Country Homes & Interiors

‘My pottery is made with clay dug from my garden’

Grains of sand caught in the crevices of rocks worn smooth by the relentless caress of waves; lichen creeping out of inky-blue rock pools; sea foam settling on barnacle-encrusted driftwood; the richly veined granite coastal cliffs of northwest Scotland. These are some of the textures that have inspired Vicky Ware’s rustic tableware for some time. Yet such elemental seascapes are a far cry from the idyllic, undulating countryside that surrounds her secluded hilltop studio at her home in Powys.

Enjoying stunning panoramic views over the Trannon Valley and the Cambrian mountains, Vicky’s studio, a ‘shed within a shed’, is in a contrasting, yet equally inspiring location. The surrounding woodland is

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