Yo Thom 'Round Plate'

Dimensions: W 16cm x H 1cm

Materials: Stoneware

Method: these pieces are hand built, then Indigo slip is applied onto leather hard clay and the work is decorated using sgraffito technique, before being bisque fired and glazed with a matt white glaze.

Description:

This handcrafted stoneware plate celebrates quiet texture and thoughtful imperfection. Its softly sloped form is marked with intricate hand painted details, creating a surface that feels both tactile and calm. The cool, pale tones shift gently in the light, revealing depth and movement without distraction. Each plate is individually made, giving it a unique character that honours the beauty of variation. 

About the Artist: 

Yo Thom was born in Tokyo, Japan. Arriving in UK in 1996 to study 3D design. After the first introductory year, she chose Ceramics and completed her MA in Ceramics in 2000.

She then set up her own studio in Deptford, London in 2004 and producing stoneware and porcelain tableware pieces, as well as experimenting with some food firing. In 2009 she relocated to Shaftesbury, Dorset where she now lives and works, inspired by the beautiful patchwork countryside that surrounds her home.

Yo’s work is thrown and hand-built functional stoneware with influence from Both British and Japanese traditional pottery and food cultures.  Her work is shown widely in UK, France and Japan.