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Pauline Monkcom’s fascinating map plates are the focus of this month’s Handcrafted in Britain selling exhibition at our Chelsea store.

These vibrantly coloured, limpid pools of glass are the work of Stewart Hearn, the subject of this month’s Handcrafted in Britain selling exhibition at our Chelsea store.

This month our Handcrafted in Britain selling exhibition shines its spotlight on ceramicists James and Tilla Waters, who live and work in Carmarthenshire, South West Wales.

Unlike the previous craftsmen and women showcased in our Handcrafted in Brtiain selling exhibition, we can’t claim ceramicist Kaori Tatebayashi as a ‘home-grown talent’. She has, however, made Britain her home and creates her amazing sculptures and tableware at the wonderfully named…

The fifth artist to be showcased in our Handcrafted in Britain selling exhibition is basket maker Joanna Gilmour whose dramatic career change was inspired by an exhibition about Native American basket makers at Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum of Ethnology.

The latest work to be featured in our Handcrafted in Britain selling exhibition is by Barry Stedman, whose love of colour led him to a career change from shopkeeper to ceramicist.

Founded by childhood best friends, Martin Smith and Nick Regan, Laikingland is the third company to be showcased in our Handcrafted in Britain selling exhibition – and a guaranteed antidote to grim weather and gloomy times.

Meet Louisa Taylor, the second of ten craftsmen and women from whom we’ve commissioned exclusive pieces for our Handcrafted in Britain selling exhibition and whose work is currently showcased at our Chelsea store. An award-winning ceramicist, Louisa’s success is a fitting…

We’ve always enjoyed sourcing unusual and unique pieces from all over the world – ones with an interesting story to tell, that will give their owners great pleasure for year after year.