Dóttir Studio is the work of UK based artist and maker, Jess King who creates small batches and one-of-a-kind ceramics from her home studio. Pieces are either thrown on the potters wheel or hand-built; using coils and slabs. Her work is highly illustrated and takes inspiration from nature and storytelling, making them both whimsical and playful.
Kate, the illustrator and ceramicist behind Grow and Bloom Studios, creates slow made ceramics from her studio in Cornwall. Each piece is thoughtfully hand crafted and decorated with an array of surface illustrations. Each piece is uniquely made either on the wheel, slip cast or using hand built methods such as slab,coil, press mould or pinch. Alongside her line of functional ceramics she offers a range of prints, stickers, cards and other paper goods that are all environmentally conscious.
Leanne of Rolling Roses ceramics makes a feminine range of pastel toned porcelain homeware and jewellery. Her pieces include tealight holders, bowls, plates and teawares and a complimentary range of necklaces and earrings. She is inspired by the lace heritage of her home town Nottingham and pieces are often textured with delicate lace prints. Alongside a pastel colour pallete she uses gold lustre to accent details.
Tori creates contemporary and colourful homeware from her small garage studio on the Shropshire and Staffordshire border. Tori's current collections range from mini bloom vases to large functional and decorative additions to the home. Tori finds joy in creating ceramics, as it gives her a space to silence her mind and focus entirely on the methodical process of making, being able to find comfort in the grounding interaction with clay. The tactility of the material and its connection to the natural world is something which has always informed her colourful collections, and memories of childhood summers spent in the Ironbridge gorge museums pouring over the fascinating examples of delicate China and hand painted tiles.
Hollie makes colourful, fun pottery to uplift the mood and create a talking point in the room. Using the potter's wheel and the technique of slipcasting, each piece is unique with hand-painted surface patterns. Along with her functional wares, Hollie also hosts pottery workshops at her studio in Lancashire.
A lover of the natural world, especially plants and flowers, Katie combines her passions to make functional, beautiful, everyday objects that can equally be considered heirlooms of the future. Katie's work is either made on the wheel or slipcast, and then hand-finished. Simple in design, her shapes are always considered and the pieces are given a contemporary finish with glazes and colour combinations which often find their inspiration in nature. Katie uses porcelain, often considered a luxury material, as it has a smooth and tactile finish. Katie works out of her garden studio in Kings Heath, Birmingham.
Natalie’s key themes within her work are colour and repetition. The meditative aspect of repetition comes with slipcasting, a technique usually used in a mass production setting. The impact colour has on a space, on people and their emotions is another aspect Natalie connects within her practice. All pieces from Natalie’s Main collection are Slipcast with stained porcelain slip.
Ronnie is a thrower (wheel thrown) of unique pieces of ceramics. Her work is organic, tactile and functional. All of Ronnie's work is thrown, turned and glazed at studios in Birmingham. Ronnie works intuitively and no two pots are the same. When you see her work you will see her beautifully uniqueness in her pieces. Ronnie uses different clays porcelain ( very smooth ), stoneware and crank ( very gritty). Her work is inspired by nature, her love of clay is evident , her love of her art is evident. Her clay journey which began on a evening course to her now having work in galleries and having exhibited in several exhibitions including a selected exhibition at Worcester Cathedral and now doing several selected art stalls. Please note I do not have a website only on instagram as ronniediggins.
Alison a ceramic artist making beautiful collectible pieces for the home as well as functional cups bowls and plates.
Maisie is an illustrator who creates and paints miniature clay sculptures. Her work enables her to turn her love for illustration into 3D physical forms. Each and every piece created by Maisie is a unique one off and will never have a twin.
Sophie Farrar is a ceramic artist currently living and working in Sheffield. Her pieces are produced in porcelain and stoneware using traditional hand building techniques, manipulating slabs of clay to piece together her forms. From concept to realisation, great importance is placed on process, often using painstaking techniques to achieve her unique texture and pattern.Through this slow method of making, Sophie aims to create treasured pieces that feel minimal and controlled whilst retaining subtle signs of the hand.
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