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Contemporary Ceramics is the leading gallery for British studio ceramics.
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Contemporary Ceramics Centre is a retail gallery showcasing the best of British studio ceramics. Situated opposite the British Museum, the gallery has an annual exhibition program featuring national and international artists. With a regularly changing display, it is always possible to see and buy a wide range of work from functional tableware to individual collector's pieces.

08/05/2025

If you are visiting this weekend, pop over to Contemporary Ceramics to discover even more wonderful ceramics.

63 Great Russell Street, WC1B 3BF

02/05/2025

"Nature and nurture are intrinsic qualities in the ceramic forms of Beverley BellHughes. Her forms are pushed and pulled, squeezed and eased into shapes reminiscent of natural objects and patterns, be they shells, seaw**d, stones or the ripples left by the receding tide on a sandy beach. But it is not the references to nature which immediately spring to mind, but the great desire to touch, to handle the pieces, to explore their surface, to ferret out
their corners and discern how the maker has nurtured the piece, fashioned it into her own".

Emmanuel Cooper 1997.
From an exhibition catalogue,Ruthin Craft Centre

Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories, Until Saturday 24th May 2025
Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF

Shop the exhibition here https://buff.ly/zfz8ADt

01/05/2025

NOW OPEN | Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories
Thursday 1st May - Saturday 24th May 2025
Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

"Marks left in the sand by the receding tide, sharp and clear, to deep gullies or smooth.
Items thrown up by the tide, battered by storms. Different sea w**d flowing in ribbons.
The erosion of surfaces be they shells, rocks, driftwood or bone. Maybe later in a half sleep subconscious, an idea will form, relating to things past. I work directly into the clay with no pre-conceived ideas of how the work will look." Bev Bell-Hughes

The show continues until Saturday 24th May 2025.

Shop the exhibition here https://buff.ly/zfz8ADt

30/04/2025

UPCOMING EXHIBITION | Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories
Thursday 1st May - Saturday 24th May 2025
Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

Join us tonight, Wednesday 30th April 2025, 6pm - 8pm for the preview evening for Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories.

This is an exciting opportunity to take an early look at the works on display and to meet the artist.

"Nature and nurture are intrinsic qualities in the ceramic forms of Beverley BellHughes. Her forms are pushed and pulled, squeezed and eased into shapes reminiscent of natural objects and patterns, be they shells, seaw**d, stones or the ripples left by the receding tide on a sandy beach. But it is not the references to nature which immediately spring to mind, but the great desire to touch, to handle the pieces, to explore their surface, to ferret out their corners and discern how the maker has nurtured the piece, fashioned it into her own".
Emmanuel Cooper 1997.
From an exhibition catalogue ,Ruthin Craft Centre

The exhibition opens online and in the gallery from Thursday 1st May 2025. The show continues until Saturday 24th May 2025.

Discover more here https://buff.ly/zfz8ADt

29/04/2025

UPCOMING EXHIBITION | Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories
Thursday 1st May - Saturday 24th May 2025
Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday 30th April 2025, 6pm - 8pm for the preview evening for Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories. This is an exciting opportunity to take an early look at the works on display and to meet the artist.

"I work in a studio with no electric by choice. An intuitive process of making and pinching of clay. My work is made using flattened coils of clay into which other materials are added to change the surface texture, clays and sands. The work is pushed and pinched causing craters and holes." Bev Bell-Hughes

The exhibition opens online and in the gallery from Thursday 1st May 2025. The show continues until Saturday 24th May 2025.

Discover more here https://buff.ly/zfz8ADt

28/04/2025

UPCOMING EXHIBITION | Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories
Thursday 1st May - Saturday 24th May 2025
Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

We are excited to invite you to the preview for our upcoming exhibition, Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories. Join us at Contemporary Ceramics, this Wednesday 30th April 2025, 6pm - 8pm. This is an exciting opportunity to take an early look at the works on display and to meet the artist.

"I live between Conwy and Llandudno and have the benefit of being near to Snowdonia and the mountains. I also live near the river estuary of Conwy, and spend a great deal of time, when I have it, on Deganwy and the Morfa beach. Each day is a journey of looking and experiencing nature's change, of how mother earth presents herself to the world." Bev Bell-Hughes

The exhibition works will be viewable online from Thursday 1st May 2025. The show continues until Saturday 24th May 2025.

Discover more here https://buff.ly/zfz8ADt

25/04/2025

UPCOMING EXHIBITION | Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories
Thursday 1st May - Saturday 24th May 2025
Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell St, WC1B 3BF

We are excited to invite you to the preview for our upcoming exhibition, Bev Bell-Hughes: Pinching Memories. Join us at Contemporary Ceramics, next Wednesday 30th April 2025, 6pm - 8pm. This is an exciting opportunity to take an early look at the works on display and to meet the artist.

Bev Bell-Hughes lives immersed in the mountainous and costal surroundings of North Wales – each day an opportunity to journey, looking and experiencing nature’s change. Ideas will form relating to observations past; marks left in the sand by the receding tide; sea w**ds flowing in ribbons; the erosion of surfaces be they shells, rocks, driftwood or bone.

Bev makes intuitively with flattened coils into which sand and other clays are added to change their workability and texture. The clay is pushed and pinched into shapes that echo Bev’s memories of the landscape around her, craters and holes emerging in the material’s surface as each organic form builds.

Exhibition works will be viewable online from Thursday 1st May 2025. The show continues until Saturday 24th May 2025.

Discover more here https://buff.ly/zfz8ADt

23/04/2025

"Today, tulipieres are making a comeback" Victoria Woodcock

Malory Tate, one of our artists, is named is this article about tulipiere history. Malory explains, "I make one of a kind sculptural vessels inspired by the 17th and 18th Century. Reflective of the artistic movements of these time periods, my work is a contemporary interpretation of objects that focus on extravagance and specificity. Memory and sentimentality also play a key contributing role in my creative process. More often than not, my pieces are designed for flowers. Either to create a unique display in a grand arrangement or a piece to highlight one specific type of bloom such as a tulip."

Read the full article here https://buff.ly/ASgnEc4

Follow this link to discover more work from Malory Tate https://buff.ly/hRRBOAc

22/04/2025

We are enjoying the spring sunshine, and with the trees opposite us coming into bloom they provide the perfect backdrop for vessels that celebrate the natural world.

This exuberant Nasturtiums Vase by Lisa Katzenstein is slip cast and decorated in the maiolica style. Lisa uses multiple layers of colour to build up depth and luminosity, with black lines inlaid into the glaze.

Shop the collection here https://buff.ly/UdJcHsl

18/04/2025

We are closed today for Good Friday, and will be open as usual tomorrow for Easter Saturday.

Wishing everyone a wonderful bank holiday.

Address

63 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B3BF

Telephone

+442072429644

Website

https://www.contemporaryceramics.uk/

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