“Forms in Monochrome” Brigitta Spinocchia Freund

Alison Lousada explores the relationship between ceramic form and surface, creating stoneware vessels that challenge the familiar language of domestic objects. Drawing on Japanese ceramics, wabi-sabi and volcanic landscapes, her work combines contrasting materials, fractured surfaces and layered glazes. Embracing imperfection and unpredictability, Lousada transforms functional vessels into sculptural forms that explore tension, materiality and the beauty of the unfinished.

Sway Ceramics is a London-based studio exploring the relationship between movement, stillness and material. Drawing inspiration from architecture, natural forms and everyday rituals, Dimitris Papailias creates handcrafted objects in small batches. Balancing functional design with sculptural expression, each piece retains the tactile qualities of its making.

Donald Baugh is a British sculptor and furniture maker whose practice combines craftsmanship with sculptural expression. His Obsidian Dreams series explores textured black surfaces, drawing on cultural motifs including Tuareg jewellery, Maasai beadwork and North African geometry. Through material, colour and form, Baugh creates works that bring together cultural references, storytelling and technical precision.

Katie Smith is a South London-based ceramic artist whose practice explores maximalism, ornamentation and the relationship between the human body and the natural world. Drawing on folk crafts and personal experience, she hand-builds precarious, organic vessels distinguished by intricate surfaces and expressive forms. Her work reflects an ongoing investigation into the connections between mind, body and material.

Ömer Öner is a Turkish artist based in London whose ceramic practice explores transformation, material memory and the shifting value of everyday objects. Drawing on historical research and archaeological artefacts, he recreates discarded objects and architectural details in porcelain, assembling them into hybrid sculptural forms. Through this process, Öner challenges the boundaries between the familiar and the unfamiliar, the functional and the sculptural.

Japanese ceramic artist Shinichi Sawada is known for his intricate sculptures, characterised by dense, thorn-like forms built by hand. Working with unglazed clay and traditional wood-fired techniques, he creates distinctive surfaces shaped by the natural effects of heat and ash. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Biennale and Frieze New York, and features in the collections of institutions including the Centre Pompidou.

Tamsin van Essen is a British ceramicist based in London whose concept-driven practice explores beauty, impermanence and the tension between attraction and repulsion. Combining her background in physics and philosophy with material experimentation, she creates porcelain works informed by scientific, medical and social histories. Her practice examines the complex relationship between material, meaning and perception.

London-based artist Terence Wilde works across drawing and ceramics, exploring personal memory and his own mental health journey. His predominantly black-and-white works reflect different periods of his life, translating personal struggles, fears and dreams into a distinctive visual language. For Wilde, art offers a means of processing experience and finding meaning through creative expression.

Vanessa Hogge creates sculptural porcelain flowers and vessels that combine organic forms with intricate ornamentation. Working from her studio at Cockpit Arts in Deptford, she hand-sculpts each petal and anther, drawing inspiration from the botanical world, Frida Kahlo and Indian miniature painting. Her floral works juxtapose delicate, ossified whites with lava-like blacks, balancing natural exuberance with meticulous craftsmanship.