Vicky Thornton

Vicky is a trained and practicing architect who finds the relative immediacy of making ceramics both complementary and creatively rewarding. Each made piece is essentially ‘slow’ in its production, going through many processes and often involving recycled material as its source. The handmade aspect of the pieces is to a certain extent anti-manufacture.

Vicky’s hand-thrown stoneware pots recall the simple forms and functional utility of the 1950s; their clean lines and tactile smoothness also make them look very modern. Pieces, which are made for use and display, are often made in pairs, as if companions to each other in their sympathetic use of colour and form.

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