Jo Lamoureux Ceramics

04/09/2026

One of my favourite things about working on such a small scale is being able to really concentrate on the surface.

These pieces are only palm-sized, but I've been building them up with tiny marks, ridges, holes and textures inspired by Haeckel's illustrations.
Once they're fired and glazed, all those little details catch the light and suddenly the surface starts to feel much older than it actually is. Almost like a fragment of something that's been uncovered rather than something I've just taken out of the kiln.

This is from day 70 / 100

03/09/2026

Some of you might recognise these from my 100 Days Challenge earlier this year.
They've been sitting patiently waiting for their final firing, and I've only just glazed them.

The challenge was simply to make something creative every day, and I found myself becoming completely absorbed in translating Ernst Haeckel's incredible natural-history illustrations into tiny handbuilt ceramic sculptures. I wanted the finished pieces to feel less like freshly made clay and more like little fossil or stone specimens that had been uncovered somewhere.

23/08/2026

16/08/2026

Biomechanical heart sculpture

Stoneware clay, black underglaze wash and a little bit of red

12/08/2026

10/08/2026

I'm having a glazing day! I'm working my way through the 100 sealife sculptures from my project. I'm giving these pieces a black underglaze wash, followed by selected details in black ice, blue stone and honey glazes.

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