Bio
Stephanie Mequillet
My work falls at the crossroads of my dreams and the natural world around us. I like to see it as a timeless storybook, each piece being a chapter of a tale or a story in itself.
I love the fluidity of throwing and the freedom of handbuilding. Therefore I'm more and more working on combining both. I like creating textures with organic tools I found on my way, like shells, threads, lichens, pebbles...and combine glazes and oxides to create colours and effects. I feel thrilled when I achieve a design totally distinctive and organic.
I studied ceramics in London, at the Putney School of Art and Design. During those 2 years, I learnt an extensive range of techniques but in the end, I fell in love with the wheel.
To take my work further, I joined The Kiln Rooms, an open studio in south London, a place of work for a community of potters and artists. It was a tremendous source of inspiration and opportunities so I spent 3 years there, experimenting and perfecting my technique, developing my style.
Life took me from London to Santiago Chile, where I carried my tools and was lucky to join the studio Barro Gres. This created amazing opportunities of exchanges and experiments, an insight into Chilean contemporary ceramics.
Back in London, I worked 5 years at The Clay Garden, a beautiful studio in Hammersmith where I could carry on my work, exploring new designs, mixing throwing and handbuilding, new elements and colors combinations.
Now at The Artfull Clayhouse, I'm focusing on new designs for the 5 collections I developed: Prairie, Atlantide, Bronze, Ariadne and the Porcelain Botanical Wonder.
In the Gallery section you'll find works for sale or examples of commissions. Don't hesitate to ask for more pictures and details stephmeq@gmail.com