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Charlotte Collier-Hunter

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Preaface Ceramics
🩼 #DisabledArtist living with #EhlersDanlos
🧫 Small batch #Ceramics handcrafted in #EastLondon
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Finding my studio is not the easiest, a lot of people discover it by accident while having coffee at @NepaMomos or while visiting the marvellous @AndrewTheOsteopath, a haircut or simply relax in the beautiful garden as @GossamerCityProject_Official is full of wonderful other businesses as well.It’s just off The Oval which is the last road on the left in Hackney Road before you turn into Mare Street an area steeped in rich history and we are often confused as a part of Containerville (although I believe we were the OG). My studio is on the ground floor, tucked right at the back on the right side, a delightful stroll through greenery and a quiet refuge from the busyness of the main road.#PotteryStudio #Ceramics #GlazedPottery #WhatToDoInLondon #PreafaceCeramics by @preaface

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Since settling into my studio at Gossamer Gardens, I’ve gained so many beautiful followers and so I thought that I would re-introduce myself, because it’s always nice to see the face behind the work.It is always hard to describe me; I have lived a thousand lives with the ethos “Life is not a dress rehearsal”, my two passports beside me as my ride or die, my Autism strong with the Force and my ADHD making last minute changes to the plans which has resulted in an eclectic, but full life.I’m not everyone’s cup of Earl Grey, which is important as the older I get, the more I realise it’s about the chosen family (both those who choose you and vise versa) and as I hurtle headfirst into midlife, the honour of finding my dream job, the privilege of having a studio and the shadow work to get to a place where I am surrounded by beautiful people is something that I am grateful for every day!#ArtistLifeStyle #MeetTheMaker #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #FemaleBusinessOwner #WomenWithTattoos by @preaface

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Tiny gift for a special friend #orechiette made with tomato water and edible colorants, plate @preaface #maisongb by @preaface

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Just casually hanging out with my pieces at the @CramerStGallery in Marylebone on Saturday who I would like to thank for having me.What an incredible honour to be chosen to be a part of this magickal event alongside such outstanding creatives and see my pieces in this beautiful space.Until the end of the month, you can see some of my work at the gallery, all of which is for sale alongside work by @LaurenBakerArt (whose gorgeous dog PomPom made friends with me randomly on a bus and attended the event).Curated by the incredible @SallyHernandez.E, the line up is absolutely full of artists whose work is a delectable sensory feast; check out their accounts for more inspired creations after the exhibition to nourish your soul.@MaisonGB@Ada_Guida@Nymphie.MP3@Home.Sick.Collective@MariiFontanaa#DisabledArtist #ArtExhibition #LondonArtWeek #Sculpture #ContemporaryCeramics by @preaface

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I am absolutely delighted to announce my inclusion in the residency by Yaiza Hernandez Escobar at Cramer Street Gallery - Ethereal Maison.Date: 24th January 7 - 10pmDetails: Primal Offerings, a food sonic experience featuringSonic performance by @Nymphie.mp3Food design by @MaisonGBTable scape by @Taniaaaa_ and @PreafacePoetry by @Ada_GuidaLocation: Cramer Street Gallery 13 Cramer Street, Marylebone Square W1U 4EATickets available through link the in my bioThe residency is structured into five events, spanning scent, movement, taste, music and poetry as a way to inhabit the body, space and to reclaim ancestral queer and feminine energies. As part of FORM - Primal Rhythm, Ethereal Maison will inhabit Cramer St Gallery with a residency shaped by queer, mystic, and primal ways of being.Yaiza Hernández Escobar (@SallyHernandez.e) is the lead curator of experiential art at Cramer St Gallery (@CramerStGallery) and founder of Ethereal Maison (@Ethe_Rrealm), whose practices centre art as a social tool grounded in care, inclusion, and research-led curatorial practices.#LondonArtExhibiton #SonicExperience #QueerArt #CeramicSculpture #PreafaceCeramics by @preaface

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6 months ago

The kiln gods keep being kind and I'm getting a little suspicious, but after a few hours to let her cool, Organa is now firing again after unloading these pieces.I seem to have accumulated a lot of bisqueware in the studio, hyperfixated on experiments with shape and texture and now it's time to finish the process with glazing and hoping this streak of luck doesn't run out.Channel kiln watch is in full swing, the bungs have gone in and today I have some new pieces to trim and more glazes to mix and apply, so hopefully the weather will hold a little longer so I can throw some more and keep this productive momentum going.#AutisticPotter #PreafaceCeramics #EhlersDanlos #KilnGods by @preaface

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Not everything I make is as perfect as social media would have you believe, but more importantly neither am I, so we're even.I'm going to be honest, some days I struggle to get out of bed and clay is one of the things that helps, as do the amazing people who put up with my endless questions, autistic tangents and cheer me selflessly from the sidelines when self doubt creeps in.If there's one thing since starting my journey as a potter has taught me, it's that life isn't like a box of chocolates; it's like ceramics in my very humble opinion...You have to learn to let go, even if you've invested a lot of time in a project, and remember that it's never too late to reclaim or kintsugi parts of you into something just as (if not more) beautiful.A huge thank you to those of you that make that process possible for me.#PotteryOfInstagram #RealTalk #LessonsInPatience #WabiSabi #Depression #ImperfectlyPerfect #ClayLove #MentalHealthAwareness #IHaveThisThingWithCeramics #Kintsugi #WheelThrown #EhlersDanlos #HandmadeLondon #CreateMakeShare #MentalHealthMatters #FND #Spoonie #MentalHealthAwareness #AutisticPotter #Reclaim #Ceramicist #MadeInLondon #StudioPotter #WomenInCeramics #WomanCeramist #Gratitude #Mindfulness #Ceramiclicious by @preaface

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✨ New collection coming soon ✨ There are few compliments greater than being trusted by another maker to create pieces for their home and I was asked to make this set of eight nesting bowls, I knew every detail mattered. The proportions, the fit, the finish with each piece needed to feel effortless while being anything but.Opening the kiln was one of those moments every ceramic artist hopes for each bowl sliding perfectly into the next, the kind of result that makes all the quiet hours, adjustments, and obsessive attention to detail feel worthwhile while imagining them becoming part of a beautifully curated home used, admired, and enjoyed for years to come.A new collection is arriving on the website very soon and while these bowls won’t be part of the release, they capture so much of what you’ll find in the collection: layered glazes, thoughtful forms, and meticulous attention to detail.I’d love to know which detail makes you fall in love with a handmade piece: the glaze, the shape, the craftsmanship, or the story behind it?#InteriorStyling #QuietLuxury #QueerArtist #FunctionalArt #PreafaceCeramics by @preaface

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Casually hanging out with the other Charlotte at Gossamer Gardens who owns @Sticks.Not.Stones and we took a moment to be silly in the sun while admiring the latest plates to emerge. There is something so delightful about the tiny striations caused by glaze fluxing in the kiln that I am almost disappointed with flat, single coloured glazes now.I have started to consider each piece that I make as a tiny piece of artwork, the form just a canvas to paint in harmony with the kiln gods, holding my breath to see if they approve and if it can be exhibited in someones home.I adore making the pieces, but (and I know that this is definitely controversial) glazing has to be my favourite part; the possibilities are endless with just a small change in chemicals, heat and time that I don’t think that I will ever tire of the wait to find what the alchemy of ceramics has blessed me with each time.#CeramicArt #DisabledArtist #CeramicSculpture #GlazePorn #AutisticPotter by @preaface

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On the bank holiday Monday I was fortunate enough to attend a glorious afternoon curated by @Cath_erine_Li at Brompton Cemetery hosted by @FOBCOfficial experiencing a spectacular exhibition by @Gabriele.Risso whose pieces were lovingly recreated in chocolate by the insanely talented @Maisongb and available to sample.If you know me, I have a versatile appetite, craving novelty and depth, flitting out to strange horizons and burrowing back into familiar ones when the mood strikes. Predictable only in my unpredictability and so gifted one of the pieces in chocolate meant a little fun in the studio.#FunctionalArt #ArtistAdventures #PreafaceCeramics #SensoryExperience by @preaface

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3 months ago

An absolute delicious evening out with @maisongb and @mariifontanaa last night to celebrate Pisces season in style.From drinking themed cocktails (the Scorpio Rising was my favourite) to eating expertly crafted jellies created for the occasion, to wearing fur and seeing my ceramics adored as gifts given to the hosts, my heart is full and my mind is inspired to get the new ideas down in clay.Talking about floral jelly and conceptual design as a sensorial experience has to be my new favourite way to spend a Saturday night. Grazie mille for having me and here’s to many more adventures together with friends new and special!#ConceptualArt #SensoryExperience #ArtistAdventures #FunctionalArt #PreafaceCeramics by @preaface

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I loved being a nurse, the joy of helping people in their most vulnerable moments, the chaos of solving problems and managing stressful situations and an exhaustion that is full of satisfaction at the end of a long surgery, but I have to admit there was always yearning for something that bubbled in the background.I got my full body tattoo on weekends, starting 20 years ago this month, turned up wrapped in plastic to work, went out late a did burlesque showing up on time to check the rota and wrote poems in secret at my desk after replacing bones with metal.Secretly, I lived as a dichotomy, believing it was a hobby to create and a necessity to have a “sensible” job and now I know it’s a myth that I was told by others who were scared I’d burgeon into who I actually am.This year, on the first of May (which is a Friday, a Full Moon and Beltane) I turn 50 and it’s time to start the new novel in my series called life. Watch out world, rebirth has been messy and painful, but now I’m ready to start walking the path set for me without apology.#DisabledArtist #EhlersDanlos #StudioPotter #AutisticPotter #PreafaceCeramics by @preaface

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