Aimee is an artist working between Clay and Collage. She has an MA in Art and Social Practice, and is passionate about community art spaces - how working with your hands, engaging with materials, and making alongside and with others is vital for wellbeing.

 

She supports the studio administratively - if you’ve sent us an email, you’ll likely have heard from Aimee! You’ll find her at her desk helping to ensure the studio runs smoothly, working on class schedules or helping the team to plan events. Her favourite studio task is recycling clay.

 

Her own practice revolves around conversations had, observations made and responses to, and is inspired by personal connections and experiences of being in a community, landscape or state of mind.

AJ graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 2021 with a BA (Hons) in 3D Design, specialising in ceramics. In 2022, AJ won The Great Pottery Throwdown, and has since taken their practice full-time from their studio within the Deemouth Artist Studios community, based in Aberdeen.

 

They craft a mix of wheel-thrown and hand-built pieces. AJ enjoys exploring the novel side of ceramics through their fun ‘blob’ series of decorative one-off characters. These creatures are inspired by AJ’s love for illustration and collecting rocks as a child.

 

Alongside their series of small ornamental figurines, AJ fuses fun with function in their series of blob crockery which included blob mugs, bowls, plant pots and more! Recently they have begun pushing their sculpting skills to produce larger forms in a series of dinosaur blobs which showcase bright colours and goofy expressions.

Amy is a ceramic artist and facilitator working with clay, fire and geology inspired processes to explore our connection to place.

 

Her curiosity lies in the alchemy of materials and the way that art and science can inform one another.

Inspired by the mystical and the natural, Tyndall creates witchy-inspired ceramics and handcrafted jewellery that celebrate texture, symbolism, and colour. Their ceramic pieces often draw on ritualistic forms and earthy tones, while their jewellery features vibrant stone settings, intricate detailings, and celestial motifs - especially moons. She works with recycled silver, embracing its organic character through hand-stamped textures and naturally formed surfaces. Each piece is a small talisman, thoughtfully made to carry a sense of magic and intention.

 

Celda-Mae creates ceramics and jewellery inspired by a love of nature, colours, and a touch of the mystical. Her ceramic work has a whimsical, witchy feel, often featuring magical glazes and gold lustre finishes. In their jewellery, they use colourful stone settings and intricate details, incorporating moon motifs and working with recycled silver. She lets the metal’s natural texture shine through or add character with hand-stamped patterns.

 

“Each piece is made with care, blending creativity with a connection to what I love most.”

Craig is an artist based in Aberdeen. He has worked across an array of different media, but more recently has been focusing on sculpture-performance projects in public space.

 

He is interested in the ways we relate to our shared places, and enjoys projects that involve spontaneous collaboration with audiences.

“My practice is shaped by the physical and cultural landscape I find myself, exploring themes of identity and place through local eating and drinking cultures, focusing on narratives and rituals associated with place.”

 

Considering collective connections to heritage and tradition through ceramics, Morris’ practice is an extension of the lineage of practitioners who have gone before making contemporary work that contributes to this.

 

Thematically, his practice has been shaped by the physical and cultural landscape he finds himself in. Exploring themes of identity and place through local eating and drinking cultures, and focusing on narratives and rituals associated with place.

 

He feels that ceramics and food forge connection, cohesiveness and symbolise the intrinsically communal and collaborative aspects of both practices. Integral to his practice is participation and engagement, valuing opportunities to learn alongside others.

Ceramic maker, education and collector. Matthew Wilcock is currently based in the North-East of Scotland, as a ceramics lecturer at Gray’s School of Art.

 

Matthew’s own practice focuses heavily on traditions of making by hand, using minimal technology and modern equipment. Research within his practice consists of post-Arts and Crafts; the ceramicists of the 1920s onwards, ‘The Leach Tradition’ (Mingei), who would later come to inform the British Studio Pottery movement.

 

In contrast to his practice, Matthew’s teaching looks at how we can use modern technologies within artistic development to achieve more successful outcomes. Better equipping design graduates for their career in the creative industries.

 

Matthew is also passionate about delivering ceramics outside of formal education. He regularly delivers introduction workshops for pottery beginners with the Engage programme, with Gray’s School of Art.