Frances Lumbar ceramic art takes inspiration from the textures and forms of nature - the curl of a fern frond, the outlines of weathered stone, the silhouettes of plant stems. Clay is the perfect medium to express her fascination with texture, surface detail and colour.

Frances Lumbar ceramic art takes inspiration from the textures and forms of nature - the curl of a fern frond, the outlines of weathered stone, the silhouettes of plant stems. Clay is the perfect medium to express her fascination with texture, surface detail and colour.

Porcelain ceramics with a twist , Cath Ball of Stitched Ceramics has been making, selling and developing her porcelain ceramic range for over fifteen years and is based in a small village just six miles outside the border city of Carlisle. She works from a small studio next to her house and sells her work online as well as at other events locally and around the country.

All Melanie’s work is handbuilt from stoneware or porcelain clay and handpainted/glazed with a final firing to ‘stoneware’ temperature – usually between 1220 - 1260 degrees Celsius which creates a greater degree of interaction between the clay and glazes/oxides. Porcelain earrings are set on sterling silver findings

Carolyn aims to make objects that catch the eye and invite handling. Experimenting with form has been a major strand of her work for some time - she likes to take a basic shape and see where she can go with it. As well as variations of form, her current preoccupations include simplicity and complexity, light and shade and the dynamics that may arise between groups of objects.

Laura has been working with clay on and off for over 15 years now. Having studied fine art at university finding ceramics in her final year the work she creates is more sculptural than functional. Walter Wylder Ceramics, named after her children, was born 6 years ago and has been Laura’s creative path to explore our local history, folklore and traditions through the medium of clay.