Clay School
A chance to explore the many different pathways that ceramics has to offer. Get your hands in clay, explore which methods you enjoy the most and hone those skills. From slab building, pinch pots and coiling, to surface decoration, mould making, slip casting, glaze, firing and more, there's so much to discover.
Shop
Ceramic products inspired by traditional technologies and living closely with the land
I first started learning about permaculture on a cycle journey across the Pyranees in 2015, stopping at wonderful projects and communities with Brake the Cycle. It was an eye opener. As a designer this new methodology felt very exciting and on my return, I immediately signed up for a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course with Shift Bristol and followed that with a year long 3 day per week immersion in all things sustainability and permaculture. I haven't looked back since and I want to share this positive, practical approach in these troubling times when we need it the most. In June 2025 I will do a teacher training so watch this space for courses coming up.
About Me
I'm Hannah, I've been working in ceramics since my A'levels when, inspired by my ceramicist aunt Kathryn Hearn, I got stuck in and played with hand sculpting and smoke firing at sixth form college. I went on to do an art foundation in my home town of Bristol and a Ceramic Design Degree at Central Saint Martins Art College in London where my aunt was course director. Straight out of art school I got a job making architectural ceramics...hand pressing and finishing gargoyles and columns among other things, for stately homes and historical buildings. I then spent six months in northern Thailand working as a designer in the ceramics department of a handicrafts factory which had been set up by the Princess Mother to lift local hill tribe and Thai's out of poverty. When I came back to the UK I worked for an interiors boutique for a while, selling UK makers' work online before going to Kingston Uni to do a Masters in Design for Development. The MA course culminated in a six week tour of India and Nepal researching traditional artisans and the role of design. By this time I was becoming interested in collaborative design so I joined forces with an old collage friend to run a business doing public collaborative artworks in ceramics across the South East of England. Back in Bristol I rented a studio space with Maze Studios and developed some of the work I'm making now, inspired by my budding interest in permaculture design and influenced by the traditional artisans I had seen abroad and at home. Lock down gave me the time and space to start my business Wildware Design, a home for my products and teaching where people can connect with me and access my shop and courses. Enjoy!