Ali Tomlin

Ali’s work is a collection of thrown, elegant, porcelain forms which form a canvas for her colourful, painterly and graphic marks.

After running a graphic design business for twenty years, she discovered ceramics through a part-time course in Putney, combining her love of mark making with shaping forms on a wheel.

Ali uses stains, oxides and slips, sponging and scraping colours and inlaying lines, aiming to capture a feeling of movement and energy, experimenting with monoprinting and mark making techniques.  Inspired by random marks found in sketches, paintings, stones and peeling paint, she believes a simple line or splash can transform a piece.

Pots are left unglazed on decorated surfaces leaving the porcelain with a smooth, paper-like, tactile quality.

Website: www.alitomlin.com

Instagram: @ali.tomlin