Spotlight • Featured Artists

Wendy Lawrence sculpts forms inspired by nature from clay. The surface is heavily carved and changed with volcanic, reactive glazes creating the appearance of worn, weathered and corroded stone.

Dawn’s vessels are thrown altered and marked. The various indentations, abstract marks and additions to the surface are symbolic of a life’s journey. Beauty can be found in the acknowledgement of our struggles, fears and the search for healing, and in the acceptance of impactful significant events.

Sue Mundy is a contemporary British ceramic artist specialising in hand-built sculptural forms. A constant theme in Sues work is the natural world. Her current work explores the shapes and surface textures found from trees and bones. A key shift in this work reflects her focus on the purely aesthetic over the functional.

Sasha’s hallmark style is a distinctive combination of pure white slip cast bone china, treated with unique decorating techniques and finished in a carefully chosen palette of muted, subtle colours.

Louise McNiff’s work is inspired by the landscape of the eastern moors in Derbyshire where she lives. The shapes, marks and colours found in Louise's work are rooted in her connection to this dramatic terrain.

Justine Allison primarily works making hand-built porcelain forms which play on the boundaries between function and decoration. She engages with the simplicity and beauty of clay, incorporating pattern and texture to create subtle, unique variations on the surface. The lightness and subtle movement of form contributes to the eloquence in communicating a quiet grace.

Jemma creates expressive narrative sculpture that references and builds on the long tradition of the porcelain figurine. Her detailed porcelain figures explore upbringing and attitude, using cast doll faces, fired dressmaker’s pins and mixed media. She plays with the dichotomy of conformity and resistance.

Shirley Vauvelle multifaceted practice encompasses ceramics and painting. She is self-taught in ceramics working from a light-filled studio in her home near the coastal town of Filey. Her studio is surrounded by her ever-evolving garden, which is an integral part of her artistic process. Plants chosen for their form and texture not only inspire her but are frequently incorporated into her work.