Design festival: the makers to watch at this year's Ceramic Art London at Central St Martin's

A chance to buy contemporary ceramics at realistic prices, Ceramic Art London runs from Friday March 23 to Sunday March 25.
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Corinne Julius22 March 2018

Ceramic Art London, the international contemporary ceramics event, is back. Now in its 14th year, the design festival is the essential destination for collectors, gallery owners and enthusiasts of ceramics.

Featuring contemporary ceramics at realistic prices, last year’s award winners Matt Davis, awarded the CPA’s Emmanuel Cooper prize, and Lauren Nauman, awarded the ‘Newcomer to Ceramic Art London Award’ are back, exhibiting side-by-side.

Here’s our pick of the top exhibitors to watch out for:

Yuta Segawa

London-based Japanese-born Yuta Segawa is best known for her miniature pots. All are thrown individually and finished in more than 500 original glazes.

Miniature pottery, he says, relates to the relationship between artists’ bodies and their works.

Less is more: Yuta Segawa's miniature pots are £24-£42 each

Rhian Malin

Inspired by her grandmother’s Willow pattern collection, Rhian Malin continues her tradition of hand-painting porcelain with cobalt blue decoration.

Gran idea: Rhian Malin's hand-painted porcelain ranges from £60-£220.

Gráinne Watts

Ireland-based Gráinne Watts creates movement with intricate ‘dot’ patterns on vessels.

Dotty: Gráinne Watts's Red Bindu Vessel

Roger Coll

Roger Coll makes stoneware coils in vivid colours in Barcelona and says working with ceramics can “unleash creativity” in an artist.

In the loop: Roger Coll's stoneware coils come in vivid colours

Tanya Gomez

Tanya Gomez, based in Lewes, creates porcelain vessels. She says: “I use a range of approaches to create forms that will capture fluidity, movement and provide a sense of space.”

Mellow yellow: Tanya Gomez's porcelain vessels are priced £255-£450

Lara Scobie

Dundee-based Lara Scobie’s tilted bowls show the balance between composition and form.

Bowled over: Lara Scobie's bowls range from £75-£415

Carolyn Genders

Carolyn Genders creates colourful ceramics. She says: “My ceramics are the exploration of the tension between form, brushstroke and colour. Each piece is a three-dimensional canvas.”

Colourful: Carolyn Genders's Blue Net, Orange Vessel, £580.

Monika Debus

The works of Monika Debus move silently between abstraction and representation while “balancing on the cusp of painting.”

Form and function: Monika Debus's Form 37, £1,600

Charlotte Pack

East Sussex’s Charlotte Pack’s “Biome” pots feature endangered species. Their small scale and detail make these pieces very collectable. Pack donates 15 per cent of her profits to wildlife conservation.

Potty about wildlife: Charlotte Pack's "Biome" pots

Ceramic Art London runs from Friday March 23 until Sunday March 25 in Central Saint Martins, Kings’s Cross, N1. Visit ceramicartlondon.com for details.