore, myths and legends, her work aims to reconnect the viewer to nature through storytelling and the fantastic creatures of worlds both seen and...

I create decorative and functional ceramics, handbuilding my work often using raku clay. I enjoy incorporating natural materials, particularly driftwood, into my designs. My work is inspired by both rural and seaside landscapes and often echoes the natural world...

Slip decorated and glazed white stoneware and red earthenware vessels thrown on a wheel with gestural fluid decoration. Influenced by Korean and Japanese forms and Industrial British vessels.

Thrown pottery inspired by the landscape and industrial Heritage of the Midlands and the North of England. I adorn these forms with slips and glazes in a gestural fluid manner inspired by the forms and shapes of both Eastern and Western sensibilities.

Work is wheel thrown and hand built, altered, and assembled using stoneware, porcelain and earthenware clays. Forms seek to utilise and respond to the malleability of these materials and embrace their responsiveness to extended and shorter wood firings. Functional...

If I tried to explain what’s important to me, I’d talk about the landscape and the sky, about the city- where nature unexpectedly emerges, about lives lived, people, birds and creatures- old, new, real and imaginary. This is what I think about. This is what I make,...

We make Buird pottery in Wirksworth, using Staffordshire clay to hand throw pots in our light-filled workshop overlooking the green hills in the distance. We have taught and supported others to discover the wonder of throwing and pottery for many years. Buird is...

Buird Pottery is hand thrown in small batches in Wirksworth, before being fired in an electric or wood fired kiln. Potters Graeme and Inga both grew up in Scotland, so the ancient Scottish word for table felt apt - it’s pronounced ‘boord’. Our pots are made using...

Carol’s work is inspired by the colours, shapes and silhouettes of industrial architecture.  These influences are realised through the choice of red stoneware and porcelain clay.  The rich natural colours which make the work so distinctive are achieved through gas...

High fired handmade porcelain coasters, buttons and framed tile collections featuring botanical and marine images.

I produce handmade ceramic products which include tiles presented as multiples in framed collections, brooches, buttons and coasters. The tiles are produced using a porcelain clay decorated with a white glaze. Images from my drawings, prints and photographs are...

Having spent my career in Arts and Education, I’m now back to sculpting clay  and embracing a varied style to exploit its natural spontaneous qualities with a little creative chaos. I make individual pieces using the wheel, my hands, and whatever else I can find to...

My work explores rhythm and movement, whether through a single line describing the 3 dimensional form it covers (echoing the tracery of stone walls on a hillscape), spontaneous mark making using metal oxides, or by allowing the action of flame on clay to produce...

My work explores rhythm and movement, whether through a single line describing the 3 dimensional form it covers (echoing the tracery of stone walls on a hillscape), spontaneous mark making using metal oxides, or by allowing the action of flame on clay to produce...

Claywirks is a group of 12 enthusiastic and like-minded potters based in Wirksworth, Derbyshire who came together at the end of 2014 to do something about addressing our needs by pooling and sharing resources. Our aims are simple; to share a space and equipment; to...

The distinctive range of hand painted bright and colourful tableware reflect my love of bold colours and passion for painting. The beautiful designs are inspired by interactions with wildlife and nature, from sitting sketching in the garden to reflections based on...

The distinctive range of hand painted bright and colourful tableware reflect my love of bold colours and passion for painting. The beautiful designs are inspired by interactions with wildlife and nature, from sitting sketching in the garden to reflections based on...

Often in ceramics; cracks, pin-holed glazing, mixing of clay and patchy slips are seen as defects, but I have created a body of work that enhances and celebrates these, each is still beautiful and valid in its own right. They have been made imperfectly-perfect with...

Dawn Kryger is a Canadian born ceramic artist with over 20 years of experience making and selling. Now living in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, she draws inspiration from the rolling hills and peaceful countryside. This can be seen strongest in her mug and teapot series...

My pieces are thrown in stoneware and porcelain at my studio in Middleton-by-Wirksworth, where the golden colours of the land, stone and sky tend to seep into my glazing, along with the occasional splash of colour. Simple, elegant forms, functional and decorative,...

I create ceramic sculptures and homewares that take inspiration from organic flower forms, architectural elements and my own East Asian cultural influences.  Each element of a sculpture is hand-built from stoneware and porcelain clays, with repeating petal and...

I make decorative low fired ceramic bowls, plates, dishes and brooches in my Nottingham studio from a variety of clays using press moulding and hand building techniques. Drawing inspiration for my work from observations of the natural world, I dip, pour and brush...

I make decorative low fired ceramic bowls, dishes, plates and brooches from a variety of clays using press-moulding & hand building processes. After dipping and pouring on a range of unusual glazes including a vibrant matt turquoise and tactile crawling glazes,...

I make decorative low fired ceramic bowls, dishes, plates and brooches from a variety of clays using press-moulding & hand building processes. After dipping and pouring on a range of unusual glazes including a vibrant matt turquoise and tactile crawling glazes,...

My highly decorative ceramics reflect the tactile joy of throwing clay on the pottery wheel. The organic shapes invite to wrap your hands around the vessels which are decorated with texture to give additional sensory satisfaction. The pieces are embellished with...

My highly decorative ceramics reflect the tactile joy of throwing clay on the pottery wheel. I experiment with form, surface texture and glazing to create individual and small-batch pieces that are best experienced in the viewer’s palms. The vessels are embellished...

My work is about using botanical themed plants & seed heads to impress into the clay surface. I also use acetate stencils to make layered plant designs with different slip layers. Everything is grown from seed in my garden, collected as foliage and seed heads...

My work is a celebration of nature & botanical plants & flowers of the British Isles. I am a studio potter who hand-builds vessels, wall hangings, succulent pebbles & planters using seed heads & wild flowers sown & grown in my own country...

I make botanical themed ceramics inspired by nature. These include vessels, wall mounts, large charges, succulent pebbles & impressed pendants. I use a grogged stoneware clay, coloured slips, underglazes and various oxides and textured glazes. All work is...

I have always had a love for everyday items which hold little monetary value but are full of sentimental or emotional value. I enjoy searching through the cupboard to find the right mug for the right moment, for the right tea or time of day. The feeling of this is...

I am both a potter and a printmaker. My influences are from nature and pattern. I work in porcelain paper clay that I make myself. I love the translucency that I can achieve with this. I press seed-heads and other items into the clay to pick up the often very...

My name is Helen Butler and I am based in Belper, Derbyshire. I originally trained as a fashion designer eventually moving into education where I worked as an art technician along with teaching ceramics and printmaking. I am now both a potter and a printmaker. My...

Jane Clowes Ceramics - Artist Statement. I am a ceramic artist based in Stoke on Trent working from the studio I built in my back garden. I produce slab built functional earthenware pieces. My bird drawings are applied onto the ware as enamel transfers. I am...

I am a ceramic artist working in Stoke on Trent. I make domestic ware inspired by the Staffordshire pottery tradition and mid century design. I combine the precision of hand building techniques and the gestural nature of slip decoration and stencil work. The...

Artist Statement - Jane Clowes ceramics   I am a ceramicist working from my studio in Stoke on Trent.  I make handmade slab built domestic and decorative ware inspired by the Staffordshire Pottery slipware tradition and mid century design. I combine the precision...

Inspired by the natural world and the ebb and flow of nature’s fruition I draw inspiration from its somewhat secret and hidden beauty. Sea life, rock pools, the emerging seeds of plants, fruits and trees all inform my sculptural pieces. My work is mainly hand built...

I draw my inspiration from my deep connection with nature and the ebb and flow of nature’s fruition. My workshop is adorned with natural forms, such as cones, seedpods, and coastal finds offered from the sea. These collections inform my ceramic work, and I then...

AS A NOTTINGHAM BASED CERAMICIST I FEEL INSPIRED BY THE LACE HERITAGE OF THE CITY. DRAWN TO THE PURITY OF PORCELAIN I COMBINE THIS DELICATE MEDIUM WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS FOUND IN LACE TO PRODUCE A FEMININE COLLECTION OF WORK WITH A TEXTILE LIKE SURFACE. MY...

AS A NOTTINGHAM BASED CERAMICIST I NATURALLY FEEL INSPIRED BY THE LACE HERITAGE OF THE CITY. DRAWN TO THE PURITY OF PORCELAIN I COMBINE THIS DELICATE MEDIUM WITH THE BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS OF LACE TO PRODUCE A FEMIINE COLLECTION OF WORK WITH A TEXTILE LIKE SURFACE....

Mary Johnson makes interpretations of slip decorated earthenware ceramics. Applying traditional techniques in contemporary ways to create lively, striking vessels with meaning, texture and function. Plants and insects are drawn onto the work directly from life...

All my pots are made to be used. A teapot, a large platter, a sushi plate or a garden planter, a pot is not completely finished until I know it’s being filled with food or plants, being enjoyed at the table or in the garden. Earthenware pots are slipped and...

In my whimsical and often illustrated ceramics, I endeavour to transport viewers to a world where imagination reigns supreme. From the enchanting beauty of nature, the curiosity of childhood, and the vibrant hues of fantasy, I aim infuse each piece with a sense of...

Based in Northumberland, Qi Fang Colbert is an internationally awarded and exhibited artist, ceramicist, illustrator and researcher, as well as a creative and innovative ceramist creating original surrealist narrative works. As part of her PhD in Fine Art and Art...

I’m influenced by traditional Moorish ceramics and love exploring the repetition of simple shapes and patterns to create surfaces that are more than the sum of their parts! I handmake all the tiles used in my work; the variations add character and warmth to any...

Claywirks continues to thrive into its 11th year. We are a group of 13 enthusiastic and like-minded potters based around Wirksworth, Derbyshire who originally came together at the end of 2014 to do something about addressing our creative needs by pooling and...

I am a writer and creative artist.  I work with words and clay.  I handbuild stoneware vessels and figurative sculptures that respond to the natural world and my poetry.

My work is strongly influenced by a visit to Japan in 1997. In particular Nara, the Ryoanji gardens and Mashiko, with its kilns and potteries, provided the inspiration for my interpretations of Japanese traditional forms. My starting point from an initial idea is...

I design and make forms with an intended sense of tranquility and harmony. Those who view my work will hopefully see something of these qualities and connect with the piece in their own way. Japanese traditional art remains a strong influence for my ceramics and I...

Simon Sneath - Artist Statement I work with stoneware, porcelain and coarse crank clays using throwing and slab building techniques. My starting points are generally drawings or 3D sketches. Maquettes follow to explore form, scale, texture, mechanical strength etc....

Hannah Buchanan's focus is creating everyday objects in stoneware which elevate day to day actions by the way they look and feel. With over 13 years experience in ceramics, including the role of Glaze Developer at Denby Pottery, I now solely make every day ceramics...

I have always had a love for everyday items which hold little monetary value but are full of sentimental or emotional value. I enjoy searching through the cupboard to find the right mug for the right moment, for the right tea or time of day. The feeling of this is...

Zo Marsh Artist Statement 2023 My work is mainly ceramic, yet textile in origin. I decorate the surface of my handmade tiles using both traditional and digital techniques sometimes adding wire for contrast. Living near Wirksworth, the stunning views inspire me on a...

Zoë Marsh  - Artist Statement 2025   Both my birthplace near Manchester and home near Wirksworth are areas rich in textile heritage. The proximity of Stoke-Upon –Trent, an area shaped by the pottery industry also seems somehow appropriate to my choice of media;...