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Linda Bloomfield

Instagram: @lindathepotter

Lichenicolous Nesting Bowls, 2021

Hand-glazed and hand-thrown porcelain. 13 h × 22 diameter cm (as nested). Unique set of five nesting bowls. The maker’s mark is inscribed into the base of each piece before firing.

£550 including UK delivery

Grey Crustose Nesting Bowls, 2021

Hand-glazed and hand-thrown porcelain. 13 h  × 21 diameter (as nested). Unique set of five nesting bowls. The maker’s mark is inscribed into the base of each piece before firing.

£550 including UK delivery

Lichenicolous Basalt Forms, 2021

Hand-glazed and hand-thrown porcelain. Largest form 12 x 12 x 12 cm, group together 12 x 40 x 12. Unique set of five forms. The maker’s mark is inscribed into the base of each piece before firing.

£530 including UK delivery

Linda Bloomfield specialises in ceramic glazes and thrown porcelain. She has written several books on ceramic glazes and science for potters and teaches workshops on colour in glazes. She has exhibited her work widely in the world of design and craft.

“I am inspired by lichens and on my daily walks during lockdown I have noticed lichens growing on trees by the side of the road. Lichens are indicators of clean air and in polluted city centres only the white, crusty type of lichen can survive, while in areas with clean air, a far greater diversity of lichens can exist. I have made a series of nesting bowls which, when nested is reminiscent of the growth rings of a tree or the zones in a city. As the bowls get smaller, there are fewer and fewer types of lichen, represented by lichen effect glazes, until the inner bowl which has no lichens at all. I would like to bring awareness to reducing pollution and increasing biodiversity.”

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