country casuals

Paul Jessop and Marion Lewis of Barrington Pottery at Barrington Court near Ilminster, make traditional, hand-thrown slipware pottery designed for modern living. So their rustic dishes, jugs, mugs and pancheons (shallow flared bowls used for bread making, but you knew that didn’t you?) are oven and dishwater safe.

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charlotte miller handmade ceramics dorset

Watch the birdie

We’re loving Charlotte Miller’s quirky tableware and handmade anthropomorphic sculptures inspired by pets and weird British ways, all made in her studio in Poole.

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Little pieces of calm

Somerset-based Kara Leigh Ford’s functional and decorative ceramics are designed to take you back to your favourite bit of coastline – where’s yours?

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Colour me beautiful

Made in Bruton, each piece of Richard Pomeroy Porcelain is created by rolling out the clay and folding it around a base rather than using a wheel. With tea and coffee pots, mugs, jug and beakers in all sizes and over 18 different colours, it’s a bit like choosing a piece from a Pantone chart.

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Turning Japanese

Japanese potter Yo Thom makes delicately patterned and subtly coloured stoneware vases, jugs and other ceramics. Her inspiration? A combo of boro – Japanese textiles dyed with indigo mended or patched together – and the North Dorset countryside where she now lives.

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Brownie points

Established in 1965 by John Leach, grandson of Bernard Leach (the ‘father of British studio pottery’), the Mulcheney Pottery on the Somerset Levels is renowned for its traditional kitchenware, made using local clay, natural glazes and wood-fired kilns.

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Gorgeous ceramics to buy from Somerset & Dorset makers

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