
welcome to the studio!
it's a little chaotic in here...
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form - fire - texture - joy
Hey, I'm Jessica
I'm a South African ceramist & maker of things kinda starting from scratch in a new country.
I'm a better person when I have clay in my life. I love using a messy, eclectic approach to create pieces full of texture and movement.

to make a scratch, you must start with something to scratch into
My creative journey with ceramics started at university in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, & I always return to this foundation when I feel lost. Clay is perfect for exploring the connections between all the stuff that inspires me- it can be a surface, a mug, a sculpture, sometimes all at once.




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As I start from scratch I'm sharing the creative journey through the Scratch Diaries. In these wild times I want to be brave & share little pops of joy, let you know about shop updates & send you cool songs to listen to.



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Space to play!
Translating collage into clay and taking forever Playing with those coloured slips I made in May… I’ve been thinking about procrastination and perfectionism lately, and how I partake...
Space to play!
Translating collage into clay and taking forever Playing with those coloured slips I made in May… I’ve been thinking about procrastination and perfectionism lately, and how I partake...
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Laughing at myself...
Time passes, sh*t changes... I am writing this update while wearing shorts! On the swing chair outside in our garden! My legs are as white as the dandelion fluff...
Laughing at myself...
Time passes, sh*t changes... I am writing this update while wearing shorts! On the swing chair outside in our garden! My legs are as white as the dandelion fluff...
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An amateur’s reinvention
The past two weeks have been quite a push and a stretch and a jump for me- because I’ve been working in the little shed studio! I got my butt...
An amateur’s reinvention
The past two weeks have been quite a push and a stretch and a jump for me- because I’ve been working in the little shed studio! I got my butt...
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I'm not sure what I'm doing here...
... but I'm doing it anyway As I lay in bed at night trying to fall asleep, my head is full of brilliant words and sentences that string together...
I'm not sure what I'm doing here...
... but I'm doing it anyway As I lay in bed at night trying to fall asleep, my head is full of brilliant words and sentences that string together...
