About Lucy
Lucy's journey in ceramics began as a child, inspired by her grandmother’s pottery, and she began to develop her ideas through clay during her early years.
In 1993, she moved to Cornwall to study ceramics at Falmouth and fell in love with Cornwall. She found the art and creative energy so exciting, it was here she met her husband and decided to make a home in Cornwall.
During her studies at Falmouth, she was awarded a The Ferdnand Zweig Scholarship to further her practice in Japan. This experience was life changing in many ways and she learn't many new technical skills and processes in pottery. One of which was learning the traditional throwing method 'off the hump' on the wheel at Joetsu University. The disciplined way of teaching was very effective and inspiring and she went from throwing rice bowls ‘off the hump’ to teapots.
Today Lucy's ceramics are inspired by her love of nature and the wild. Much of her childhood was spent freely roaming the land of her family farm in North Devon. She uses the hare as a symbol of this childhood, there were often fleeting glimpses of them in the fields. The book 'The Masquerade' by Kit Williams was also a child hood favorite. Lucy and her brother would try to spy the hare on each page and work out the riddles to find the treasure, which was a golden hare. Lucy uses gold lustre as a final detail on all of her pieces to further symbolise the magic of childhood.
Lucy working on her grandmother's wheel
Studying in Japan
Recent Exhibitions
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2023 'Elements' Spring Gallery the Poly, Falmouth.
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2023 Members Spring Show, St Ives Society of Artists Mariners Gallery, St Ives.
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2022 Open Call Christmas Exhibition, St Ives Society of Artists Mariners Gallery, St Ives.
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2022 Open Studios Cornwall, Mount Hawke Studio, with Laura Drayson and Eloise Clark.
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2022 'Joining the New Spring' Exhibition, Spring Galley the Poly, Falmouth.
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2021 Portscatho Fishermans Hut Exhibiton with Sue Newell
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2021 Whitegold Festival, St Austell.
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2021 'Tide & Time' exhibition, Spring Gallery the Poly, Falmouth.
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2020 Open Studios Cornwall, Mount Hawke Studio.
Achievements
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2023 Became a Member of the St Ives Society of Artists (selected by panel).
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2021 Awarded a grant from Cultivator Cornwall, to buy new kiln.
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2018 Opened own Ceramics Studio in Mount Hawke.
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2002 PGCE in Secondary Teaching Art.
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1996 - 97 BA (Hons) Studio Ceramics, Falmouth College of Art.
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1996 Ferdnand Zweig Memorial Scholarship to study in Japan and Australia.
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1993 - 1995 HND Studio Ceramics. Falmouth College of Art.