Shipley College art students are celebrating the end of their course with In the Making, a showcase of their final-year projects. The work is a mix of everything they love, inspired by local scenery and the artists who influence them today. By bringing together the best skills they’ve picked up over their course, the students have …
Living in a busy city, Stacy seeks to bring the natural world indoors. Her work explores the relationship between nature and the built environment through vases and planters that are both thoughtfully designed and functional. Created with specific plants in mind, her forms move beyond the conventional cylindrical pot to echo natural habitats, encouraging healthier …
Sandra is a visual artist and maker specialising in clay ceramics, alongside a wider mixed‑media practice that includes collage, printmaking and textiles. Her ceramic studio focuses on tableware and functional pieces, art designed to be used and handled every day. Sandra has been working with clay since 1999, and her practice continues to evolve as …
Penny Phillips is a contemporary sculptor, artist and teacher based in York. Her work explores wildlife and the nature of species loss, conveying the beauty, fragility, and vulnerability of her subject matter. Penny strives to retain the raw nature of clay, using a rich red earthenware with heavily textured surfaces. Using a muted color palette …
Jo makes wheel thrown functional decorative earthenware pots for interiors. Jo uses a white grogged clay that is decorated on the outer surface with oxides and contrast this with a satin glaze for the inner surface. Jo scuffs the outside of the pots with sandpaper then apply the oxides which turn inky in the kiln …
Jessica Jenyns is a Yorkshire-based Artist and uses flora, fauna, the mountains, oceans and seas to inform her work. Jessica predominantly works with clay and needle-felting, ensuring her practice is as eco-friendly as possible. Movement, colour and capturing the essence of the wild is at the forefront of each piece. Jessica is always at play …
Helen is a ceramic artist whose sculptural practice draws deeply from mythology, folklore, and ancient fables. Each piece she creates feels unearthed from a distant past, carrying the quiet mystery of something half remembered yet resonant. Through a thoughtful fusion of narrative and material, she invites viewers into contemplative spaces where transformation, grief, and myth …
Ellen is inspired her background in geography and environmental sciences, utilising natural and reclaimed materials to create functional art for everyday life. Supported by her training in Japan, she combines traditional craft techniques with the energy and community available through material and knowledge networks of modern cities to make work technically diverse yet materially rooted …
Anne makes both functional and decorative ceramics using hand building techniques, from her home studio in rural Northumberland. Her work reflects the landscape around her, and a childhood growing up in Scotland, especially holidays to the West Coast. Each piece is uniquely textured with found objects such as wooden printing blocks, and wallpapers. Illustrating her …
Alice Grey explores folklore of the North East Coast of Britain. She is also inspired by North Sea and the magnificent creatures that live in it. She loves to experiment with different clays and techniques.