Chloe Charrington

Chloe Charrington is a ceramic artist specialising in hand-thrown work, with a focus on the vessel form, texture, and surface decoration. She came to ceramics after an earlier career in arts marketing, discovering clay in her thirties and establishing a practice rooted in wheel-thrown pottery. For over a decade, she produced functional work, including bespoke tableware for private clients and Michelin-starred restaurants such as Askham Hall. In recent years, her focus has shifted toward more sculptural and expressive forms.

In 2024, Chloe graduated from the MA Ceramics programme at Cardiff School of Art and Design, where she studied under Claire Curneen. This period marked a significant development in her practice, deepening her exploration of form, process, and materiality.

Chloe’s work centres on the quiet dialogue between making and material. Beginning on the potter’s wheel, her vessels are subsequently altered and flattened, moving away from traditional function toward composed, sculptural forms. Through mark-making and a range of textural techniques, she builds surfaces that respond subtly to light, allowing details to emerge and shift over time. Slips are applied in a painterly manner, creating finishes that evoke the natural world with a sense of calm and restraint.

By stripping away domestic function and focusing on surface and texture, Chloe’s pieces invite a contemplative stillness, akin to that found in still life painting. Many works are left unglazed to preserve the integrity and tactility of the material, while others are burnished and polished to achieve a soft sheen. Across her practice, there is a consistent attention to the quiet labour of making and the unique character of clay, resulting in objects that are both grounded and atmospheric.