SAY IT WITH CLAY

Humour meets homeware in the works of these three ceramicists

Pollyanna Johnson

‘Plates are domestic and unassuming objects – the perfect stage for a quiet rebellion against the patriarchy,’ says Johnson, whose wryly subtitled ceramics are a revisionist feast of historic female art figures.

www.pollyannajohnson.com

Laetitia Rouget

The Hackney-based French artist originally trained as a fashion designer before bringing her ‘wobbly and colourful’ aesthetic to her playful ceramics replete with female nudes and amusing annotations. www.laetitiarouget.com

Alma Berrow

Lipstick-smeared napkins, crumpled notes bearing chat-up lines and teacups with prawns for handles are just some of the witty, naughty inventions of Alma Berrow, who took up pottery mid-pandemic. ‘After I quit my job, I finally decided to jump in and turn all the weird and wonderful ideas I had in my brain into reality,’ she says. mcc www.almaberrow.com