Jill Ford Ceramics

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 rocks were laid down in layers on the seabed ions ago and subjected to natural forces that heaved them up onto the surface of the [...]

Full blown blooms of old-fashioned shrub roses adorn vases and an oval dish. Vases Old-fashioned English shrub roses are amongst my favourite flowers. Their full flat blooms with densely packed petals are intense and beautiful. The Charles de Mills rose has confetti like petals forming into whorls and is perfect for portraying in porcelain. The clay is [...]

WALL PIECES Winter Outcrop – small wall piece depicting silver birch copse in snow and ice Price: £240.00  Spurn Point wide wide wall piece with view of Spurn Point Price: £340.00  Serenity – wide One of my favourite wall pieces – the Serenity image depicts a copse of silver birches loosely reflected in the River [...]

“I Saw a Ship a Sailing”  Zelli Porcelain Award runner up 2005. This piece was made for the Zelli award to depict the rhyme of the same title. I based the shape of the boat on drawings of Viking boats and covered the sides with carved comfits and apples. The two girls are waving off [...]

The Landscape range – elegant bowls and vases thrown on the wheel with a simple oval dish, decorated with stylised silver birches. LANDSCAPE RANGE Landscape Vase large Simple tapering porcelain vase with carved silver birch design, waterproof , hand wash. size : medium 16 – 18 cm diam Price: £125.00 Landscape vase – small A dainty [...]