Celebrating 45 years of exceptional ceramic artistry by Tim Andrews, a master of his craft.
Inspired by Bernard Leach’s retrospective exhibition at the V&A, Tim honed his skills through apprenticeships and set out on his own journey to create timeless, soul-touching pieces. Explore the chemistry between technical precision and serendipitous expression in his labour-intensive works, featuring a mix of throwing and hand-building techniques and finished with raku-firing.
“My work represents an ongoing dialogue between the technical sophistication of processes, serendipity, and timeless human qualities” – Tim Andrews
Tim’s pieces, marked by black and white linear decoration and bold splashes of colour, can be found in public and private collections worldwide. Tim is a fellow of the Craft Potters Association, Honorary President of the Westcountry Potters, and the author of two books on Raku.
Lise’s primary interests lie in creating decorative and sculptural forms with highly textured, expressive surfaces. The work is deeply rooted in the rugged landscape she grew up in in Norway, imbuing a sense of place, timelessness and quiet beauty within each piece, as if they were found, rather than made.
This exhibition profiles the works of ten esteemed makers, each of whom have recently been awarded Selected Member status by the Craft Potters Association.
As his working practice approaches fifty years, Jack Doherty’s work has become simpler and more focused. By stripping away what he considers unnecessary, Jack’s process now involves just one clay, one colouring mineral, and a single firing. For inspiration and courage, he looks back to prehistoric vessels, powerful anonymous objects that held both practical and spiritual significance in everyday life. These forms, made before art or craft, speak profoundly of their time and the people who lived with them.
“Simplicity is complexity resolved” - Constantin Brancusi
Lara Scobie is an Edinburgh based ceramic artist specialising in individual slip-cast vessels and bowls made in porcelain and parian clay. Focusing on the dynamic between form and pattern her work explores the cohesive integration of drawing, surface, mark making and volume. The off-center ellipses of the individual forms echo line drawings and decoration applied to the painted surfaces.
“The theme of balance is a constant, significantly underlining my current work in which ideas of dynamic interplay between form and surface develop.” – Lara Scobie
Sue’s work draws on the quiet resilience of trees and bones—forms shaped by time, marked by fragility and carrying memories of growth and decay. Through slow, receptive hand-building, each piece develops as if guided by an internal rhythm. Textured surfaces hold lines like weathered stories, while a soft matte glaze evokes a sense of calmness.
‘My hurt, my joy, my scars, my healing, all shape the work I create in clay.’ – Sue Mundy
