Born in 1959, I was brought up in rural Kent, attended the foundation course at Medway College of Art and Design, and studied Fine Art (painting) at the Central School of Art. After a year I escaped London in search of hard work and travel. I found both and in time I was drawn towards ceramics in a bid to make "practical art" (and a living).

For the next three years I worked with Alan Caiger-Smith and his team at Aldermaston Pottery in Berkshire and this experience proved invaluable. Then, in 1986, after some months researching designs and painting watercolours in the Lake District, I set up my own pottery in Trottiscliffe in Kent.



   
In September 1987 I moved to Somerset and established my studio in Milverton. I moved to larger premises in Hemyock in May 1992 and in December 1998 expanded once again into my present workshop in the rural setting of the Blackdown Hills, an area of outstanding natural beauty, only 12 miles from Taunton.

I produce a wide range of domestic ware, one-off commemorative pieces and increasingly tiles, including murals to order. All the work is functional and intended to enhance everyday life.



Visitors are welcome at the studio by appointment and the work is also available by mail-order. I regularly supply several galleries including:

Contemporary Ceramics, London (the Craft Potters Association outlet)
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
Simon Drew Gallery, Dartmouth
Broughton Gallery, Biggar, Scotland
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Countryworks Gallery, Montgomery, Powys
Frames, Wellington, Somerset
Bookshop Gallery, Taunton, Somerset
The Charleston Trust, Firle, East Sussex
Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, Hants
Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge, Herefordshire

Please ask for my work at any of these galleries or contact me direct.

photo: Julian Fernandez
 © Nicola Werner 2003


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