From rough, rocky ceramic surfaces to ocean-inspired jewellery, these makers use natural textures to dramatic effect in pieces for the home and to adorn yourself with.
Aneta Regel
Aneta Regel mixes clay with crushed stones in ceramic sculptures and jewellery pieces that conjure up natural forms, such as trees, roots or rocky mounds covered with lichens. Her new series of rings, made from porcelain and rock quartz, allow you to wear a fragment of Aneta's large-scale sculptural practice. Each one is a one-off and displays the unique surface of quartz.
Tanya Gomez
Tanya Gomez uses a range of approaches in her ceramics practice to create vessels that capture qualities of fluidity, movement and a sense of space, inspired by the dramatic landscapes and diverse qualities of the sea.
Disa Allsopp
Disa Allsopp's jewellery is influenced by her upbringing on the island of Barbados, the Caribbean sun infused into pieces studded with ethically sourced gemstones such as golden citrines, warm garnets, rubies and sapphires. Each piece has a unique, timeless patina. Texture is added to recycled silver and gold through patination and forging to create warm, organic surfaces in her rings, earrings and necklaces.
Caroline Sharp
Reknowned landscape architect and artist Caroline Sharp's work uses natural materials and is strongly influenced by natural form, containment, growth and movement. Her pieces incorporate foraged natural materials into ceramics sculptures as an expression of her commitment to engagin with natural biodiversity and 'treading the land lightly'.
Helly Frusher
Helly Frusher's Tidal Collection is an homage to the ever-changing and ethereal Cornish coastline. Through lost wax casting, she reproduces in silver the organic textures and undulating patterns that define the coast. Select pieces contain topaz stones, reminiscent of sparkling reflections upon the water.
Robert Cooper
Robert Cooper's eclectic ceramic vessels use upcycling and layering to tell stories that engage with history. Some pieces are built using a collage approach, piecing together found objects from the Thames foreshore, while others are made from waste clay and glazes applied in a spontaneous way. Textures, colours and lustres are applied at each stage of making to create pieces whose surfaces are layered and highly tactile.
Faye Hall
Faye Hall creates jewellery that sets materials in contrast with one another in wearable collages, marrying natural materials like walnut with Formica, seed pearls and three-dimensional embroidery to create sumptuous surfaces and textures. Her work incorporates playful dynamic elements: earrings and brooches are often reversable, allowing the wearer to choose their own colour scheme.
