Anne Dalton has always enjoyed creating designs inspired by the natural world and during the first lockdown began to experiment with embossing those designs onto clay slabs. A year later she started to create thrown pieces on the wheel and is currently exploring ways to incorporate her designs onto functional plates and bowls.

Anne's new-found love of throwing has led to a fascination with the different forms that can be created on the wheel. She is enjoying making small stoppered pots that can be easily cupped in the hand so that the smoothness of the glazed areas readily contrasts with the texture of the fired clay. The small pots are growing in size and the stoppers have become more elaborate lids.

Anne will be taking part in Open Studios 2024. Between the 1st and the 6th of May, she will be exhibiting alongside talented artist Melissa Laurence in the unique setting of the Greenham Common Control Tower. She will have a wide range of her ceramic work from the Dalton Kiln on display, including plates, bowls, jars and vases as well as other purely decorative items.