Vicky working on a breadpot in her workshop surrounding by inspiration pictures and pieces collected over the years.

Working from my studio and shop in Llanidloes, I design and make rustic, contemporary ceramics.

Using grogged stoneware clays, including a gritty, toasty coloured wild clay from our own fields, I employ simple handbuilding techniques. Pressing soft clay over terrracotta moulds to make bowls and plates and hand coiling to build vases and urns, then scraping and refining with simple tools to pull the grog to the surface to create texture. Working in this way allows me work with the form more intuitively. Decorative elements are minimal, leaving areas of the surface unglazed enhancing the tactile nature of the form.

I am a member of the Shropshire Guild of Contemporary Craft and the Craft Potters Association. I am providing an ongoing programme of creative pottery workshops for Horatio’s Garden Midlands in Oswestry.

 
 

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All packed up and ready to go to the Spring Fair @orieldavies today. I know it's a wet and grey day but don't worry, us makers and crafters will be inside in the warmth, so come and have a browse. ❤ I'll be building a big coil pot and general chat
A glimpse of some new things that'll be going on the website next week. First of all they will be coming with me to @orieldavies Spring Fair tomorrow in Newtown. Lots of things going on ..... music 🎵..... dancing 💃 🎶 .... food 🥖🥖. . . . #spr
New wild clay vases fresh from the kiln. There will be a website shop update next week lots of new things. Keep an 👁 out. . . . #newpots #handmade #pottery #wildclay #vases #soapdish #spoon #spoonrest #kitchenstyle #bathroom #interiordesign #co
Getting things ready to go to this lovely event on Sunday @orieldavies . Together with selling pots, I'll be doing a bit of making/demonstrating, hopefully coiling with wild clay from my field (if I can find a table strong enough!). There will be l
All finished, boxed up and off to @harrisbuggstudio. We saved all our egg boxes to pack them in, so 🤞they all arrive safely. I make that 271 tiles (269 thumbprints and 2 pawprints 🐈). The target was 250, but we got a bit carried away in @horatios
Finishing off the thumbprint tiles for @horatiosgarden Chelsea Flower Show garden. These seemingly simple little tiles actually take as much time to make as a large moulded bowl. After rolling out the clay to exactly 9mm and using 2 sizes of cutte
Mixing and sieving glaze for the @horatiosgarden Chelsea Flower Show thumbprint tile project. I thought you might like to see the process. Sorry about the rubbish filming ... had to stir with one hand and film with the other (mislaid Mr Octopus!)
I'm so pleased to be working with @orieldavies in April & May to deliver Workshops for Wellness - CLAY. Once a week for 4 weeks we will be exploring different hand building techniques and foraging for natural materials to create surface texture
Black clay mugs and vases on the new shelves in the shop. Each mug is made individually and has little gold lustre accents. . . . #mugs #vases #designer #pottery #shelfie #contemporaryart #interiors #handmade #style #vicky #ceramics #visit #shopopen