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Ceramics|Artist|Bricoleur, making use of the materials at hand #ceramics #artandscience #landscape www.tanawest.co.uk
Another…testing ideas, carving clay. I can think of so many easier ways to make this but it has a lovely quality to it.
February 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Teaching a Foraged and Found Materials for Ceramics course @citylit.bsky.social…starts 1st March - first morning is offsite-hope the weather is good!!
February 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Studio experiment…fabric slip transfer technique using clay from Albania/London/Sussex…subtle…not sure where it’s heading but I like it?..?!
February 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I have written an essay to accompany the ‘Undergrowth’ exhibition @countyhallpottery curated by @ejacksonjackson.bsky.social and Emily Stapleton jefferis…i enjoyed responding to the work and ideas behind ‘Undergrowth’, got my microscope out and entangled myself in all things vegetal.
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
UNDERGROWTH
ceramics exhibition at County Hall Pottery London…on till the 8th March
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Undergrowth is on view at County Hall Pottery, London

📍 View the photo gallery & read more: cnow.site/undergrowth

Exhibited artists: Elizabeth Jackson, Emily Stapleton Jefferis, Jo Pearl, Lisa Hellrup, Meichen Chen, Mingshu Li, Raphael Emine, Safia Hijos, Sisse Holst Pedersen
Curated by Elizabeth
January 15, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I’ve written something to accompany this #ceramics exhibition…it includes mention of lichen and a potters wasp in relation to ceramic practice
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Bit closer to the lichen to see the hypha #microscope #fungifriends
January 1, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Start as you mean to go on…considering lichens #fungifriends
January 1, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This weekend…open studio…in East London!
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Studio visits and self imposed reading list for ‘Undergrowth’
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If you are in London come to our studio open 29/30th Nov…artists talk each day 2pm
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A night time teapot street find…
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Making clayey soil from across borders into grog for #icontainmultitudes
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Almost imperceptible rainbow…
October 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Teaching several wild clay courses next year in London… @citylit.bsky.social
Starts 1st March 2026 www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/fora... and later in June at WAES.
October 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The reach on Bluesky is limited but on the off chance…the next mould making course I’m teaching @wmc-adultlearning.bsky.social starts 22nd November! www.wmcollege.ac.uk/course-detai...
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Experimenting with turning London clay into grog and tonally addition to white stoneware #icontainmultitudes
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Fun was had bat detecting in Braunton @batconservation.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Experimental ceramics @citylit.bsky.social the seed inclusions have sprouted contributing to the surface of layered clay
July 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hiding things awkwardly under awkward things…
July 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM