I live in rural Southwest France, where I make earthenware bowls, cups, and platters using smooth and mixed-grogged terracotta. My work is inspired by traditional French rustic pottery and British slipware, decorated in a palette of soft grey, white, sage, black, and ochre.

I trained as a craft designer at Brighton University, where I specialised in ceramics under the guidance of John Colbeck and Alma Boyes, graduating in 1997. After seven years of making and teaching, I paused my creative practice and packed away my studio, with the hope of one day returning to clay.

Between stopping and rediscovering pottery, I worked in high-end interior retail companies in London before moving to France in 2013 to establish Little French Retreat, where I teach and host yoga retreats.

In 2022, I discovered a nearby pottery school that offered courses and rental equipment. This enabled me to create a studio at home, from which I rekindled my passion.

I love the repetition and calm I feel when on the wheel, and I enjoy the spontaneous yet complex nature of slipware decoration.

Portrait and studio images by Enas Nashif