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Introducing Youyou Wang

Introducing Youyou Wang

Youyou Wang draws inspiration from the design and forms of small and rounded Zisha clay teapots from the Yixing region.
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Artists-in-Conversation: Celia Dowson & Chloé Rosetta Bell

Artists-in-Conversation: Celia Dowson & Chloé Rosetta Bell

Underlying Celia Dowson and Chloé Rosetta Bell's works and unique friendship is a shared dedication to their craft, practice and mutual connection to nature.
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Poetic Evocations: Wintry Colours

Just as the dropping temperature and dark days can make us feel cold and sombre, and warm interiors and twinkling lights can make us feel warm and cosy, colours can elicit specific feelings and senses. 
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Soda Firing: Marked by Flame

Soda firing is a firing technique where a vapour glaze made of sodium oxide (soda) glazes the clay body of the pottery during the firing process.
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Studio Visit: Paul Philp

Studio Visit: Paul Philp

During our visit to Paul Philp’s airy studio in his mews house located in Bath, UK, we witnessed the close attachment between the artist and his cr...
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Collect 2022: Story of Textures

Collect 2022: Story of Textures

If Textures can be read like text, the inaugural Maud and Mabel Collect exhibition is a haptic narrative. While walking through the exhibit you...
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CHADO : The Way Of Tea

CHADO : The Way Of Tea

CHADO - The Way of Tea “The Way of Tea is a cult founded on the love of beauty in even the most basic pursuits of our daily life. The philosophy...
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Interview with Mariana Alzamora - White Moon Vase

Interview with Esteemed Ceramicist, Mariana Alzamora

Mariana Alzamora, a ceramicist and painter living on the island of Mallorca, takes ancient and mythological tales as source material for her art. Read our interview with this esteemed ceramic artist.
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Surface Detailing in Handmade Ceramics

Surface Detailing in Handmade Ceramics

One of the things that makes our handmade ceramics collection at Maud and Mabel so eclectic is the variety of surface detailing. With particular methods and techniques, ceramicists create surface detailing that makes their work irrefutably their own.
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Natural Forms in Sofie Berg's Designs

Natural forms in Ceramic Design - 5 Ceramicists Whose Designs Merge the Outdoors with our Interiors

At Maud and Mabel we represent many artists who take inspiration from the natural world. Explore five ceramicists whose organic ceramics are directly informed by their experiences of nature and their surroundings
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