Laura Timmis

Interview with a potter - meet Laura Timmis The Chaotic Creative

What an absolute pleasure to be interviewed by the amazingly talented Sara Santa Clara for her Interview with a Potter series over on Substack.

Such an honour to be included. You can read it now over on her highly recommended Substack "Clay on The Mind"

#ceramics #pottery #substack #interview #art

No, I haven't. In fact I just had to look it up. I love the idea and definitely something to think about. Thank you ☺️

Small Vessel #2

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The latest addition to my Emergence Collection: "Becoming Fractured."

This piece continues my journey into the tension that exists at the threshold of change - between destruction and creation, between collapse and growth.

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Emergence II explores the power of origin and transformation. Hand-built in stoneware, its organic, egg-like form evokes the primal symbolism of creation—something new rising from the remnants of what went before.
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Back to School, Back to Clay And back to chaotic mornings!

New newsletter just dropped over on Substack.

Read it here -

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#ceramics #studiolife #studiopottery #art

Incredibly honored to have my work featured in the summer brochure for www.instagram.com/thebiscuitfactorygallery
It’s always a thrill to see my pieces in such a prestigious space.
You can now see a selection of works from my Strata Collection on display.

#CeramicArt #Pottery #ContemporaryCeramics

Dark grey stone like globular vase with a cracked top like it has been broken open.

Dark grey stone like globular vase with a cracked top like it has been broken open.

Dark grey stone like globular vase with a cracked top like it has been broken open.

Dark grey stone like globular vase with a cracked top like it has been broken open.

Emergence (I) - Emergence is the first in a series of sculptural stoneware ceramic vases that look at ideas of origin and emergence - using an egg like form to symbolise birth from the earth.

#ceramics #ceramicart #sculpture #art #vases #pottery

Fresh out of the kiln this morning - Pretty pleased with them - dark and moody 😁

#ceramics #pottery #studiopottery #ceramicart #britishceramics #vases #stoneware

The Dot The light, just a dot in a sea of black, flickers dimly like a lone star in an empty sky.

I have just posted my first ever short story - You can read it here ↓.
It’s a bit dark! 🫣 But, I hope you like it. I'd be really interested to have thoughts and interpretations on the piece, so feel free to discuss below.

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#shortstory #shortfiction #flashfiction

Breaking the Rules (Because I Never Learned Them) The Outsider Artist: My Self-Taught Journey

Starting again in mid-life has been challenging! But, coming to art later in life has given me something unexpected: creative freedom.

Read the full post here ↓ I’d love to hear your thoughts and stories about your own artistic journeys.

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A little sneaky peek at a work in progress. I call this piece Earth Egg.

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Thank you

Pot of the day - Early Bronze Age Chinese cooking pot. Either Qijia or Xindian culture (approx 1700-1250 BCE).

This example has a rather interesting decoration - I will leave the interpretation up to your own imaginations 🤣

Image credit - trocadero

#pottery #archeology #bronzeage #china #history

My last post on Substack talked about how our hands make us human. Here’s a sketch I did a while ago - I’ve always been fascinated by hands!

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#art #hands #humanity #artist #ceramicart #substack #human

It burnt off in patches, but I love it! Gives it an aged look I think.

I wrote a little pot poem

#poem #poetry #ceramics #art #pottery

The Last Human Advantage: Getting Our Hands Dirty A meditation on hands, humanity, and the things machines will never truly understand

What does it mean to be human in the age of AI and can arts and crafts save us?

This is a subject very close to my heart and one I grapple with every day. I’d love to know your thoughts on my latest article delving into this topic.

#art #AI #ceramics #humanity #LLMs #substack

Small burnished ceramic vessel.
Homemade clay body - mix of wild local clay and reclaimed commercial buff earthenware clay with small amount of added sand and grog.

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The Unproductive Epiphany In Defense of Quitting

I refuse to chain myself to a rigid posting schedule. If my soul has nothing to say, I’d rather wait in silence until it does.

That's what my new piece on Substack explores: how the weight of expectation—from endless comparison to hustle culture—can suffocate creativity.

#ceramics #art #creativity

I've been having fun in the studio today, experimenting with some different forms and materials 😁
#clay #ceramics #pottery #ceramicart

Love these. I've tried a home made lava glaze from a recipe I found online - it was a semi success. I'll try these glazes as well, thanks for the suggestion.

I'm experimenting with different ways to create a lava like texture. I've applied a white terra sigillata to a bisque body and brushed on a mix of white vinegar and bicarb. The surface clay has bubbled nicely but will the texture survive being fired?

#ceramics #pottery #clay #terrasigillata

Just a quick reminder - Open Gallery's first exhibtion in their new space at Broad Street Plaza is opening this week.

Launch night Wednesday 5 - 7 pm.

Exhibtion will be running from 11th - 28th June.

#halifax #artexhibition #westyorkshire #calderdale #localart #supportlocal #SupportTheArts

The Gallery Said Yes— My Kiln Said Absolutely Not A Cursed Kiln, a Gallery Offer, and the Spiral of Self-Doubt

When life gives you lemons, write a substack about it.
A piece I wrote about how set backs send you on a spiral of self doubt but reaching out for help can be the simplest answer.

Subscribe to my free substrack for more sweat, swears & small victories.

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The Chaotic Creative: Why My Distracted Brain Might Actually Be a Gift How My Neurodivergent Brain Refuses to Follow the Plan

Good evening, peoples.
Here's my latest blog post on substack. Give it a read if you fancy a quick, tongue in cheek take on my rather chaotic approach to my work, and I guess, life in general.

#ceramics #art #neurodivergency #adha #asd #artist #studio

Happy Sunday Everyone.

Slow crafting today, making some cordage from dried dandelion stalks picked from my garden a couple of weeks ago. These are going to be part of a new sculpture I'm working on.

#art #craft

"Child of the Rock"

A small ceramic sculpture inspired by prehistoric portable art. I have reimagined these ancient artifacts as an abstract cloaked, formless figure that looks like it has been carved out of rock.

#ceramicsculpture #contemporaryceramics #art #sculpture #ceramics #ceramicart

Thank you 🙏😁

Some beautiful examples of 4000 year old pottery found around the north east of Britian - On display at Hull and East Ridings Museum of Archeology.

Simple everyday objects that are just as familiar to us now as they were to neolithic people.

#pottery #archeology #ceramics #museum #hull