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.

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Heart mug
Heart mug
£38.00

Handmade ceramic mug decorated with cute little hearts, some variations are glazed in a pearly iridescent glaze.

Height 8cm, diameter 8.8cm, volume 360ml (12.2 fl. oz).

Please be aware that all items are handmade in small batches and the shape placement might vary slightly from the pictured mug with the one you receive.

Care instructions:

Iridescent mugs are not suitable for the dishwasher or microwave. Please handle with care and hand wash in warm soapy water.

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Star mug
Star mug
£38.00

Handmade ceramic mug decorated with little stars and finished with a pearly iridescent glaze.

Height 8cm, diameter 8.8cm, volume 360ml (12.2 fl. oz).

Please be aware that all items are handmade in small batches and the shape placement might vary slightly from the pictured mug with the one you receive.

Care instructions:

Iridescent mugs are not suitable for the dishwasher or microwave. Please handle with care and hand wash in warm soapy water.

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Aurora tumbler
Aurora tumbler
£17.00 £34.00

Handmade ceramic tumbler painted in a colourful glaze and decorated with an iridescent lustre glaze.  The interior is glazed in a clear gloss glaze.

Aurora tumblers are on sale as I’ll be phasing them out to make way for new products. I’ll always have the 3d printed master model so they might come back, just not anytime soon, so get the last ones before they’re gone!

Height 10.2cm, diameter 8.4cm, approx. volume 350ml (12 fl. oz)

The iridescent lustre glaze changes colour in the light and each tumbler has different colours making it a unique and beautiful object to drink the cool drink of your choice in. 

Please be aware that all items are handmade using iridescent lustre glazes, which change colour depending on the light. Due to the unique nature of these glazes colours may differ slightly from the photograph.

Care instructions:

Iridescent glazes are not suitable for the dishwasher or microwave. Please handle with care and hand wash in warm soapy water.

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Bunny pin
Bunny pin
£15.00

Wear your pet wherever you go!

Handmade ceramic rabbit pin various colours. Please check the numbered image and select your desired design from the options. 

Each pin is hand cut with a custom 3d printed clay cutter, based on an original drawing, and decorated with custom 3d printed stamps designed and 3D printed by Alison in her Aberdeenshire studio.

These cute little brooches make the perfect accessory for any outfit. 

Dimensions: 2.8cm x 2.5cm

Weight: approx. 3g

Butterfly back pin fastening.

Each brooch is individually cut and finished by hand, and the wonderful nature of making by hand is that no piece will be exactly alike.

Presented with a white Alison Thyra Ceramics backing card.

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Geometric vase *various sizes
Geometric vase *various sizes
from £27.00

Inspired by the natural formation of crystals each vase size is made up of different sized triangular facets designed to allow the light to capture the colour changing iridescent lustre glaze in different ways.

Decorated in various colours that change the way the iridescence looks depending on how dark or light they are. Due to the hand painted application of the lustre each vase is totally unique.

Dimensions:

Tall: diameter at widest point - 11cm x 20cm tall

Medium: diameter at widest point - 12.5cm x 15cm tall

Bud: diameter at widest point - 9cm x 13cm tall

Small: diameter 6.4 cm x 10.6cm tall

Mini: diameter 4.8 cm x 8.4cm tall

*please note sometimes I don’t have a photograph of a size in a particular colour but it is in stock so I link it to an image featuring the colour your selected vase will be.

Please be aware that all items are handmade using iridescent lustre glazes, which change colour depending on the light. Due to the unique nature of these glazes colours may differ slightly from the photograph.

Care instructions:

Iridescent glazes are not suitable for the dishwasher or microwave. Please handle with care and hand wash in warm soapy water.

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