Inspired by and made from our local landscape and seas. Lonn creates beautiful hand-thrown functional ceramics which feature natural materials foraged from Wirral and Wales. These materials celebrate the environments from which they come and quite literally embody the very essence of place. Foraged clay is mixed with commercial clay to make each and every piece. The glazes that Lonn has crafted himself, utilise mussel shells foraged from Wirral beaches, and various rocks and minerals collected from the Welsh mountains as some of their raw materials. These natural materials quite literally connect each of his pieces to our wonderful corner of the world!
The process of gathering and preparing these materials is incredibly labour intensive and time consuming. Crushing, grinding, milling and drying each material takes weeks using Lonn’s upcycled homemade equipment (including a repurposed treadmill!). It is the antithesis to our fast-fashion disposable society where we barely consider what we consume. For Lonn, each material is precious, hard fought for, and cherished on a whole new level.
The glazes themselves are the culmination of extensive experimentation driven by Lonn’s background in the sciences – his degree is in chemical engineering. The results are the wonderfully rich, colourful, tactile and sometimes drippy glazes that adorn his work.
