Meet Our Talented Team

Background

Born in Zimbabwe, Gregory finished his education in England. He read Art History at Cambridge and was a Bendictine monk for 18 years.

Gregory has trained under some of the most distinguished potters of the 20th century. At Buckfast Abbey, he was apprenticed to Mary Boys-Adams (nee Gibson Horrocks), a pupil of Bernard Leach, and at Quarr Abbey, Molly Attrill was his mentor. Gregory worked and taught at Dartmouth Park Pottery in North London for ten years. Hauser and Wirth, Somerset, selected him as their Artist in Residence for the summer of 2019.

Teaching

Gregory’s background in the Leach tradition informs the teaching ethos of Studio Pottery London. We adopt the rigour and discipline of the historic pottery studios, and temper it with our gentle, nurturing approach, as we focus on building community as much as we do on building the individual’s pottery practice.

As an experienced teacher of fledgling potters, Gregory understands the great benefit of learning either on-one-one, or in small classes. Gregory believes that under the close guidance of a kind, empathetic and firm teacher, learners will quickly develop a sound technique and grow in confidence.

In Gregory’s own words, teaching ought to build ‘a solid foundation of patient repetition and mastery of small detail so that mind, eye, heart and hand ultimately work as one. It is an holistic approach designed to ensure that the body when throwing is relaxed so that back and neck are not in tension and everything flows. Throwing on the wheel when taught well should become a joy and not a struggle’.

Practice

Gregory is particularly known for his sgraffito pattern-making.

www.gregorytingay.com

Background

Having studied at The Courtauld Institute of Art, Lucy Attwood worked at Christie’s auction house managing private clients across eighty different sale categories. She then spent time at the Serpentine Galleries managing their patrons. Lucy has arranged international trips for collectors to Art Basel, Venice Biennale, Pakistan and India. Lucy specialises in Post War Contemporary Art, Studio Pottery and London House collections. In 2018, she established Pop Up Pots, a mobile pottery studio that has brought wheels and workshops to all manner of institutions and brands; including Adidas, Instagram, Soho House and Daylesford.

Studio Pottery

On the back of her success with Pop Up Pots, Lucy co-founded Studio Pottery London with Gregory in 2019. As a potter herself, Lucy was keenly aware of the total lack of provision for potters in west and central London. With Studio Pottery London, Lucy and Gregory hope not only to provide a much needed space for creatives, but to grow a community and hub for ceramics.

Background

Becky is a highly accomplished ceramicist and arts professional with over two decades of experience in the contemporary craft sector. A graduate of the esteemed Harrow ceramics course—one of the UK’s last comprehensive ceramic degrees—she trained in all areas of ceramic practice, including throwing, hand-building, mould-making and kiln construction.

Renowned for her distinctive hand-built porcelain work, Becky’s ceramics have been exhibited internationally at prestigious venues such as the V&A Museum, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, New York, and at Biennales in Korea and China. Her work is held in numerous private and public collections around the world and has been featured in publications including House & Garden, Coast Magazine, Real Homes, Crafts, and Grand Designs.

Following a successful career as a professional ceramicist, Becky transitioned into arts management, where she spent over 15 years working with an applied arts organisation. She has supported and collaborated with more than 350 contemporary makers across diverse craft disciplines. Her work has included managing collections, overseeing bespoke commissions, and curating ambitious exhibitions at high-profile events such as Collect (London), SOFA (New York), and Design Shanghai (Shanghai).

Studio Pottery London

Now serving as a Studio Manager, Becky draws on her dual expertise in ceramic practice and arts management. She supports a vibrant community of makers, fostering education, creativity and connection within the ceramics field. Her deep understanding of both the artistic and professional aspects of craft makes her a vital presence in the contemporary ceramics landscape.

Celia specialises in making both ceramic and cast glass and adapts traditional throwing and casting techniques to develop unique surface qualities within her work. Informed by the movement and flux in nature, the colours and changing light of the sky, Celia’s work ranges from the functional to the decorative and is designed to sit quietly within the home.

Celia received her MA from the Royal Collage of Art in Ceramics and Glass and a BA(Hons) in ceramic design from the University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins. She was awarded the Tom Helme Scholarship from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, in 2017 and continues to exhibit and sell throughout the UK and internationally.

Alongside her practise Celia loves to teach and has had much experience working across studios, schools and with private clients. She has an encouraging approach to teaching, sensitivity helping the individuals skills develop in a fun and supportive environment.

www.celiadowson.co.uk

Joshua is one of our most experienced teachers and a British ceramicist based in South West London who specialises in throwing, sculpting and glaze development. Joshua is inspired by the ceramics of pre-Renaissance Britain, taking particular interest in ecclesiastic artworks of the era. Centring idealism over realistic depiction in his form, Aubrook creates ceramic artworks which explore how the themes of faith, truth and paradise are expressed creatively from 12th century Europe to the modern day.

Joshua received his MA from the Royal College of Art in Ceramics and Glass and a BA(Hons) in Ceramics from the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. Aubrook was shortlisted for the Wales Contemporary Awards in 2022, and has most recently exhibited through Bonhams in the Art of Craft auction, 2023.

Joshua takes a holistic approach to his teaching, working with students to learn and improve throwing skills through an understanding of breath and body. Versed in a broad range of techniques, Joshua adapts his lessons to best support his students in their creative journey into pottery.

Eugene first discovered working with clay when he was taught to handbuild by an art school teacher in 2010. Regard to the shortage of ceramics courses in Hong Kong, he later then moved to London and studied for a bachelor’s degree in Central Saint Martins (2016), a master’s degree in Royal College of Art in ceramics (2018).

Since Eugene graduated, he has developed his passion for teaching. He teaches at different studios and art centres across London over the past few years, including private lesson, group class and taster in throwing. His teaching method is based on observing individual students throwing habits and help them to improve by giving them his professional advice with clear instructions, yet calming and encouraging. On the other hand, Eugene also works with college students as a mentor to guide them through their projects and interpret them into ceramic object.

He always believed in thinking through making and throwing happens to be the most handy tool for him to convert his thoughts into forms or canvas that allows him to express his ideas through painting and decoration on surface.

Matilda graduated from the ceramics department of Central Saint Martin’s in 2004. Since then she has been working making and teaching ceramics in a variety of ways, as well as gardening and translating Russian.

Mattie is now devoted to the muddy business of potting and when not in the Hampstead ponds, she enjoys splashing around making robustly thrown tableware with slips and oxides. She loves helping people to express themselves with clay.

Mattie has been with Studio Pottery since its launch in Sept 2019.

www.matildamoreton.com

Jago was described in the magazine Vanity Fair as ‘your-go-to-guy’ for ceramics classes. An optimistic energy mixed with a strong and steady foundation, he enables students to find confidence whilst exploring the boundaries of their practice. He’s been honing his craft over the past decade, with a ceramics degree from Cardiff School of Art and Design, work within industry both in Jingdezhen, China and the UK, commission work and his own practice, all of which informs his approach and style of teaching. His recent commissions include a monumental vase displayed at TEFAF 24 as part of Rodin’s ‘Vase of the Titans’ for Bowman Gallery. Jago is currently working on a series of ash-glazed domestic forms at his studio in Bruton Somerset. .

William Martin started pottery at the age of 8. He did a pottery apprenticeship alongside studying Art History at the University of Cape Town. William came to London in 2011 to complete his M.Litt in Curating at Christie’s Education. He then went on to be the first mentor and teacher at Turning Earth, followed by a residency at The Florence Trust.

He is now based in South London, producing ceramic and textile pieces at the Kiln Rooms and Bussey Building, respectively. His practice has gradually become more installation-based, with a focus on craftsmanship. In 2019 he was shortlisted for the Young Masters’ Art Prize, and commissioned by Open Space to participate in their annual arts program.

William is known for his porcelain chains but is just as happy throwing components on the wheel as he is with hand-building.

www.williamjohnmartin.com

Lev is a ceramic artist from Brooklyn, New York.  He first started experimenting with clay early in high-school on a kick-wheel. He has kept at it ever since.
During his gap year from Kenyon College, he started a business, and most recently has taught classes at Choplet Ceramic Studio.
He is currently studying Ceramic Design at Central Saint Martins. Lev’s work largely focuses on functionality with an emphasis on creative design.

Karl is a London based ceramicist with experience teaching throwing from his studio in North West London.

He finds teaching very rewarding and is passionate about sharing his knowledge with others. He encourages people to improvise and use their intuition when making so they have a better understanding and feel for the clay.

Drawing inspiration from architecture, sculpture and interested in rituals, Karl creates conceptual tableware with an otherworldly and futuristic aesthetic whilst evoking a familiarity that reflects the past.

Born in Nanjing, raised in Shenzhen and Auckland, Monica spent 8 years in corporate finance across Australasia before she took a detour to art and design. At Pasadena City College, she studied Studio Arts and Interior Design and practised as a multi-media artist in Los Angeles prior to her study at The Royal College of Art.

Her creative process has always been influenced by different cultures, local environments and ways of living. Her works have been exhibited and collected in the US, New Zealand, China and the UK. By bridging the East and the West in her research, artistic and personal journey, she invites viewers to interact with her work closely and find resonance in their unique ways.

Monica welcomes conversations for social engagement, art-for-dementia, collaboration, commission, residency, locally and internationally.

Anna, born in Austria, began her creative journey at the young age of 14 when she completed the Ceramics pathway at the Art School, Ortweinschule in Graz. With a strong artistic family background and experience in blacksmithing, Anna pursued her passion for ceramics and completed her Masters in Ceramic Design at Central Saint Martins in 2021. Her artistic style and designs are shaped by her rich experiences and education, culminating in unique and captivating works.

She has been practicing ceramics for 20 years and has worked for Tortus London since 2021. Her work has been exhibited at London, Dutch, and New York design week in recent years, as well as at Magazine London and the Business Design Centre. Anna regularly showcases her work at different galleries.

Anna creates art that is influenced by the concept of division and incorporates forms inspired by nature such as roots, forests, and moss, along with metal and robots. She has been running her own studio in Austria since 2012.  In addition to her artistic practice, Anna enjoys teaching and has extensive experience in this field and provides private classes in throwing and hand building

Born in  Brazil, Lucas  moved to London at the age of 19 to study photography. While completing his Masters, he immersed himself in the city’s dynamic arts scene,  growing a passion for ceramics.

Blending Brazilian influences with  contemporary aesthetics, Lucas developed a unique style reflecting both his roots and his new life in London. He built experience in throwing at Turning earth studios and in hand building working in a pottery shop in Hackney.

His journey from photography to pottery demonstrates the transformative power of creativity and the enduring connection between maker and medium.

Jade Gallup has over 20 years experience in ceramics, including achieving a first class degree, working as a teacher and technician, whilst also running her own business.

She has a deep love of porcelain and uses an array of hand building techniques, press moulding and slip casting to create a range of work including home wares, decorative objects and sculptures, which have been featured in many publications and garnered much critical appraise.

A born and bred Londoner, she now works in her self built log cabin studio in Hackney. She prides herself in having learned many ceramic processes and techniques and loves sharing her passion and skills with other people. She thoroughly enjoys a good bit of ceramics chat.

Beril Nur Denli is a ceramic artist with a diverse background. She holds an MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art and previously worked in interior design and site-specific projects before establishing her ceramics studio in 2019.

Beril explores “lived experiences” through rounded, dynamic forms with experimental surface treatments. Her work reveals a quiet intimacy between shape and sensation.

Her techniques encompass the potter’s wheel, hand-building, and experimental glaze interpretations. She has exhibited internationally across the UK, Türkiye, the USA, Mexico, and Italy.

Her work has been featured in various publications, including zines, magazines, and a book. She also leads creative workshops—often with children and neurodivergent groups—sharing ways to express hard-to-define concepts through clay.

Brooke began her wheel-throwing practice over 10 years ago in her hometown of Portland, Maine.

Bolstered by the city’s vibrant local community of artisans, she developed a deep love for ceramics as both a creative and a meditative practice. She has created and sold work in Portland, Brooklyn, New York, and now London.

Brooke specialises in throwing elevated yet functional tableware, as well as larger decorative forms. Her work often explores the relationship between tactile playfulness and simple aesthetics.

Dhrupat Subramanian first started working with clay and the potter’s wheel from a young age under the tutelage of his mother, Hasseena Suresh, a sculptor at Clayfingers Pottery in India. He quickly developed a growing mastery of the medium, enough to begin conducting workshops and classes for the various students at the studio there when he was 19 years old. He has tutored students from a wide range of disciplines, such as Design and Architecture. While there, he was also responsible for setting up and running the glaze lab. He eventually developed and built his own barrel kiln for the students to use. He has experience with reduction, wood and raku firing.

He is currently studying Ceramics at Central Saint Martins. He is primarily concerned with pottery, sculpture and the experimental exploration of the ceramic form.