(selected) Curriculum Vitae

Selected Professional member of the Craft Potters Association
Full member of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen
Member of Handmade in Britain

Education

2005          BA (Hons) 3D Design: Ceramics; Bath Spa University; First Class

Awards

2022 Ceramics Studio of the year, in the SME news British Made Awards 2022

2020 Painting Studio: Provider of the Year, in the Global Awards 2020

2020 Best Ceramics and Painting Studio 2020, W.Midlands category of the UK Enterprise Awards

2019 Best Artisanal Interior Decor Products 2019, SME News Midlands Enterprise Awards

2018 Art & Crafts Design Award: merit

2012       Craft & Design Selected Silver Award 2012: ceramics category

2005       Bryant Fedden Award, Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen

2005       Minerva Prize, Bath Spa University

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Crafts Alive at Rodmarton Manor, Glos

2025 Solo Showcase, Padstow Gallery, Cornwall

2024 Glos Guild at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

2024 Ceramics in the City, Museum of the Home, Hoxton, London

2024 Traces & Echoes, The Wey Gallery, Surrey

2024 Celebrating Ceramics, Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham

2023 Crafts Alive at Rodmarton Manor, Glos

2023 FORM, Highgate Contemporary Art, London

2023 Winter Exhibition, Silson Contemporary, Harrogate

2022 Glos Guild at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

2022 Summer Exhibition, Magpie Contemporary Arts, Surrey

2021 Colour in Clay, Watts Contemporary Gallery, Surrey

2021 Lie of the Land, Crafts Alive at Rodmarton Manor, Glos

2021 1000 Vases, Superstudio, Milan, Italy

2021 York Ceramics Fair, Lord Mayor’s Walk, York

2020 Handmade Interact: the virtual craft and design fair

2020 Solo Ceramics Exhibition, David Simon Contemporary, Somerset

2019 York Ceramics Fair, The Hospitium, Museum Gardens, York

2019 Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

2019 Guild Crafts Cheltenham, Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham, Glos

2019 Grow Your Own, Guild at 51, Cheltenham, Glos

2019      From where I'm standing, Fresh Air, Quenington

2019 Made by Hand, Cheltenham Town Hall, Cheltenham, Glos

2018      Guild Crafts Cheltenham, Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham, Glos

2018 Handmade at KEW, Royal Botanical Gardens, Richmond, London

2018      Crafts Alive at Rodmarton Manor, Nr Cirencester, Glos

2018      Bring to the Table, The Guild at 51, Cheltenham, Glos

2018      Made by Hand, represented by GGC, Cheltenham Town Hall, Glos

2017       Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

2017       Water’s Edge, David Simon Contemporary, Bath

2017       Autumn Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle

2017       Stitch, The Guild at 51, Cheltenham, Glos

2017       Ten Years On: Showing Off, Porthminster Gallery, St Ives

2016-18 Made in the Middle, The Herbert Gallery & Museum, Coventry (to tour)

2016       Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

2016       Ceramic Art York, York Museum Gardens, York

2016       Taking the Waters, The Guild at 51, Cheltenham

2016       In Search of Cornish Light, David Simon Contemporary, Bath

2015       Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

2015       More Art of Decorating, Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, Netherlands

2015       GGC Summer Exhibition, Chipping Campden, Glos

2015       Vivre Côté Sud Fair (rep. by Handmade in Britain), Aix-en-Provence, France

2014       Interpreting Landscape – (Solo Exhibition), Harborne Art Gallery, Birmingham

2014       Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

2014       Autumn Exhibition, Hadfield Fine Art, Cheltenham

2014       The Affordable Art Fair (represented by Hadfield Fine Art), Bristol

2014       GGC Summer Exhibition, Chipping Campden, Glos

2014       Summer Show: Focus on Print, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff

2014       BCTF – British Craft Trade Fair, Harrogate

2013       Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

2013       White Space Art Summer Exhibition, White Space Art, Totnes, Devon

2013       Celebrating Craftmanship, The Gordon Russell Design Museum, Broadway, Worcs

2012       GGC Summer Show, Painswick, Glos

2012       Solo Exhibition, Sara Preisler Gallery, Birmingham

2012       Showcase, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield

2011       Handmade in Britain, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

2011       GGC Summer Show, Painswick, Glos

2009       Fine Sparks, Court Barn, Chipping Campden, Glos

2009       Inspired Expertise, GGC at Court Barn Chipping Campden, Glos

2009       Showcase: Form, Function & Fantasy, Ferrers Gallerty, Ashby de la Zouch, Leics

2008       GGC 75th Anniversary Summer Show, Painswick, Glos

2006-7   Solo Showcase, Worcester College of Technology, Barborne, Worcester

2006       Kunst Industrie Musee, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005-6   Network 2005, Guldagergaard, Skaelskor, Denmark

2005       BA(Hons) Ceramics Degree Show, Bath Spa University, Sion Hill, Bath

 

Publications, Articles & Citations

2024 House of Coco, March issue

2023 Period Living, November issue

2022 Ceramic Review, “Potters on Pots”, Mar /Apr issue

2022 Modern Rustic, Country Living magazine, Jan issue 21

2021 Ceramic Review, May/ June issue

2021 1000 Vases, Pier Paolo Pitacco, April

2020 The English Home magazine, May issue

2019 Pottering around. “In conversation with…”, Nov

2019 de Kleine K, June issue

2019 Creates Magazine, summer issue

2019 Who’s Who in Visual Art - ISBN 9783981 770155

2018 Country Living, October issue

2018      Good on Paper, Aug- Sept issue

2018      GGC Crafts Alive at Rodmarton brochure

2018      Creates Magazine, summer issue

2018      Cotswold Lion, July - Dec issue

2018      Country Living, June issue

2018      de Kleine K, issue 39, March

2018      Country Living, Jan/Feb issue

2017       Crafts magazine, Nov/Dec issue 269

2017       Evening Standard, Nov

2017       Crafts Council Maker of the Week

2017       House & Garden, Feb issue – “The Finishing Touch”

2016       Culture 24, August – “Ten British ceramicists to watch out for”

2016       Who’s Who in Visual Art – 100 artisans, craftspeople and designers.  ISBN 978-3-9813474

2016       The English Home magazine, Feb issue

2015       de kleine K, issue 10, October

2015       Craft & Design Magazine, Jul/Aug issue

2015       The World of Interiors, July issue

2015       Elle Magazine, March issue

2014       My Harborne & Edgbaston, Nov/Dec

2014       Ceramic Review, Nov/Dec issue

2014       More Art of Decorating, Mels Boom

2014       Craft & Design Magazine, Jul/Aug issue

2014       Zoneone Arts – “In conversation with…”

2014       Giftware Review, Mar/Apr

2014       Craft & Design, Jan/Feb

2014       Ceramic Review, Jan/Feb

2013       KLEI magazine issue 6 November

2013       Craft & Design Magazine, iss 229

2013       Homes and Gardens magazine May issue

2013       Ceramic Review, iss 259

2012       Craft & Design Magazine, iss 223

2012       Ceramic Review – iss 254

2011       Handmade in Britain, Piyush Suri. Vivays Publishing.  ISBN 978-1-908126-38-2

Work in Collections

Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Centre, Skaelskor, Denmark

EKW pieces are also in a number of private collections across the UK, mainland Europe, USA and Japan