Lucy Rutter

Lucy Rutter learnt her craft at St Faith’s in Maidstone, Morley College in London, and at the Leach Pottery in St Ives. Since then, she has set up her own studio in Faversham, where she makes wheel-thrown stoneware pottery for kitchen and table use. She prefers a pared-back aesthetic, allowing the throwing marks to show in the final piece. The simple functionality of her work beautifully expresses the important relationship between form and everyday use. The observation of pots in the studio, and their use in the domestic space, inform many small revisions of the work. This allows it to evolve, in terms of shape, weight and surface. Her final designs are elegant and minimal; influenced by Scandinavian design, and perhaps by formal poetry. Lucy hand-makes most of her glazes, enjoying the way the colours in the clay freckle through to the surface, affecting its final texture and tone.