Sabine Schmidt Pottery

Sabine Schmidt Pottery Sabine Schmidt Pottery – For The Beauty of Imperfection. I create modern rustic stoneware ceramics and offer one-to-one pottery lessons for adults.

Sometimes a busy morning in the pottery calls for a little escape.A thirty-minute walk, and suddenly I’m greeted by this...
04/09/2026

Sometimes a busy morning in the pottery calls for a little escape.

A thirty-minute walk, and suddenly I’m greeted by this beautiful still life — a glorious tumble of sunflowers in front of that picturesque blue counter🌻💙 A colourful welcome at one of my my favourite restaurants: The Lost Kitchen The Lost Kitchen — always a little holiday in the middle of an ordinary working day. To have a wood-fired Margherita, one of my favourites is just heavenly 😋

After glazing and decorating this one-of-a-kind vessel, as shown in my previous posts, it was fired in my electric kiln....
01/09/2026

After glazing and decorating this one-of-a-kind vessel, as shown in my previous posts, it was fired in my electric kiln.

You never quite know what you’ll get until the kiln is opened — the colours, the surface, the little surprises. And that’s exactly what I love about this process. I do my best, but there is always a little unpredictability, a surprise waiting when I open the kiln.

I’m really happy with how this one turned out. There’s something very satisfying about holding the finished piece and remembering all the stages it went through to get here.

I still can’t quite believe I’m typing this, but here goes: my pottery and I were on the BBC! 😍 Escape to the Country ca...
27/08/2026

I still can’t quite believe I’m typing this, but here goes: my pottery and I were on the BBC! 😍 Escape to the Country came to my studio a few weeks back, filming a segment on Devon, and a couple looking to move here—Neil and Lisa— spent a morning with me, throwing on the wheel between questions about the area’s creative scene.

Some of my pots had a brief moment on the Pottery Throw Down a couple of years ago, but this is the first time I’ve actually been in front of a camera myself.

It’s a strange thing, having a camera in the room for something that’s usually just me and the clay. But it was a good reminder of why I set up here in the first place: Tiverton, tucked into this beautiful corner of Devon, with a genuinely artistic streak that people don’t always expect to find here. The same crew also spent time with rockcitytiverton, , Liznojan books and some of the folk at Tiverton pannier market , and it’s good company to be featured alongside! They’re all the kind of places that make this town worth staying curious about, whatever corner of it you’re in.

The episode’s out now if you’d like to watch it: S27 E20 (The bit about Tiverton starts at minute 14.25.)

And if it’s put you in mind of pottery, my full collections are all on my website. Have a browse. Everything’s still made here in Devon, one pot at a time. 🍯

25/08/2026

Following on from my last post, where I shared the glazing of this large, one-of-a-kind black clay vessel, the next stage of its transformation begins.

With brush and wet sponge, I gently work back into the glazed surface, partially removing the clay to reveal an increasingly organic landscape of marks, textures and subtle variations.

At this stage, the process becomes a conversation between intention and chance. Each movement of the brush and sponge leaves its own trace, slowly building the surface and giving the vessel its individual character.

Step by step, the personality of the piece begins to emerge.

More to come as the vessel continues its journey.

20/08/2026

Following the bisque firing, the next stage of the process begins — glazing one of my large, one-of-a-kind black clay vessels. Once the glaze has dried, I begin the decorative work, introducing marks, textures and details that gradually transform the vessel’s presence.
I’ll share this next stage in my following video.

There is something deeply compelling about this gradual unfolding — each layer of making bringing the vessel closer to its final identity, allowing its character and personality to emerge through the process. A piece is never fully revealed at once. It evolves, step by step.

Waiting for the temperatures to cool, by having a hot cup of espresso ☕️ 😎
14/08/2026

Waiting for the temperatures to cool, by having a hot cup of espresso ☕️ 😎

04/08/2026

Back at the wheel, kicking things off with some large serving bowls 😊

28/07/2026

A colony of bumblebees 🐝 🐝 🐝 has built its nest beneath my pottery, so the studio door stays open as they come and go with their gentle, constant buzz.

Every year I let my artichokes burst into blossom, resisting the harvest because I know just how much the bees love them. Watching these beautiful flowers alive with busy bumblebees is far more rewarding than anything I could bring to the table.

It feels like such a privilege to welcome them into my garden and to share this little corner of the world with them. 🐝💛

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It’s been a little while since I last posted. The heat made it almost impossible to spend long days in the pottery, so I...
21/07/2026

It’s been a little while since I last posted. The heat made it almost impossible to spend long days in the pottery, so I took a step back and waited for cooler weather.

Now that things have cooled down a bit, I’m slowly getting back to what I love most—creating large vessels.

This piece has already been slipped in a black slip and bisque-fired. It’s now ready for the next stage, where the magic happens: glazing. That’s the moment when the pot starts to reveal its true character, depth, and personality.

I’ll be sharing that transformation in my next photos. For now, here’s a little glimpse of the journey so far.

Much tooooo hot 🥵 to work in the pottery.Having a swim 🏊‍♀️ instead 😎
10/07/2026

Much tooooo hot 🥵 to work in the pottery.
Having a swim 🏊‍♀️ instead 😎

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