Ceramic Artists include

Bill Williamson
Lucy Neish
Krugger Ceramics
Christine Cummings
Paul Jenkins cold cast bronzes
Christine Pike

Christine Cummings
About Me...
I began making animals whilst studying ceramics at Lancashire Polytechnic, which to begin with was purely pig studies, spending alot of time at agricultural shows in the rare breeds tent.

Many Years later Im still making pigs along with a whole host of other animals, source material is never far away - a cow in a field, a scratching chicken or a dog racing down the street.

Sketching from life is a very big part of my work making me study the subject at great length.

The pieces are all hand crafted in earth stone clay being finished either by Raku or smoke firing

Christine Pike

I have sculpted, in one medium or another, for most of my life. Since leaving university I worked as a soft sculpture artist for seventeen years and undertook design commissions for several toy manufacturers in the UK and USA, including two plush mascots for Harley Davidson.

I returned to my first love – clay, and have been making figurative pieces since 2007. My work is informed by ideas and reflections upon the nature of childhood, play, half-remembered folk tales – and how these things impact upon us as adults.

My figures tell stories. Sometimes light-hearted, sometimes unsettling or melancholy, I aim to capture character and a suggestion of private thoughts. Sometimes my figures disguise themselves as animals. Occasionally they are caught in the act of transformation; half human, half beast.

I use mainly Earthstone Smooth and my own paper clay. I keep colouring to a minimum and use light washes of oxides and stains and fire to 1240 ēC. I also use artist pigments and sometimes finish a piece with the application of Dutch metal leaf.

In 2015 I decided to make my work available in editions as well as creating one-off pieces in stoneware and porcelain. Every stage of the process is carried out by me – from original clay sculpture and making of the mould to the casting and final finishing. The delight of working with resin is its versatility: it can be coloured, painted, gilded, or made to resemble metal, stone, and marble with the addition of powdered bronze, iron, marble, etc. Therefore many different finishes are available, some of which are suitable for outdoor display.