Hello! I’m Alison

I make playful and iridescent ceramics from my home studio in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

A smiling woman in glasses decorates ceramic mugs with cat designs at a table, with art supplies and finished mugs visible.

A home office with a desk and an office chair, decorated with art and photos, a window showing a rural landscape with hay bales and blue sky, and various office supplies and plants on the desk and shelves.

A black cat lying on a wooden shelf against a pink wall, with art frames behind it, and an art workspace with paints, brushes, and art supplies below.

A pottery workspace with shelves holding decorated mugs, art frames, and art supplies, and a work table with unglazed clay mugs and tools.

A woman wearing glasses and a pink apron is working on a craft project at a wooden table. There are various craft materials and soap bases on the table, and a black and white cat is resting in the background.

My ceramics are made using a combination of hand making techniques and digital technologies, such as 3D printing.

Each piece is made either by slip casting or hand building and is finished and refined by hand; and the wonderful nature of making by hand is that no piece will be exactly alike.

I want to make playful ceramics that bring the user joy every time they use it. I love iridescence, the way colour can shift in different light and I am inspired daily by the antics of my cats Aurora and Winnie who I share my home studio with.