Lisa Hammond

Lisa Hammond (born 1956) is a British studio potter.[1] She is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association of Britain.[2] She has specialised in vapour glazing since leaving college, first using salt and, since the early 1980s, soda glaze.[3][4] She produces a range of functional ware for the preparation, cooking and serving of food. Alongside functional ware, she makes a range of work that she describes as "individual and playful".[5]

For the British actress, see Lisa Hammond (actress).

Hammond worked in Greenwich, London from 1979 and briefly set up a studio in Okehampton, Devon. In 2003-2004, she spent three months making and firing in the Mino, Gifu, area for several exhibitions in Japan. She taught ceramics at Goldsmith's College, London,[6] and has lectured and exhibited widely. In 2012 Hammond relocated back to Greenwich, London, to Maze Hill Pottery. Over the course of her career she has taught upwards of a dozen apprentices at both Maze Hill Pottery and Kigbeare Pottery for periods ranging from one to three years[7], notable apprentices includes Yo Thom, Adam Frew, Billy Lloyd, Yoji Yamada, Darren Ellis, Florian Gadsby, Dom Upson and Francis Lloyd-Jones.

Hammond has been described as one of the most committed and driven of modern studio potters, "one of a small number who have clearly inherited the mantle of studio pioneers like Michael Cardew"[8] and "the best woman potter working in Britain."[9] Her work is represented in museums and collections in the UK and abroad.[10]


Hammond was awarded an MBE in the 2016 birthday honours list.[11]


In 2017 Hammond founded Clay College Stoke, based in Middleport Pottery, a skills-based, full-time ceramics course taught by potters from throughout the country and internationally. Set up costs for the college were successfully crowdfunded initially[12] and it was officially opened by Charles, Prince of Wales[13], whose charity, the United Kingdom Historic Building Preservation Trust, funded £9 million to restore the historic factory.

References
Notes
  1. Emmanuel Cooper (ed.), Ceramic Art London, London: Ceramic Review Publishing, 2009
  2. Craft Potters Association: www.craftpottersassoc.co.uk/cpa-members-listing/, accessdate: June 13, 2016
  3. Steve Woodhead, The Teapot Book, London: A&C Black, 2005
  4. St Ives Ceramics
  5. Lisa Hammond Pottery
  6. Kigbeare Studios and Gallery Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "apprenticeships". LISA HAMMOND. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  8. David Whiting, Unconscious Revelation: The pots of Lisa Hammond, Goldmark, 2009
  9. Phil Rogers, "Lisa Hammond: Intuited Grace", Ceramic Arts Daily, 1 September 2009
  10. Ceramike - British Studio Ceramics
  11. Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair at Rufford Abbey: Earth & Fire Ceramic Fair at Rufford Abbey, accessdate: June 13, 2016
  12. "Clay College Stoke". Crowdfunder UK. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  13. Corrigan, Phil (2017-11-28). "Prince gives royal seal of approval to latest pottery development". stokesentinel. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
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