Self-taught maker Penny Little lives and work in South Devon. She creates intimate, hand formed porcelain works that nestle into the hand and exude a luxurious, tactile quality. She works with gold and platinum lustre as part of a long process of handforming, carving, finishing, firing, glazing, and then refiring in order to add the magic and alchemy of each piece’s dazzling interior surface. In 2018 she was awarded The Maker’s Choice Award by North Devon Ceramics Academy and Studio at the Festival of Ceramics.
“I am a self-taught ceramicist and I hand-form my delicate porcelain vessels, bowls and vases out of black and white porcelain. I line most of my work with platinum and gold lustre adding depth, reflection and celebration, leaving the exterior of each piece unglazed to create a tactile juxtaposition with the smooth 'molten-looking’ lustre interior and the more organic rougher exterior. I never make anything bigger than I can comfortably create in my hand because I like to keep an unbroken connection to the clay throughout the making process. My work is fluid, fine and asymmetrical and no two pieces are ever the same. I am inspired by the elements, especially the sea and I like to create pieces full of movement and individuality”.