handmade pottery

Lorna Gilbert is a potter inspired by those moments you can’t put into words: sweeping horizons, vast open spaces, the beauty of a fern slowly unfolding. But for Lorna, clay is also therapy. Read her story in our Meet the Maker interview.

Meet Shelly Honey from By Shelly Lee, a potter based in Devon making joyful ceramics that celebrate soft pastel hues, organic shapes, delicate patterns and the humble button.

Hands are very important to potter Bronwen Wells from Ink & Clay. It’s through her hands that she turns inspiration to creation, forms pots, adds colour to the world, and, being deaf from birth, they are also the way she makes herself heard.

For Hannah Berridge the joy of ceramics is in the decoration. She is an artist using clay as her canvas. In our Meet the Maker interview Hannah discusses her techniques, why glazes can be tricky to work with and her dream of being featured in the V&A’s permanent collection.  

Meet potter Sejal Patel from Sejal Ceramics, the part-time pharmacy worker who makes porcelain vases, bottles and planters with dashes of metallic detailing from the pottery in her converted garage