Sarah Perry trained at Camberwell Art School where her teachers were Lucie Rie and Hans Coper. She gained a BA Hons in Ceramics. She is a member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen

Working methods
Sarah works in stoneware and porcelain fired in an oxidising atmosphere to 1280 degrees centigrade. She makes thrown bowls and vases and hand built slab pots of simple shapes decorated with glazes of intense blues, turquoise, purples, pinks and greens. Some are decorated with coloured and metallic lustres

Current work
Sarah Perry's latest work uses matt glazes overlapping to form seascapes and cool landscapes. Others have lustres fired on after the glaze firing, to make 'hot landscapes'. The pots are all different, decorative and functional. She also produces a range of lustred porcelain jewellery, combining the vivid glazes with metallic lustres.

“I am a potter because I enjoy the basic feel of clay, its versatility and the actual making process. Its type of plasticity is not found in any other medium. It can be stopped at any point and made permanent by firing, rather like making the stones under one's feet."

Background
In the seventies she lived and worked in Argentina, exhibiting in Buenos Aires in-between journeys around South America. During the nineties her work was sold at Liberties, Heals, and The Conran Shops in London, Paris and Tokyo. Pieces of her work are in the collections of Paul Merton, Jude Law, Ralph Fiennes and Jonathan Pryce. She now lives and works in Greenwich, London, producing work for galleries.

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