Harriet Wesley is a ceramicist based in the New Forest creating beautifully
organic and textured functional and decorative pieces.
Her work is inspired by the surrounding New Forest, archaeological finds and
ancient ceramics and has a textured and organic exterior. The inside is often,
by contrast, smooth and glazed, as are the rims of vessels, and they are fired
to stoneware temperatures. She likes to produce sculptural pieces that are
also functional. Harriet hand builds her pieces using a combination of coiling
and slab building, then decorating using coloured clays and slips, stains and
oxides and sometimes use metal leaf to add a contrasting detail.