Ali Tomlin’s work is a collection of thrown, elegant, porcelain forms which form a canvas for her colourful, painterly and graphic marks.

Ali throws and turns the pieces to a fine finish before decorating, preferring to work on the dry, chalky surface. She applies her marks as spontaneously as possible, using stains, oxides and slips, splashing or sponging away areas and inlaying lines, aiming to create pleasingly imperfect and unpredictable marks. She often decorates her pieces on the wheel to create a feeling of movement.

Pots are left unglazed on decorated surfaces leaving the porcelain with a smooth, paper-like, tactile quality. Fires to glaze temperature they are liquid and food safe.

Ali has kindly opened her studio for the Meet The Artist experience.