The new exciting range of large curvaceous forms with heavily distressed decoration. The Strata range was inspired by sedimentary rock formation I sketched whilst staying at Seaham Hall Hotel near to Middlesborough. The ...
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Jill Ford Homeware
Handmade breakfast cups, sugar bowls and candlesticks adding originality and flair to your table. ...
Strata
The new exciting range of large curvaceous forms with heavily distressed decoration. The Strata range ...
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Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair 21 – 23 Oct
Landscape oval dish Just packing up pots and painting plinths to get ready for this year’s Great Northern ContemporaryFair at Spinningfields in Manchester. This event is fast becoming the premier craft event for the North, attracting ceramicists, jewellers, glass makers and textile artists from all across the UK. It’s a fantastic way to get [...]
An insight into behind the scenes, at Jill Ford’s Studio
Preparing for the next big show here at Jill Ford studio. Jill shows you, in these easy to watch short films, the careful process of throwing and making a Jill Ford bowl. Hopefully this will inspire you to have a go yourself! Jill is available for lessons, just email here and leave your details and [...]
Inspired by the seasons……
Inspired by the ever-changing landscape of her rural East Ridings home in Yorkshire, Jill Ford’s ceramics range is as intelligent and distinctive as the forces that shape it. Jill Ford began working as a potter in 2002, converting her garage into a studio pottery and establishing her company Jill Ford ceramics. Leaving behind a career [...]
Presents for Icelandic President and Mayor
On picking up my emails a few days ago I was delighted to find one from Colin Inglis, the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull who is planning a forthcoming civic visit to Reykjavik, Iceland. Hull of course is twinned with Reykjavik and has a shared fishing heritage and since the old bad times of the [...]
Close and personal with Jill Ford
Jill Ford talks to Fiona Pattison about life as a ceramic artist; living in rural Yorkshire and how the changing of the seasons are her main source of inspiration. Showing below is Part one of the interview. Part two of the interview with Jill Ford
‘Preparation is Key’
When preparing, I always make sure I have everything I need to start my day in the studio. ‘Preparation is key’ to a successful day and it is always nice to reward myself with a nice cup of tea, at the end. : )
Exhibitions and Shows
10th/11th/12th June 2011 Scone Palace, Perth, Scotland www.potfest.co.uk My first Potfest Scotland and it promises to be a great show in a grand setting. Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June 2011 Earth and Fire - National ceramics festival at Rufford Country Park, Near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire NG22 9DF Be inspired by great craft in stunning [...]
Photography day
I’m sure I’m not alone in disliking having my photograph taken –I am not particularly photogenic and usually get snapped either talking, eating or blinking and possibly all three at once. It was a delight, therefore to work with Michael Oakes who came to my house and studio pottery with PR agent Fiona Pattison to [...]
Our Products
Breakfast cups
Bright Reflections – medium
Coastal Bowl
Coastal Cliffs
Coastal Vase
Dark Glossy stem vase
Echinacea bowl
Echinacea Statement bowl
Echinacea vase
Estuary – wide
Feathered candlestick
Flooded Ings – wide
Floral bowls
Frosty Morning
Glossy White stem vase
Green Chrysanthemum stem vase
Incoming Tide
Inlet – small
Landscape bowl
Landscape oval dish
Landscape Statement Bowl
Landscape vase
Old Fashioned Roses oval dish
Old Fashioned Roses Vase
Old Roses stem vase
On the Common
Plain candlestick
Ploughed Fields – medium
Red Roses stem vase
Serenity – wide
Spurn Point wide
Strata narrow necked bottle
Strata spherical vessel
Strata Tall Vase
Strata Teardrop Vases
White Roses brooch
White Roses necklace
White Roses ring
Winter Outcrop – small
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