Predominantly hand-built stoneware in various forms united by concept, material, texture and palette, executed in a spontaneous and gestural manner.
Refined, elegant and timeless sculptural vessels and forms in stoneware ceramic.
All my works begin on a wheel. Combined with various shapes and warm, bright slips the salt-firing enhances my simple, serene forms.
Individually hand carved encaustic, inlaid tiles with inspiring poetry, quotes and images using ancient 13th Century techniques held eternally in earth and time.
Porcelain and stoneware tableware and vessels using the ancient process of Saggar Firing to create natural surface pattern.
Contemporary Raku fired jewellery. A unique and distinctive range of designs inspired by Art Deco and the designs of the sixties
The built environment and its relationship with nature are the starting points for Amanda-Sue’s ceramic work. Using stoneware and porcelain clay bodies thrown forms are cut-up and re-combined, a playful process of building and constructing resulting in a sort of ceramic collage.
Functional and decorative pieces inspired by contrasts and opposites. Minimum decoration, allowing for shapes and textures to take the lead.
Anna Lambert makes hand built earthenware ceramics using techniques including slab-building and painted slips, exploring narratives relating to place.
I am a self-taught potter and develop hand built work that is based around harbours, buildings and boats.
Antonia's sculptures draw inspiration from the natural world, poetry and hand tools and sculpture both ancient and contemporary. Contemplative works for domestic or corporate settings.
I mix materials found in the landscape into porcelain and then scrape back to reveal fantastic and colourful strata.
Hand-thrown raku fired copper matt and glazed work, elegant forms, vibrant colours on a selection of bottles, bowls and lidded pots.
The lamps take an impression and provide a perfect record of seasonal plants; each is unique, unlike any other porcelain lamp.
Inspired by the sea and all it touches. A flowing mix of organic thrown, pierced and sculpted porcelain forms with yonic qualities
Ceramic paintings incorporating a slab vessel form that evoke feelings of landscape, place or narrative.
Salt and ash glazed stoneware. Thrown one-off pots, to be explored beyond their surface.
Thrown stoneware and porcelain tableware. Ceramic handled cutlery items to co-ordinate.
Coil-built, wood-fired, stoneware vessels using a coarse crank clay, simple ash and Shino glazes. Sometimes incorporating wooden lids.
Poetic porcelain sculptures composed of contrasting abstract forms which offer a focal point for connecting with memories and emotions.
Hand-built work evoking the colours and textures of the seashore and coastline, both real and imagined, stormy and calm.
Unique wheel-thrown stoneware ceramic objects, inspired by an artist-in-residence in Jingdezhen, China.
Emily Myers produces a distinctive repertoire of thrown stoneware forms. These are faceted, altered and carved to explore sculptural possibilities.
Porcelain tiles impressed with hand stitched embroidery and fresh plants.
Contemporary porcelain jewellery with silver and semi-precious stones.
Reduced stoneware thrown tableware. Other pots are slab-built with various decorations influenced by the landscape in which I live and the moon cycle.
Porcelain, thrown and sometimes altered, with layered glazes painted spontaneously inspired by abstract expressionist art.
Hand built decorative ceramics based around the figure, the face and animal forms.
Decorative / functional vessels with Victorian botanical illustration and narrative references created from numerous methods within their assembly and decorative detail.
HeyningWD Studio stands for the combined work in porcelain by Wied and Diederik Heyning. We make hand thrown white porcelain vessels and thin slab-rolled translucent lighting objects decorated with soluble salt colours.
Inspired by nature, intricate, narrative and with rich textured soul, plate and functional ware.
Thrown, for "every day use" and unique pieces. Wood fired, glazed with celadons, shino, ash glazes, contrasted with unglazed surfaces, subtle touched by the fire.
Pots thrown on a wheel from stoneware or porcelain clay. Reduction fired suitable for celebrations or everyday use.
I make domestic earthenware pots for the table. Inspired by my local surroundings in the heart of Devon.
Thrown porcelain vessels. Glazes, oxides and slips are used to achieve a patina of depth and variety.
Hand-built, wheel thrown functional ware, with slip and underglazed surface decoration.
Wheel thrown fine porcelain work for both functionality and aesthetics.
James's work ranges from huge platters and bottles to delicate bowls and tiny lidded jars.
Contemporary decorative and functional earthenware: jugs, vases, dishes and large chargers in blues, greens and vivid turquoises. Fellow of CPA and past Master of the Art Workers Guild.
My vessels and wall pieces are based on the evidence of renewal in our natural surroundings and the built environment. I use porcelain and slipcast bone china contrasted with oxides, slips and glazes.
Hand built, burnished ceramics deriving colourful patterns from firing with organic material in a large open pit. Each piece is totally unique.
Jaroslav's creativity is driven by his passion for colour, shape and function. He explores nature, science and art building his body of work on a broad multicultural background.
Salt glazed and ash glazed stoneware pottery inspired by European countryware and by potters of the Leach tradition.
Jean-Paul Landreau produces brightly coloured earthenware decorated with slips of very distinctive style in mediterranean tones.
Decorative functional pottery, suitable for everyday use. Reduction fired stoneware.
Porcelain bowls, vases and tall standing forms thrown on the wheel. Rich textural decoration made by carving and applying slips.
Individual pieces and some domestic ware in reduction-fired stoneware and porcelain.
Individually made ceramic animal based sculptures which are full of character and humour.
Hand-built, stoneware vessels with individually illustrated surfaces. Relief, incised and modelled detail.
Porcelain vessels and sculpture created by hand-building and origami with paper thin porcelain sheets.
Thrown and coiled stoneware vessels that reference ancient Greece in their quietness, modesty of form, and harmony.
Decorative saggar fired vessels and large glazed jars inspired by nature and the different effects you can obtain from it.
Distinctive hand thrown and hand-painted ceramics in high-fired porcelain and stoneware.
Thrown porcelain fluid vessels decorated in multilayer crystalline glazes.
Leighan's work has a simple aesthetic that focuses on functionality and form with textures inspired by natural elements. Contemporary, modest, elegant, tactile and functional.
Multi coloured porcelain clays layered and thrown to create tactile landscape vessels resembling the Earth, Deserts and Seascapes.
Individual thrown and handbuilt vessels with a focus on texture, natural forms and expressive glaze surfaces.
Vapour glazed porcelain, textured, patterned and sparkling. Drinking vessels and ovenware, vases and plant holders.
Hand-built people and animals inspired by the curious mythology and a vivid imagination.
I invite you to feel movement, my movement in clay thrown with courage, fun and passion, altered, torn and reassembled…enjoy!
Maritime sculptures, with a combination of ceramic and found objects.
Hand-built sculptural ceramics referencing coastal finds. Using a grogged stoneware clay with surface treatment of oxides, enhancing the stone-like qualities of the clay.
Nichola Theakston is one of the country's leading contemporary animal sculptors.
Figurative ceramic sculptures depicting our relationship with the animal world.
Tableware, tiles and pots for plants from red earthenware clay with lively slip decoration.
Thrown and altered stoneware vessels with combinations of interactive glaze applied, evoking atmospheric landscapes.
Contemporary ceramic sculpture inspired by traditional techniques and organic processes.
I like the suggestion of what might have been; archaeological finds, remains and architectural features, their contrast in materials, layers, texture, colour, hidden details and surface quality are all important.
Reduction fired stoneware using early Chinese inspired glazes including copper red, chun and glazes sourced from local materials.
Finely thrown porcelain in a variety of beautiful and colourful glazes.
My pots reflect the spontaneity of the tradition of slipware, with coloured clays in the decoration.
The colour wheel rolls through form and function, lighting a path to unique hand thrown and coloured ceramics.
Quiet, thoughtfully made delicate porcelain vessels, in a serene muted palette to complement the elegant simplicity of the forms.
Individual pieces in porcelain, thrown and sometimes altered based on the sea.
Functional and decorative ceramic art with a contemporary flair. My pieces are often glazed in my own recipes, which are inspired by colours from Barbados.
Double walled sculptural vessels, hand built in stoneware with textured glazes, capturing flow and motion.
My inspiration comes from nature. Rocky cliffs, smooth waters or the surface of a stone. They all inspire me to create pots that are abstract and sculptured in their feel and shape.
Rosalind's work is hand-built in the tradition of early earthenware makers and decorated with her own slips and glazes.
Hand-painted, underglaze-blue porcelain, dishes, bowls, vases, boxes, jugs and mugs, some enamelled with birds, animals and sea creatures.
Working in porcelain, I combine a love of photography, printmaking and ceramics, to evoke a sense of place. Strong monotones enhanced by painterly glazes.
Thrown and manipulated stoneware vessels, slip decorated then fired and soda vapour glazed in a wood/gas kiln.
Sampada's work often reflects the delicate nature of traditional pottery form in a tactile contemporary manner. Her pottery explores the surreal human form, emotion and symbolism.
Wheel thrown porcelain domestic ware with slip decorated textural accents following nature's theme. Collections interplay between shape and colour.
Wood or electric fired functional and decorative slipware.
Expressive sculptural figurative ceramics inspired by nature and folklore.
Unique impressionistic wildlife sculptures high fired, suitable for garden or interior.
My work is hand thrown, turned, refined and multiple sprayed with three different glazes. I also apply glaze to the piece using a selection of brushes this adds another layer and gives greater depth to each piece.
Steve makes a range of traditional and funky domestic stoneware as 'Art For Every Day Living'.
Slab-built vessels in white earthenware with stone impressions and textures, incised lines , slips, glazes and a controlled smoke-firing.
Tim is well known for his distinctive individual Raku smoked pieces that are exhibited all over the world.
Functional pottery, thrown on a momentum wheel and fired in gas reduction.
Hand-built ceramic musical instruments - flutes, ocarinas, drums - made from several contrasting clay bodies, each instrument fully working and unique.
Slab built and slip cast functional ware, decorated with coloured slips, transfer print imagery and metallic lustres.
Strong individual forms inspired by modern and ancient architecture. Glazed and naked Raku fired, the highly polished or marble smooth tactile surfaces have completely unique, striking yet subtle, markings.
Sculptural ceramics, hand carved textures, finished with volcanic glazes. Suitable for interior and exterior spaces.
Exhibitor |
Stand |
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Adela Powell Ceramics |
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B05 |
Adrian Bates Ceramics |
G90 |
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Ahrenkiel-Ceramics |
H103 |
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Alchemy Tiles |
C25 |
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Alison West Ceramics |
E63 |
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Amanda Ray Raku Jewellery |
E75 |
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Amanda-Sue Rope |
D39 |
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Ania Perkowska Ceramics |
E53 |
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Anna Lambert |
I115 |
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Anton Todd Ceramics |
E68 |
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Antonia Salmon |
F80 |
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Barbara Gittings Ceramics |
D35 |
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Bridget Drakeford Porcelain |
D37 |
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Bridget Macklin Ceramics |
E61a |
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Brigitte Colleaux |
I123 |
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Chris and Freya Bramble |
C18 |
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Chris Hawkins |
D45 |
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Chris Lewis Ceramics |
H107 |
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Chrissy Silver |
E72 |
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Clare Wakefield Ceramics |
E54 |
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Craig Underhill |
I110 |
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Dan Chapple |
E67 |
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Daniel Boyle Ceramics |
H95 |
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David Hilton Tableware |
I112 |
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David Wright Pottery |
C15 |
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Di Luca London Ceramics |
D31 |
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Diane Griffin Ceramics |
B10 |
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Dianne Cross Ceramics |
F78 |
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Eddie Curtis |
I117 |
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Ellen Rijsdorp Keramiek |
I125 |
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Emily Myers Ceramics |
I121 |
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Emma West Ceramics |
D46 |
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Francoise Dufayard |
I111 |
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Gaby Guz Art |
E70 |
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Gill Laverick Contemporary Jewellery |
H102 |
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Gillian Highland |
E58 |
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Gilly Whittington Ceramics |
E60 |
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Gin Durham Ceramics |
I109 |
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Guy Routledge Ceramics |
I126 |
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Gwen Bainbridge Ceramics |
H96 |
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Harriet Coleridge |
F82 |
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HeyningWD Studio |
D44 |
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Hiro Takahashi |
D27 |
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Ian Harris Ceramics |
H104 |
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Ingenhut Keramiek |
C13 |
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Isabel K-J Denyer |
D36 |
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Isabel Merrick |
I120 |
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Jack Laverick Ceramic Design Ltd |
E64 |
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Jacqui Ramrayka |
E51 |
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Jaeeun Ceramics |
D56 |
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Jaejun Lee |
C26 |
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James Hake Ceramics |
D42 |
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Jane Cox Ceramics |
E62 |
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Jane Pritchard Ceramics |
D29 |
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Jane White Ceramics |
D32 |
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Jaroslav Hrustalenko |
E66 |
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Jason Braham |
G93 |
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Jean-Paul Landreau |
F86 |
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Jennie Gilbert |
I118 |
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Jill Ford Ceramics |
D47 |
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Jim Malone |
D41 |
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John Mathieson |
E57 |
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Jon Barrett-Danes |
I108 |
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Kat Wheeler Ceramics |
E52 |
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Katherine Kingdon |
D40 |
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Keith Varney |
C23 |
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Kerry Hastings Ceramics |
H98 |
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Knighton Mill Pottery |
C19 |
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Kyra Mihailovic Ceramics |
D33 |
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Laurel Keeley Ceramics |
C20 |
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LDB Ceramics |
D38 |
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Leigh Pottery |
B11 |
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Lindy Barletta Ceramics |
E50 |
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Lise Herud Braten |
I122 |
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Lloyd-Coombes Ceramics |
F87 |
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Margaret Curtis |
I114 |
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Margaret Gardiner Ceramics |
F77 |
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Marie Prett Ceramics |
H105 |
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Marike Jacobs |
D48 |
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Mark Smith Ceramics |
D30 |
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Matt Sherratt Ceramics |
C22 |
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Mitch Pilkington |
D49 |
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Neil MacDonell |
B06 |
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Nichola Theakston |
I116 |
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Pat Southwood |
E61 |
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Paul Smith Sculptures |
B03 |
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Penny Simpson Ceramics |
G88 |
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Penny Withers Ceramics |
C16 |
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Peter Hayes Ceramics |
H100 |
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Phil Jolley |
C24 |
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Potteryman |
H97 |
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Rachel Wood Ceramics |
D28 |
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Ralph Jandrell Pottery |
H94 |
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Richard Baxter |
C21 |
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Richard St John Heeley |
B02 |
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Richard Wilson Ceramics |
F81 |
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Rob Sollis Ceramics |
E65 |
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Robyn Hardyman |
E55 |
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Roger Cockram Ceramics |
B04 |
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Ronaldo Wiltshire (Motions of Clay) |
A05 |
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Roos Eisma Ceramics |
F83 |
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Rosa Wiland Holmes |
A01 |
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Rosalind Smith English Earthenware |
B09 |
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Russell Coates |
G91 |
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Russell Kingston |
F85 |
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Ruth Gibson Ceramics |
I113 |
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Ruthanne Tudball |
H106 |
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Sally Dunham |
G92 |
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Sally MacDonell |
B07 |
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Sampada Gurung |
A04 |
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Sarah Went Ceramics |
D43 |
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Sean Miller - Poterie de Peillac |
B12 |
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Sharon Griffin |
F84 |
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Simon Griffiths Sculpture Ltd |
C17 |
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Simon Smith |
B08 |
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Steve Woodhead Ceramics |
H99 |
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Sue Mundy |
C14 |
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Tamar Rose Ceramics |
I119 |
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Tessa Wolfe Murray Ceramics |
F79 |
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The Cornish Potter |
A03 |
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Tim Andrews Ceramics |
G89 |
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TKJ Ceramics Ltd |
E76 |
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Tom James |
A02 |
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Tony Laverick Ceramics |
H101 |
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Veronica Newman |
E71 |
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Virginia Graham |
E74 |
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Wendy Campbell-Briggs |
E69 |
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Wendy Johnson Ceramics |
E73 |
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Wendy Lawrence Ceramics |
B01 |
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Yarnton Pottery |
D34 |
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