About Studio Altyra

Studio Altyra was started in March 2020 the week before lockdown was enforced and our working environments and way of life changed beyond imagination.  Due to these change it was no longer  possible to begin running workshops from the studio and these have been put on hold

until the new year. As like many adjusting to this new environment,  I have had to rethink my approach and made the decision to take some time out to focus on my making and researching traditional making techniques.

I am looking forward to incorporating my new ideas and processes in upcoming collections. I love to develop new forms within my work and hope to create pieces where the form, colour and pattern interact with each other. I deliberately make work that is slightly uneven or has a rocking motion designed into its form. I like the notion of being able to show the making process and create  ways of  inviting the owner to touch and interact with each piece. This may be through creating tactile textures, mixing colour with  pattern or through storytelling by embedding imagery and motifs into the surface of the clay.

I am fascinated by the way colour will pool in pockets of texture created on the clay and how this then alters to something deeper when covered with different glazes. The process of combining the many different methods of making and decorating ceramics is a delightful experience that I find endlessly for-filling. I hope this love of creating will be evident in my work and bring a little happiness to its new owner.  

All my work is created in my home studio located in Milton Keynes.  My ceramics pieces individual and unique. Each piece takes 2-3 weeks to create from making to the final glazing.  I generally make one off pieces or small limited editions but Even where I use similar forms, all of my ceramics remain unique as they are individually hand-built, carved and decorated before finally being glazed during a two part electric kiln firing process. Each piece is kiln fired between 1040 - 1280c depending on the type of clay and whether it is a initial bisque  or glaze firing. 

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