Alex is a ceramic artist working primarily with local raw materials. Her practice celebrates the value of preserving material knowledge.
Alex recently graduated from Central Saint Martins completing a BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design. She is currently manager of the Bellenden Road studio.

Sevak graduated from CSM and has since had a lot of success with his Terrazzo style tableware. He has held senior technical roles in a number of quality ceramics studios and we’re chuffed to have him as such an important part of our team.

Eva makes slip-cast porcelain tableware and home decor and also has a deep understanding of many skills and techniques. She joined the team as a technician and also teaches a number of courses.

Tessa is an award-winning artist with over twenty years experience working with clay and glaze. She’s been teaching since 2005 and her teaching ethos is to take pleasure in creating and learning whilst challenging oneself through one’s work.

Elza finds ceramics an interesting and creative arena. What began as a hobby of collecting and admiring works turned into passion which now allows her to put her creative thoughts into clay. Elza’s been an important part of the team, working in a variety of roles since 2018.

Eugene has studied at CSM and graduated from RCA in 2018. He shares a studio with other makers in North London (Calford Studio). The outcome of his work attempts to discover the purity of the designed components and provide them a different context.

Shane is a mixed media fine artist that specialises in ceramic. His ceramic work is handbuilt or slip-cast with an emphasis on intricate and colourful surface decoration. Shane’s role in The Kiln Rooms is to provide technical support for all 3 studios and he also teaches classes.

After decades as a ceramics hobbyist, Kyra has in the last 6 years become a full time maker and teacher. She mostly makes thrown functional ware and occasionally decorative stoneware or porcelain pots and jewellery. She has been a member of The Kiln Rooms since 2016

Amanda is a ceramicist who combines a wheel-thrown process with hand-building to create structural works evocative of architectural industrial forms. A former member of The Kiln Rooms Amanda is now co-owner and co-director of Grove Vale Ceramics, a gallery and studio in East Dulwich.

Justin was taught in the studio tradition of pottery at two of South Africa’s premier Ceramic Art Schools before moving to London. Over the last 5 years he has rediscovered his love for clay. Producing functional wheel thrown forms are where his passion lies – influenced by the urban and built environment and industrial design, with a nod to the history and forms of our craft.

Hannah started by taking pottery classes with Stuart Carey back in 2010 and has since developed a successful range of functional tableware. Hannah has a range of teaching experience and continues to make quality work which she sells at a number of outlets. She also has a background in fine art and is a keen printmaker.

Luke developed a passion for ceramics and teaching while studying at university. The work he makes involves a combination of throwing and hand-building to create pots and sculptures that are more organic in form. At the Kiln Rooms, he leads on Sunday Taster classes and private classes.

Tash is a lover of art and nature, and granddaughter of a magnificent potter. She produces minimal and functional ceramics that are inspired by some of the most beautiful parts of nature’s bounty. Tash has been an important part of The Kiln Rooms work exchange team, regularly teaches taster classes and is a technician.

Leonie’s work examines geometry, volume and form, trying to capture a tension between scale and intimacy whilst encapsulating a sense of solidity and quiet. She works in series, making collections of responses with the intention of creating forms purely for contemplation.

Currently at CSM Rob has been with The Kiln Rooms for a couple of years and know each of the studios inside out, in both a teaching and technical capacity.

Megan lives locally and is a fantastic teacher. She’s been with us since 2018 and has played an important role in keep the studios ticking over ever since.