About The Clayful Potter
Hello!The Clayful Potter is the ceramic practice of Rochelle, a South West maker creating hand-built pieces inspired by coast, garden, driftwood and quiet imagination.
Working slowly by hand, Rochelle creates small ceramic worlds filled with tiny houses, sea creatures, flowers, birds and hidden details, pieces that invite people to slow down, look closely and notice the small stories tucked inside.
That quiet curiosity continues to guide The Clayful Potter today.
Rochelle has been working with ceramics for over 15 years, creating pieces that sit somewhere between coastal landscape and imagined world.
Much of her work begins with time spent outdoors. Walking along the shoreline, collecting driftwood, noticing small coastal textures, or sitting quietly in her garden. Her garden is a constant source of inspiration, with its foliage, flowers, birds and colour often finding their way into the shapes, details and feeling of her work.
The contrast between raw natural materials and carefully shaped clay is central to Rochelle’s practice. Weathered driftwood, textured by water and time, often becomes the foundation for small ceramic sculptures. Onto these bases, she builds tiny houses, birds, flowers, sea creatures and unexpected details that reward close looking.
Each piece is built slowly by hand through a steady process of shaping, drying, firing and glazing. Rochelle enjoys this rhythm, the patience it requires, the small adjustments along the way, and the way each piece gradually becomes its own little world.
Storytelling has always shaped the way Rochelle sees things. There is a thread of childhood imagination in her work: the feeling that behind a rock, beneath a jetty, at the bottom of the garden or just beyond view, something small and magical might exist.
Almost ready Kiln preparation.
Rochelle’s connection to making began early. Her grandmother was a potter and dried flower artist who could turn almost anything into something beautiful, practical or joyful.
As a child, Rochelle watched her grandmother make with patience and resourcefulness. That influence continues in Rochelle’s own work - not in a mysterious way, but in the simple joy of making slowly, carefully and by hand.
Awards & Exhibitions
Rochelle’s work has been shown through local exhibitions and art events, including Sculpture by the Bay and MRROS.
Clay, driftwood and small discoveries
Through The Clayful Potter, Rochelle hopes to invite people to slow down, look closely and reconnect with the small details of the world… the curve of a leaf, the texture of driftwood, the colour of a flower, or the tiny story waiting just beyond view.
