Hello, I’m Jane Walters-Morris

I make vibrant colourful ceramics by slab building, pinching and coiling.

I’m hugely influenced by the work of Yayoi Kusama, and also by Australlian ceramic artist Penny Evans.

I discovered clay in the 90’s when I enrolled at a local college to do a City and Guilds in Pottery. I was hooked from the start. I took a few of my best pieces along to Loughborough University College of Art and Design and they invited onto their 3D Design (Ceramics) degree course. I loved every minute of it even though I was one of the ‘oldies’ at 35!

After graduating with a BA(hons) I spent the next few years back in Sales and Marketing helping my husband grow his business. We moved to Spain in 2001 and spent 3 wonderfull years on the Costa del Sol. We returned to England in 2004 and bought a small farm which was built in 1760 and had 20 acres of land. We lived at Lindhurst Farm for 17 years and I became a Therapeutic Foster Carer looking after more than 50 children until I retired in 2022.

That is when I finally got the chance to return to ceramics! I joined a communal studio on the beautiful Welbeck Estate in North Nottinghamshire, an area known as The Dukeries and famous for being the home of Robin Hood.

I still work from this studio. I enjoy the friendship of some wonderful potters, all of us making very different work.

My Approach

At university I specialised in mould making and slip casting. I was interested in how good or bad taste can be interpreted in art. Once I had perfected my form my primary interest was in the surface design.

I now hand build all my pieces using slab building, pinching and coiling techniques and my emphasis with my work is still the surface pattern design.

Simple ideas

I enjoy using simple shapes and finding ways to make these interesting, often layering the shapes and colours to complicate the design.

I use various techniques such as scrafitto, modelling, mono printing and screen printing

Lasting impact

As I have mentioned my present influences are the work of Yayoi Kusama and Penny Evans.

I hope that my work shows my admiration for both these artists and the impact they have had on my pieces