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63 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury London WC1B 3BF

Located just opposite the British Museum, Contemporary Ceramics is run by the Craft Potters Association and exhibits a rotation of work by over 80 carefully selected members at any one time. With new exhibitions by leading makers each month, and stock replenished regularly, there’s always something new to see.

Usual Opening & Collection Hours

Tuesday – Saturday: 11:00 – 18:00
Sunday – Monday: Closed
Bank Holidays: Closed

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Touch and tactile surfaces connect Emma Lacey's ha

Touch and tactile surfaces connect Emma Lacey's hand-thrown domestic ware with Tessa Wolfe-Murray's Journey Bud Vases.

Emma Lacey's ceramics explore notions of what is known as emotionally durable design, "a new genre of sustainable design that reduces consumption and waste by increasing the durability of relationships established between users and products"*. Emma draws attention to the physical experience of using ceramics with her satin-matt surface glaze and soft indents. @emmalaceyeveryday

Tessa Wolfe-Murray's slip cast earthenware vases take inspiration from her experiences when travelling – rock formations, beach debris, horizons, buildings and their surfaces, museum artefacts... Tactile surfaces are enhanced with finely sprayed slip and smoke firing. @tessawolfemurray_ceramics

*Jonathan Chapman, Emotionally Durable Design: Objects, Experiences and Empathy

Image L-R: Emma Lacey Tablewear, Tessa Wolfe-Murray Journey Bud Vases

As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves are filling up with exciting new work from many of our favourite makers, and we're enjoying pairing different styles of work. Follow the link in bio and head to our online shop to discover more exiting new ceramics.

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Softly thrown white porcelain cylinders by Karen D

Softly thrown white porcelain cylinders by Karen Downing sit beautifully with Taja's hand-built mugs, glazed in blue green. Although using different making techniques, each maker works with the qualities of porcelain to exploit the material's nuances and character. Perfect for gifting and for the Christmas table. @karendowning.porcelain

As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves are filling up with exciting new work from many of our favourite makers, and we're enjoying pairing different styles of work. Follow the link in bio and head to our online shop to discover more exiting new ceramics.

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Inspired by her grandmother’s Willow Pattern col

Inspired by her grandmother’s Willow Pattern collection, Rhian Malin continues the long historic tradition of hand-painting porcelain with cobalt-blue decoration. Her elegant wheel-thrown porcelain vessels are the chosen surface, created to stretch this tradition into the 21st Century. Soon to be in our online shop. Available from our gallery at 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF. @rmalindesign

As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves are filling up with exciting new work from many of our favourite makers. Follow the link in bio and head to our online shop to discover more exiting new ceramics.

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Lise Herud Braten's primary interests lie in creat

Lise Herud Braten's primary interests lie in creating decorative and sculptural forms with highly textured, expressive surfaces. Memories of growing up in a rugged landscape in Norway inform both shapes and mark-making, imbuing the pieces with a sense of place.

As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves are filling up with exciting new work from many of our favourite makers. Follow the link in bio and head to our online shop to discover more.

Visit in person at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

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As our shelves fill up with new work from all our

As our shelves fill up with new work from all our favourite makers, we're enjoying pairing different styles of work. Colour and texture create connections between the delicate raku vessels of Kate Schuricht and the hand-thrown porcelain of Juliet Macleod. @thecloudpottery @kateschurichtceramics

Follow the link in bio and head to our online shop to discover more.

Visit in person at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

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To mark the end of Akiko Hirai’s solo exhibition

To mark the end of Akiko Hirai’s solo exhibition @ceramicscentre, @ceramicreview has an amazing offer.

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Today is your last chance to catch the wonderful A

Today is your last chance to catch the wonderful Akiko Hirai, Sleep On It.

The exhibition, at 63 Great Russell Street closes at 6pm.

"“You cannot judge a finished piece immediately. You have to sleep on it. There are so many pots that I have slept on.” Akiko Hirai

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As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves a

As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves are filling up with exciting new work from many of our favourite makers.

Birgit Pohl aims to balance precision of form with fluidity in the surface decoration or in the case of absent decoration, the tension created by a ‘stalk’ slightly knocked out of perfection. Although most of her pots can be used, functionality is not her primary focus – she is more drawn to making pieces that are pleasant to hold and that invite speculation about the stories behind the designs. @birgitpots

Follow the link in bio and head to our online shop to discover more.

Visit in person at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

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“My vessels and installations can look like they

“My vessels and installations can look like they are flowing, clay is contradictory like that. You’re using this beautiful soft material but to manipulate it my movements are directive, strong and controlled”. @tgceramics

As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves are filling up with exciting new work from many of our favourite makers. From years working on sailing yachts, travelling the world and coastal living, Tanya Gomez has absorbed the abstract qualities of colour and shape, particularly at sea and uses this to inspire her art forms and evocative glazes.

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Visit in person at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

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As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves a

As we enter the run-up to Christmas, our shelves are filling up with exciting new work from many of our favourite makers.

Climate change, coastal erosion, and marine litter, influence Juliet Macleod's work. She repurposes shoreline waste such as metal, plastic, and rope into handmade tools for abstract mark-making. These tools are used to generate painterly, unique marks and repeating abstract patterns that reference specific coastal landscapes and the effects of changing weather and light. @thecloudpottery

Follow the link in bio and head to our online shop to discover more.

Visit in person at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

#CraftPottersAssociation @craftpotters #contemporaryceramics #tactile #handmade #newceramics #watchthisspace #interiordesign #homedecor #centerpiece #art #home #design #interiors #statement #interiorinspiration #studiopotter