I am a Ceramic and Textile Artist with a background in Activism, based in Manchester.

I love to make sculptural and functional pottery rooted in drawing, mark-making and language, with a focus on surface design that celebrates pattern, texture and experimentation.

I describe my creative process as a musical call and response between my hands (body), the clay (material) and my ideas (belief). I layer and blend thrown, handbuilt and decorative techniques as I explore the possibilities of what the clay is and can become.

I completed a degree in Textile Design at Chelsea College of Art where I first had the opportunity to experiment with ceramics. Driven to deepen my technical knowledge I started taking regular pottery classes in 2022. Ceramics has since become an important part of my life, working as a ceramic technician and tutor at Community Clay Studio, as well as creating from my shared studio in Ancoats, Manchester.

I believe craft and the act of making art collaboratively to be catalysts for healing, and a way to create space for discussion and challenging the status-quo of our fast paced modern world. In particular working with the earth enables our human need for slowness, sustainability and connectedness with the ground

Please feel free to get in touch - florriemay@hotmail.co.uk