Nikki Smith

All the “white” (black and in-between) stuff.

I spent my career working as a photographer in London. Five years ago, I retired and moved to the South Hams in Devon. I had a go at ceramics and fell in love with all things clay. I hand build and throw, which I then like to alter. I love colour, using slips, stains, oxides and underglazes on my work. I draw and design onto my ceramics using sgraffito techniques, transfers, stencils and hand painting. I like to add character to my pieces, using tools, found objects, stamps and layers of slip to create surface texture.

I am experimenting with using transfers and my photographs on my pots, by making them into decals, that I then cut and tear, apply and finally give them a third firing.

I am influenced by the colours, creatures and nature of the coast where I live. I still have much to learn, enjoy experimenting and trying new things.

Affiliations

West Country Potters

Devon Artist’s Network

London Potters

Contacts

www.thepotterysmith.co.uk

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instagram - thepotterysmith

White stoneware, thrown, pedestal dish with transfers.
Thrown stoneware pot with hand painted black slip decoration
Stoneware moulded fruit bowl with surface texture, coloured porcelain slip and oxides.
Stoneware thrown pot, with photographic decals over matt glaze.
Stoneware thrown pot, hand painted porcelain slips and photographic decals.
Thrown stoneware vase, coloured slip, sgraffito decoration
Stoneware thrown bowl, hand painted slip decoration.
Thrown terracotta, surface texture, transfers and handprinted slips.
Thrown white stoneware, handprinted slips.
Thrown stoneware pot, hand painted porcelain slips and transfers.
Hand built bowl, Indian stamps, sgraffito, slips and oxides
Stoneware thrown pot with added handles, slips, stamps, stencils, glaze.
Underglaze hand painted detail.
Hand built stoneware vase, Hand-painted underglaze decoration, sgraffito.
Underglaze hand painted detail.
Coffee Mug - Thrown, underglaze hand painted and stencil decoration.
Hand built fruit bowl Indian stamp texture and layered glaze.
Coffee Mug - Thrown, underglaze hand painted and stencil decoration
Hand built pinch pot, coloured slip, sgraffito and oxides
Hand built stoneware dish, surface texture, coloured slips and oxides.
Hand built bowl, surface textures, slips and oxides.
Thrown white stoneware bowl, slip and sgraffito decoration. Clear glaze.
Teracotta hand built vase, stamps, surface texture, transfers and slips.
Hand built dish, sgraffito design, barium glaze.
Small bud vase, stoneware, torn transfers.
Thrown earthenware bowl, crackle glaze inside, oxides outside, with bronze rim.
White stoneware thrown bowl - dark blue porcelain slip, sgraffito design.

My aim is to make beautiful and functional items which feel nice to touch, look at and use.