• Tryst

    Industry meets the studio maker head-on in this collaborative project between ceramicist Amy Jayne Hughes, the V&A and 1882 Ltd. Aiming to restore the humble vase to its former status as the Ultimate Accessory, the collection elevates the functional object to a design motif and a symbol of the ancient world… Amy Jayne Hughes was the V&A Ceramics Resident from April – September 2015.

  • Smaller Flower

    A scaled down production version of the limited Edition Flower vase by Amy J Hughes . The six-hole vase is slip cast earthenware and then coloured slip painted by our master potters. The piece is then fired leaving the exterior in a matt muted palette. One side is a stunning purple finished with black while the reverse is a sunshine yellow. A joy to the beholder.

  • Flower

    Slab built by Amy J Hughes, Flower was then turned into a slip cast mould.  The six-hole vase is slip cast earthenware and then coloured slip painted by our master potters. The piece, which is mammoth in scale, is then fired  leaving the exterior in a matt muted palette.  One side is a stunning purple finished with black while the reverse is a sunshine yellow.  Limited in edition to 25 pieces this is an exceptional piece not only in design, scale but also for the joy it brings to the beholder.

Amy J Hughes

Amy J Hughes

Originally from West Yorkshire, Amy lives and works in London. She shares a studio with ten of her former classmates from the Royal College of Art, who collectively transformed a railway arch in East London into a multi-disciplinary art and design studio, known as Manifold.

Specialising in hand built ceramics and illustration, Hughes has worked and exhibited internationally, including a spell as Artist in Residence at Konstfack School, Stockholm, Sweden. She was nominated to represent the UK in ‘New Talent’ at the European Ceramic Context 2014 as well as being selected for the inaugural Young Masters Maylis Grand Ceramics Prize 2014 for artists who show an exceptional command of ceramics, alongside an awareness of the heritage of ceramic craft. In 2015, Amy was chosen as the first Ceramics and Industry Artist in Residence at the Victoria and Albert Museum working in collaboration with 1882 Ltd., as well as being selected as one of eleven artists for AWARD at the British Ceramics Biennial ‘presenting new works exemplifying the energy and vitality of the best of British contemporary ceramics practice.’ 2016, has seen Amy nominated for the fourth prestigious Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize.