Massive subscribers offer is on its way On 15 August 2022 Online Ceramics will be moving 300 miles from its Peterborough home in East Anglia across the country to Plymouth in Devon. Plymouth is where Online Ceramics founder Peter Ward grew up and had his first job working as a potter for John Pollex at […]
Keep an eye on Online Ceramics during 2021. We are going to add some brilliant potters over the coming months. Choosing new artists is something we savour; over the course of this year we will be adding at least one potter a month. Having originally approached many of these potters up to 18 months ago, […]
Barry Stedman produces beautiful painterly vessels using earthenware clay and coloured slips. The decoration on all of Barry’s work has been generated using his sketches of the English countryside surrounding his home in Bedfordshire. Barry’s work is always evolving; when he first joined Online Ceramics his pots were a lot freer, the slips he applied […]
Jane Cairns‘ ceramics ooze a post-industrial aesthetic. When people picture the Thames, they think of Parliament or maybe the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. East London Thames couldn’t be more different with decay and rebirth in equal measures. This is where Jane’s studio is based, a stretch of the Thames that was once a powerhouse […]
James Hake is a quality Potter. It was inevitable he would be invited to join Online Ceramics. He first came to our attention very early on in the life of Online Ceramics. In fact, before our website even went live. One damp September evening we set off to Ceramics in the City, an annual studio […]
Margaret Curtis, a potter who has created an art out of making the imperfect perfect. Like all Online Ceramics artists Margaret regularly exhibits both nationally and internationally. From 22 August to 14 September Margaret’s pots will feature in a solo exhibition at the Contemporary Ceramics Centre. Contemporary Ceramics is the most prestigious studio pottery gallery […]
Rachel Wood has now been with Online Ceramics for 7 years. Over that time her stoneware vessels have proven popular not just with UK collectors, but across Europe and the rest of the world. In 2016 Rachel was the winner of the Preis der ‘Neuen Keramik’ and in 2017 she was the Winner of the […]
Online Ceramics continues to represent some of the UK’s greatest studio potters making today. The latest artist to join is Shropshire based maker, Richard Heeley, who produces beautifully thrown porcelain pots that he decorates using blue cobalt Gosu pigment. The influences for Richard’s pots are drawn from the Orient, particularly Korea. However, when it comes […]
A talented thrower, Matt Horne’s work introduces crystalline ceramics to a new generation. His pots are unashamedly decorative, deliberately moving counter to current trends. What makes Horne’s work distinctive is how he has developed the shapes of his vessels and the palate of colours he uses to such great effect. Peter Ward, Owner of […]
The third annual Innovations in Ceramic Art will be taking place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March in Cambridge Guildhall. Over 55 artists from across the UK, France and the Netherlands will be coming to Cambridge to show their creations at the first major ceramic fair of 2018. The public will have the opportunity […]
