I am a ceramic artist making primarily functional tableware from my studio in Bristol, UK. Plates, bowls, mugs, soap dishes, you name it - if it's for the home, and you eat from it, drink from it, or use it in a practical capacity in your daily life, then you'll be pleased to learn that that's the kind of pots I like to make. Useful things, that are also - hopefully - beautiful too.

Fancy something commissioned, something extra special, something engraved or something made-to-order? Please submit those exciting ideas using the form below and I'll be quick to get back to you. Alongside my standard range of ceramic tableware, I also love making one-off, completely unique pieces that are specific to you - so get in touch with your wild and wonderful ideas.

I've been making pots for about 7 years now, with varying degrees of dedication. I learnt initially in the pottery room at the University of Bristol, where I spent more time on the wheel throwing than I did reading texts for my English degree. After University I moved to Latvia and studied for my first apprenticeship under Laime Griogone, a functional potter working in porcelain and stoneware, making plates and cups in her studio in the deep Latvian winter. After my apprenticeship I moved back to Bristol and was successful in obtaining a job at The Village Pottery, owned by Jen Hamilton. My time there taught me how to production throw, and how to work on a scale suitable for large restaurants and bigger institutions - an invaluable way to learn the ins and outs of a larger studio. Alongside this, I became apprenticed to Phoebe Smith, a Bristol-based potter making beautiful small-batch tableware, where I helped her glaze her work and maintain her studio. I am now very excited to work two days a week at Bath Spa University, where I teach practical skills in their amazingly well-kitted-out studios, as a Technical Demonstrator in 3D Ceramics. 

Through exposure to many different making styles, studio set-ups, and immersing myself in the world of contemporary functional pottery, I've been really lucky to now find myself in a position where shops and restaurants stock work under my own name: Florence Ceramics. I'm genuinely thrilled to find myself here now, teaching a few classes a week in the evenings, hopping over to Bath on the train, and making pottery that feels true to my own style, which is simple, naturally-toned, pretty simple, and made with intention, to be used to uplift the everyday. What a ride. 

Are you enquiring on behalf of a restaurant? Send me an email and I'll whizz my wholesale price list over to you.