Directory: CERAMICS

 
     _{INDIVIDUAL MAKERS}

::   April Young, a ceramic artist based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::   Philip Eglin - ceramicist who lives in Newcastle-under-Lyme and teaches part-time in Stoke-on-Trent. He won the prestigious Jerwood Prize for Ceramics as the most promising young ceramic sculptor in Britain, and recently had a solo show at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

::   Nicholas Marsh - a maker of contemporary pottery inspired by the British Neolithic era, Nicholas has recently re-located to Newcastle-under-Lyme from Canada.

::  Tony Laverick - lustrous metal-sheened ceramics, from Leek.

::  David Howson - a ceramics maker based in Leek.

::  Anita Harris Studio - producing colourful and collectable ceramics from Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Camila Prada / Vanila - a ceramic designer based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Keramica - hand-made contemporary ceramic vases from Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Helen Billingsley - a studio potter living and working near Stafford.

::  Rachel Dormor Ceramics - based in Stoke-on-Trent, Rachel designs and makes high-quality porcelain tableware. Some of her work can be purchased online at MyDeco.

::  Jacqueline Harold Designs - located in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, Jacqueline is a designer-maker of handmade tableware including automata, ceramic, resin, and silverware.

::  Glazed Art (Alan Clarke).

::  Gillian McMillan - based at Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Nicola Jane Hulme (Opus Tessellatum) - a specialist tile designer/maker based in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Denise O'Sullivan - a Stoke-on-Trent maker of ceramic cakes.

::  Mark Dally Ceramics - based in Stone.

::  Monica Grohmann - a ceramist and artist, based at Knighton.

::  Consall Forge Pottery - hand-crafted teapots by Nick Williams.

::  The Potter's Barn - based near Alsager.

::  Alsager Pottery.

::  Jo Hearn.

     _{ART CERAMICS MANUFACTURERS}

::  Moorcroft Pottery - based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. A highly successful local pottery, which is shortly to open a second new factory nearby.

::  Burslem Pottery - fine stoneware based on Burslem Pottery / Moorcroft classics, hand-painted by Tracy Bentley and her team.

::  The New English - a design-based ceramics firm located in Stoke-on-Trent. Their aim is to be "the Vivienne Westwood of the tableware world".

::  item ceramics - ethereal ceramic sculptures & architectural installations. Based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Repeat Repeat - an innovative young ceramics-design company based in Stoke-on-Trent.

There are many more ceramics manufacturers in the Potteries, ranging from traditional commercial potteries that haven't changed a jot since the Victorian era, such as Burleigh, to Heron Fine China, to modern hi-tech producers such as Steelite. The Stoke-based Ceramic Industry Forum calculated in 2003 that there were then over 300 small potteries in the city.

     _{DESIGNERS / MODELLERS / SERVICES}

::  Sculpta Ceramics - product development and ceramic modelling service, based at the Roslyn Works in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Surf Ace Design - freelance pattern and shape designer for ceramics and glass.

::  Freeform Studios - computer modelling services for ceramics modelling.

::  Print Digital Ceramics - based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, can offer ceramic transfers for printing photos and designs onto ceramic items.

     _{SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT}

::  Potters Connection - based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Offering a large variety of supplies for ceramics makers.

::  Print Digital Ceramics - based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Pottery Crafts - based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Potclays - based in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Kilncare - the UK's No.1 kiln manufacturer and servicer. Their site has a gallery of art ceramics and glassware made with their kilns.

::  James Kemp (Ceramic Materials) - located in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, James Kemp are suppliers of colours and pigments to cover a large range of applications, from ceramics to plastics, glass and enamels.

::  Valentine Clays - based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

 LALCO - based in Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent. "A one stop warehouse for pottery and craft supplies. Ceramic transfers made to your own design."

     _{SEEING & BUYING}

::  Stoke Tourist Board has a full list of the local factory shops. You may want to ask specifically about those selling locally-made pottery, since some 'factory shops' actually load up on Chinese and Indonesian items.

::  Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, the main public gallery in the city. The free Museum features a all-year-round exhibition of the city's beautiful world-class ceramic heritage.

::  Stoke Art Pottery - a Biddulph-based online shop selling ceramics from a variety of small and medium-sized potteries in Stoke-on-Trent.

     _{STUDIOS & WORKSHOPS}

  (See Creative Stoke's Studios & spaces page)

     _{ORGANISATIONS}

::  British Ceramics Confederation - the main employer's organisation for the British ceramics industry, with over 250 member companies. Based near the railway station at Stoke-on-Trent.

::  CERAM - high-quality technical R&D services and technology transfer to the ceramics industry. Based in Stoke-on-Trent.

::  Ceramic Industry Learning Network.

::  The Hothouse Centre for Ceramic Design.  Stoke-on-Trent's hi-tech creative ceramics cluster, with 20 studios for.... "new and developing small design-related businesses", with access to 3D virtual modelling and rapid prototyping technology so you can visualise & refine your product before you start making it. It expanded in 2004, adding another 23 studio/offices in a neighbouring Grade-II listed building.