Contemporary Ceramics

Contemporary Ceramics 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.

The Tactile FormNew ceramics by Sue MundyJoin us for the preview eveningWednesday 24th June, 6–8pmContemporary Ceramics6...
18/06/2026

The Tactile Form
New ceramics by Sue Mundy

Join us for the preview evening
Wednesday 24th June, 6–8pm
Contemporary Ceramics
63 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BF

Working with clay allows Sue a secondary voice, a line of communication through form. Her work explores the fragility and hidden strength found within the natural world.

“My hurt, my joy, my scars, my healing, all shape the work I create in clay.”

The exhibition opens online and in the gallery from Thursday 25th June and runs until Saturday 18th July 2026 https://buff.ly/VnDsctx

17/06/2026

New in - work by Miae Kim

"I approach balance through proportion, repetition, and negative space, with line playing a key role in dividing and structuring the surface. Organic elements are offset by more controlled patterns or geometry, and harmony comes from how these parts relate—allowing the eye to move across the piece without any one area overwhelming the whole." Miae Kim

Available now at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF.

Shop online here https://buff.ly/Zm0U4yY

16/06/2026

Closing 20th June - Lara Scobie | Incised.

"To me decoration has rhythm, just like the recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in language. Line can be loud or quiet (thick or thin), space can be a punctuation to let the eye rest. Through pattern and surface texture I can suggest an idea or visual, and play with the nuances of interpretation." Lara Scobie

Graphic pattern and bold colour are a continuous source of inspiration to Lara’s work.She has a deep fascination with pattern and texture and works with these elements to develop a symbiotic relationship of both surface and from.

Lara Scobie: Incised | Closing soon

63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF
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Less than a week left to catch Lara Scobie: Incised."The best days are when something is on the bench waiting to be fini...
15/06/2026

Less than a week left to catch Lara Scobie: Incised.

"The best days are when something is on the bench waiting to be finished - that way I'm straight into it and the day starts immediately." Lara Scobie

For Lara, the studio routine is everything. When beginning a new body of work, she starts by filling and emptying moulds - a process she describes as meditative, quietly creating the space to plan and think before the real making begins.

It's that same balance of rhythm and intention that runs through the work itself. Considered, unhurried, and built from the inside out.

If you haven't seen the exhibition yet, we'd love to see you before it closes.

Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF
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Saturday Spotlight | Sarah Dunstan“In my work I explore ideas around the half-forgotten memories and images that persist...
13/06/2026

Saturday Spotlight | Sarah Dunstan

“In my work I explore ideas around the half-forgotten memories and images that persist from childhood – perhaps a vintage wallpaper, the stylised narrative of my Mother’s Willow Pattern plates, or the familiar shape of an opened sardine tin. My aim is to bring these elements together in a finished piece to combine a gentle nostalgia with the absolute, archival permanence of the ceramic medium.” Sarah Dunstan Ceramics

St Ives’ potter Sarah Dunstan has achieved international acclaim for her unique, slab-built work. On completing a degree in ceramics at Cardiff, Sarah returned to her native Cornwall to establish her first pottery in 1993 and has been a professional potter ever since. In 2002, she moved to the Gaolyard Studios, founded by Leach potter John Bedding to offer established potters individual studio spaces within a vibrant creative hub. Here she produces her distinctive, highly decorative ceramics, instantly recognisable for their rich velvety colours and intricate, hand-cut porcelain overlays.

Shop in person - 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF

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New in - work from Hajeong Lee Rogers Beautiful to look at, extraordinary to own, the work of Hajeong Lee Rogers is new...
12/06/2026

New in - work from Hajeong Lee Rogers

Beautiful to look at, extraordinary to own, the work of Hajeong Lee Rogers is new in the gallery.

Her tableware brings together two rich traditions: the ancient Korean technique of inlaying white slip into dark clay, and the intricate decorative patterns of William Morris. The result is something that feels both deeply considered and quietly striking - pieces that work on a dining table as naturally as they do on a shelf.

Hajeong works from a hand-carved plaster slab, selecting areas of the surface to form individual plate moulds. White slip is pressed into the hollows, dried, then carefully scraped back to reveal the pattern beneath - precise, layered, and full of character.

Available now at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF, and online.

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New in - work from Patricia ShonePatricia Shone has spent years in pursuit of something she's still refining - the preci...
11/06/2026

New in - work from Patricia Shone

Patricia Shone has spent years in pursuit of something she's still refining - the precise balance between surface and form, the curve that satisfies, the texture that feels genuinely stretched rather than contrived.

She works by feel as much as by eye. When something is wrong, she knows it physically, an unease that registers before she can name the problem. And when she catches herself being tentative about pushing a piece, she pushes.

It's a practice built on attentiveness, to the work, to the body's response, to the viewer's instinct. The eye is always looking for pattern, always trying to complete a form. Patricia's best pieces invite that search, drawing the viewer in rather than closing things down.

Available now at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF, and online.

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10/06/2026

New in - work by Shirley Vauvelle

Every piece finds its own character

A loose intention - upright, weighted, a long neck - and then the building begins. Balance, gesture, surface. The form finds itself gradually, without a fixed destination.
It's only once a piece is complete that its role becomes clear. The shape suggests; the maker responds.

"Audience interaction is an important part of how my work is experienced, but it is not essential to understanding it. Movable components invite curiosity and a sense of play, encouraging viewers to slow down, handle the work carefully and engage with it physically as well as visually. This interaction allows the sculptures to shift subtly in character, suggesting that they are not fixed or static, but responsive — much like the natural forms and imagined creatures that inform them." Shirley Vauvelle

Available now at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF, and online.

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New in - work by Motoko WakanaBorn in Tokyo, Motoko trained in Japan and came to England in 1999, where she worked along...
09/06/2026

New in - work by Motoko Wakana

Born in Tokyo, Motoko trained in Japan and came to England in 1999, where she worked alongside John Bedding, Clive Bowen and Mary Wondrausch.

Motoko's pots begin with dark clay - thrown or slab-built, and decorated with white slip in relief patterns, finished with an ash glaze and reduction-fired with charcoal. The contrast of light and dark is her signature; quiet and considered.

The inspiration is quieter still: the changing seasons, the smell of flowers, the colour of the sky, the first buds of spring. A lifetime of feeling nature in everyday life, and finding a way to hold that in a pot.

Available now at Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF, and online.

Follow the link to shop our full collection https://buff.ly/ZMjvftN

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