Ceramics: Art and Perception

Bronwyn Williams-Ellis

Making tiles is relatively quick,” reveals tile maker Bronwyn Williams-Ellis, who works from her studio in Bath, UK offering a refreshing alternative to mass

“Far more time is absorbed with the client’s end of the project, decision making and also waiting for the areas that are to be tiled to be completed and then measured. It can be disastrous designing and making a tile panel of a fixed size for a wall that may change size and shape before it is complete.”

Although she makes individual ceramic sculptures, commissioned tiles are the financial backbone of the business for Bronwyn, who

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