Doran’s work combines handmade pottery with rustic coastal design. Everything is carefully made on the pottery wheel and fired in her garden studio in south west London. Inspired by a love of the coast and sea, her contemporary tableware comes in a range of glazes named after the seascapes they evoke – from calm waters to misty lagoon.
These small batches of pottery combine craftsmanship and traditional skills. Pieces are made slowly and intentionally, mug handles are ‘pulled’ and attached by hand, bowls are turned on the pottery wheel and everything is individually dipped in buckets of unique home-made glazes.
Doran discovered ceramics through evening classes in her late 20s and went on to take a course in ceramics at college, joining the communal ceramics studio in north London and setting up ‘Emily Doran Pottery’.
