The latest news, updates, stories, and behind-the-scenes insights from County Hall Pottery. Here, you’ll find in-depth articles on our current and upcoming exhibitions, exclusive interviews with featured artists, and highlights from our workshops, collaborations and community.
In Conversation with Jo Hartley and ANEW Recovery Community
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice?and what led you to explore ceramics? Was there a specific moment or inspiration that sparked your interest in working with clay? I was incredibly fortunate to of been taken to...
In Conversation with Francesca Anfossi and Frances Gibson
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice? Francesca Anfossi After training in fine art at Slade School of Art my attention turned to the social aspect of art and craft, with clay emerging as my primary medium. I am...
In Conversation with Edmund Davies and Otis Ingrams
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice? My name is Edmund Davies, I’m a potter who mostly makes wheel thrown tableware. I did a little bit of pottery as a teenager at an evening class, but started up again in earnest...
In Conversation with Pottery West and Ben Stanton
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice? We are Catherine and Matt West, and we design and make by hand our line of tableware and wheel-thrown pottery under the name Pottery West. Whilst most of our practice stems...
In Conversation with Carla Wright & Isobel Anderson
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice? Carla - I’m an artist and ceramicist based in Hastings & Bexhill - working in ceramic sculpture, wall-based works, sound and participatory projects. My work explores themes...
Behind the Exhibition: Heather Gibson’s Surfacing
Hear from Heather Gibson, our current Potter in Residence at County Hall Pottery, whose first solo exhibition Surfacing is now on display. Made entirely in our studio and fired in the on-site gas kiln, Heather’s hand-built ceramic forms explore memory, trace and time...
HOUSE: Open Call for Ceramic Homeware – Winter Exhibition 2025
HOUSE – Open Call for County Hall Pottery’s Winter Exhibition County Hall Pottery invites ceramic artists from around the world to apply for HOUSE, our winter exhibition and curated marketplace. This showcase celebrates innovative and functional ceramic design created...
Announcing the 2025-26 Potter in Residence!
We’re thrilled to announce that Charly Blackburn has been selected as our next Potter in Residence! Starting in September 2025, Charly will become the second artist to take on the role, building on the spirit of creativity and innovation at County Hall Pottery. We...
In Conversation with Fred Gwatkin
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice? My name is Fred Gwatkin and I’ve been working with clay on and off for almost 30 years now. I started out as a thrower, altering forms and experimenting with surface as I am drawn...
In Conversation with Kazuya Ishida
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice? I was born into a family of potters here in Bizen, Japan, a town renowned as one of the six 'ancient kilns' and celebrated for its traditional, unglazed, high temperature fired...
In Conversation with Juliet Ferguson Rose
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice? Juliet Ferguson-Rose I am an artist living and working in London, my practice assembles personal, prehistorical and topographical references. As an artist and sculptor primarily...
In Conversation with Toni De Jesus
Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing an overview of your artistic practice? I’m a ceramic artist whose work explores themes of identity, memory, and belonging—using my practice as a way to navigate and make sense of my place in the world. My approach is...
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