Meet The Maker: State of Clay
This weekend is your last chance to get your hands on the wonderful State Of Clay products in the shop.
A London based ceramicist, Fay De Winter first graduated in 2004 in Ceramics Design at Central Saint Martin’s and returned to study at Farnham University for the Creative Arts, completing a Masters in Contemporary Craft, specialising in ceramics in 2012. Since graduating Fay has participated in many events and exhibitions in England, Japan, Bali, Milan, Bahrain, Dubai and the USA.
Fay loves to experiment with clay, exploring different perspectives of nature and traveling around the world collecting curio to be inspired by. Porcelain has mainly been utilised in her works to create intimate installations and customised relation gifts. She believes objects tell stories of people’s lives, often holding personal and collective meanings of a particular time, place and event.
What tips would you have for any other makers looking to start selling their work?
Get involved… volunteer for related organisations, attend events and training to continuously develop your skills, gain experience in your field through subject specialist roles, grow your audience in person and online. Most importantly, do what you love and it will shine through.
You also run pottery workshops, can you tell us a bit more about these?
In July 2019 Fay launched a new business, a mobile miniature pottery workshop called State of Clay, holding public and private events. These workshops include public miniature throwing and customised site. My aim is to share ceramics with a wider audience, to make it easier for all to be creative with clay. Touching, shaping and crafting with clay increases well-being, while developing satisfying skills of making artistic objects by hand.
