Laura Timmis
@lauratimmisart.bsky.social
What an absolute pleasure to be interviewed by the amazingly talented Sara Santa Clara for her Interview with a Potter series over on Substack.
Such an honour to be included. You can read it now over on her highly recommended Substack "Clay on The Mind"
#ceramics #pottery #substack #interview #art
Such an honour to be included. You can read it now over on her highly recommended Substack "Clay on The Mind"
#ceramics #pottery #substack #interview #art
Interview with a potter - meet Laura Timmis
The Chaotic Creative
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September 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
What an absolute pleasure to be interviewed by the amazingly talented Sara Santa Clara for her Interview with a Potter series over on Substack.
Such an honour to be included. You can read it now over on her highly recommended Substack "Clay on The Mind"
#ceramics #pottery #substack #interview #art
Such an honour to be included. You can read it now over on her highly recommended Substack "Clay on The Mind"
#ceramics #pottery #substack #interview #art
September 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The latest addition to my Emergence Collection: "Becoming Fractured."
This piece continues my journey into the tension that exists at the threshold of change - between destruction and creation, between collapse and growth.
#ceramics #ceramicart #studiopottery #pottery #britishceramics
This piece continues my journey into the tension that exists at the threshold of change - between destruction and creation, between collapse and growth.
#ceramics #ceramicart #studiopottery #pottery #britishceramics
September 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The latest addition to my Emergence Collection: "Becoming Fractured."
This piece continues my journey into the tension that exists at the threshold of change - between destruction and creation, between collapse and growth.
#ceramics #ceramicart #studiopottery #pottery #britishceramics
This piece continues my journey into the tension that exists at the threshold of change - between destruction and creation, between collapse and growth.
#ceramics #ceramicart #studiopottery #pottery #britishceramics
Emergence II explores the power of origin and transformation. Hand-built in stoneware, its organic, egg-like form evokes the primal symbolism of creation—something new rising from the remnants of what went before.
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#ceramics #ceramicart #pottery
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#ceramics #ceramicart #pottery
September 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Emergence II explores the power of origin and transformation. Hand-built in stoneware, its organic, egg-like form evokes the primal symbolism of creation—something new rising from the remnants of what went before.
laura-timmis-art-ceramics1.odoo.com/shop/categor...
#ceramics #ceramicart #pottery
laura-timmis-art-ceramics1.odoo.com/shop/categor...
#ceramics #ceramicart #pottery
New newsletter just dropped over on Substack.
Read it here -
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#ceramics #studiolife #studiopottery #art
Read it here -
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#ceramics #studiolife #studiopottery #art
Back to School, Back to Clay
And back to chaotic mornings!
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September 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
New newsletter just dropped over on Substack.
Read it here -
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#ceramics #studiolife #studiopottery #art
Read it here -
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#ceramics #studiolife #studiopottery #art
Incredibly honored to have my work featured in the summer brochure for www.instagram.com/thebiscuitfactorygallery
It’s always a thrill to see my pieces in such a prestigious space.
You can now see a selection of works from my Strata Collection on display.
#CeramicArt #Pottery #ContemporaryCeramics
It’s always a thrill to see my pieces in such a prestigious space.
You can now see a selection of works from my Strata Collection on display.
#CeramicArt #Pottery #ContemporaryCeramics
August 30, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Incredibly honored to have my work featured in the summer brochure for www.instagram.com/thebiscuitfactorygallery
It’s always a thrill to see my pieces in such a prestigious space.
You can now see a selection of works from my Strata Collection on display.
#CeramicArt #Pottery #ContemporaryCeramics
It’s always a thrill to see my pieces in such a prestigious space.
You can now see a selection of works from my Strata Collection on display.
#CeramicArt #Pottery #ContemporaryCeramics
Emergence (I) - Emergence is the first in a series of sculptural stoneware ceramic vases that look at ideas of origin and emergence - using an egg like form to symbolise birth from the earth.
#ceramics #ceramicart #sculpture #art #vases #pottery
#ceramics #ceramicart #sculpture #art #vases #pottery
July 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Emergence (I) - Emergence is the first in a series of sculptural stoneware ceramic vases that look at ideas of origin and emergence - using an egg like form to symbolise birth from the earth.
#ceramics #ceramicart #sculpture #art #vases #pottery
#ceramics #ceramicart #sculpture #art #vases #pottery
Fresh out of the kiln this morning - Pretty pleased with them - dark and moody 😁
#ceramics #pottery #studiopottery #ceramicart #britishceramics #vases #stoneware
#ceramics #pottery #studiopottery #ceramicart #britishceramics #vases #stoneware
July 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Fresh out of the kiln this morning - Pretty pleased with them - dark and moody 😁
#ceramics #pottery #studiopottery #ceramicart #britishceramics #vases #stoneware
#ceramics #pottery #studiopottery #ceramicart #britishceramics #vases #stoneware
I have just posted my first ever short story - You can read it here ↓.
It’s a bit dark! 🫣 But, I hope you like it. I'd be really interested to have thoughts and interpretations on the piece, so feel free to discuss below.
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#shortstory #shortfiction #flashfiction
It’s a bit dark! 🫣 But, I hope you like it. I'd be really interested to have thoughts and interpretations on the piece, so feel free to discuss below.
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#shortstory #shortfiction #flashfiction
The Dot
The light, just a dot in a sea of black, flickers dimly like a lone star in an empty sky.
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July 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I have just posted my first ever short story - You can read it here ↓.
It’s a bit dark! 🫣 But, I hope you like it. I'd be really interested to have thoughts and interpretations on the piece, so feel free to discuss below.
open.substack.com/pub/laurassh...
#shortstory #shortfiction #flashfiction
It’s a bit dark! 🫣 But, I hope you like it. I'd be really interested to have thoughts and interpretations on the piece, so feel free to discuss below.
open.substack.com/pub/laurassh...
#shortstory #shortfiction #flashfiction
Starting again in mid-life has been challenging! But, coming to art later in life has given me something unexpected: creative freedom.
Read the full post here ↓ I’d love to hear your thoughts and stories about your own artistic journeys.
#art #ceramics #artist
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Read the full post here ↓ I’d love to hear your thoughts and stories about your own artistic journeys.
#art #ceramics #artist
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Breaking the Rules (Because I Never Learned Them)
The Outsider Artist: My Self-Taught Journey
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July 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Starting again in mid-life has been challenging! But, coming to art later in life has given me something unexpected: creative freedom.
Read the full post here ↓ I’d love to hear your thoughts and stories about your own artistic journeys.
#art #ceramics #artist
ltimmis.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
Read the full post here ↓ I’d love to hear your thoughts and stories about your own artistic journeys.
#art #ceramics #artist
ltimmis.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
A little sneaky peek at a work in progress. I call this piece Earth Egg.
#ceramics #ceramicart #contemporaryceramics #studiopottery #pottery
#ceramics #ceramicart #contemporaryceramics #studiopottery #pottery
July 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A little sneaky peek at a work in progress. I call this piece Earth Egg.
#ceramics #ceramicart #contemporaryceramics #studiopottery #pottery
#ceramics #ceramicart #contemporaryceramics #studiopottery #pottery
Pot of the day - Early Bronze Age Chinese cooking pot. Either Qijia or Xindian culture (approx 1700-1250 BCE).
This example has a rather interesting decoration - I will leave the interpretation up to your own imaginations 🤣
Image credit - trocadero
#pottery #archeology #bronzeage #china #history
This example has a rather interesting decoration - I will leave the interpretation up to your own imaginations 🤣
Image credit - trocadero
#pottery #archeology #bronzeage #china #history
June 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Pot of the day - Early Bronze Age Chinese cooking pot. Either Qijia or Xindian culture (approx 1700-1250 BCE).
This example has a rather interesting decoration - I will leave the interpretation up to your own imaginations 🤣
Image credit - trocadero
#pottery #archeology #bronzeage #china #history
This example has a rather interesting decoration - I will leave the interpretation up to your own imaginations 🤣
Image credit - trocadero
#pottery #archeology #bronzeage #china #history
My last post on Substack talked about how our hands make us human. Here’s a sketch I did a while ago - I’ve always been fascinated by hands!
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#art #hands #humanity #artist #ceramicart #substack #human
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#art #hands #humanity #artist #ceramicart #substack #human
June 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My last post on Substack talked about how our hands make us human. Here’s a sketch I did a while ago - I’ve always been fascinated by hands!
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#art #hands #humanity #artist #ceramicart #substack #human
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#art #hands #humanity #artist #ceramicart #substack #human
What does it mean to be human in the age of AI and can arts and crafts save us?
This is a subject very close to my heart and one I grapple with every day. I’d love to know your thoughts on my latest article delving into this topic.
#art #AI #ceramics #humanity #LLMs #substack
This is a subject very close to my heart and one I grapple with every day. I’d love to know your thoughts on my latest article delving into this topic.
#art #AI #ceramics #humanity #LLMs #substack
The Last Human Advantage: Getting Our Hands Dirty
A meditation on hands, humanity, and the things machines will never truly understand
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June 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Small burnished ceramic vessel.
Homemade clay body - mix of wild local clay and reclaimed commercial buff earthenware clay with small amount of added sand and grog.
#ceramics #ceramicart #pottery #studiopottery #britishceramics #contemporaryceramics
Homemade clay body - mix of wild local clay and reclaimed commercial buff earthenware clay with small amount of added sand and grog.
#ceramics #ceramicart #pottery #studiopottery #britishceramics #contemporaryceramics
June 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Small burnished ceramic vessel.
Homemade clay body - mix of wild local clay and reclaimed commercial buff earthenware clay with small amount of added sand and grog.
#ceramics #ceramicart #pottery #studiopottery #britishceramics #contemporaryceramics
Homemade clay body - mix of wild local clay and reclaimed commercial buff earthenware clay with small amount of added sand and grog.
#ceramics #ceramicart #pottery #studiopottery #britishceramics #contemporaryceramics
I refuse to chain myself to a rigid posting schedule. If my soul has nothing to say, I’d rather wait in silence until it does.
That's what my new piece on Substack explores: how the weight of expectation—from endless comparison to hustle culture—can suffocate creativity.
#ceramics #art #creativity
That's what my new piece on Substack explores: how the weight of expectation—from endless comparison to hustle culture—can suffocate creativity.
#ceramics #art #creativity
The Unproductive Epiphany
In Defense of Quitting
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June 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I refuse to chain myself to a rigid posting schedule. If my soul has nothing to say, I’d rather wait in silence until it does.
That's what my new piece on Substack explores: how the weight of expectation—from endless comparison to hustle culture—can suffocate creativity.
#ceramics #art #creativity
That's what my new piece on Substack explores: how the weight of expectation—from endless comparison to hustle culture—can suffocate creativity.
#ceramics #art #creativity
I've been having fun in the studio today, experimenting with some different forms and materials 😁
#clay #ceramics #pottery #ceramicart
#clay #ceramics #pottery #ceramicart
June 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I've been having fun in the studio today, experimenting with some different forms and materials 😁
#clay #ceramics #pottery #ceramicart
#clay #ceramics #pottery #ceramicart
I'm experimenting with different ways to create a lava like texture. I've applied a white terra sigillata to a bisque body and brushed on a mix of white vinegar and bicarb. The surface clay has bubbled nicely but will the texture survive being fired?
#ceramics #pottery #clay #terrasigillata
#ceramics #pottery #clay #terrasigillata
June 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm experimenting with different ways to create a lava like texture. I've applied a white terra sigillata to a bisque body and brushed on a mix of white vinegar and bicarb. The surface clay has bubbled nicely but will the texture survive being fired?
#ceramics #pottery #clay #terrasigillata
#ceramics #pottery #clay #terrasigillata
Just a quick reminder - Open Gallery's first exhibtion in their new space at Broad Street Plaza is opening this week.
Launch night Wednesday 5 - 7 pm.
Exhibtion will be running from 11th - 28th June.
#halifax #artexhibition #westyorkshire #calderdale #localart #supportlocal #SupportTheArts
Launch night Wednesday 5 - 7 pm.
Exhibtion will be running from 11th - 28th June.
#halifax #artexhibition #westyorkshire #calderdale #localart #supportlocal #SupportTheArts
June 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just a quick reminder - Open Gallery's first exhibtion in their new space at Broad Street Plaza is opening this week.
Launch night Wednesday 5 - 7 pm.
Exhibtion will be running from 11th - 28th June.
#halifax #artexhibition #westyorkshire #calderdale #localart #supportlocal #SupportTheArts
Launch night Wednesday 5 - 7 pm.
Exhibtion will be running from 11th - 28th June.
#halifax #artexhibition #westyorkshire #calderdale #localart #supportlocal #SupportTheArts
When life gives you lemons, write a substack about it.
A piece I wrote about how set backs send you on a spiral of self doubt but reaching out for help can be the simplest answer.
Subscribe to my free substrack for more sweat, swears & small victories.
#ceramics #pottery #artist #art #studio
A piece I wrote about how set backs send you on a spiral of self doubt but reaching out for help can be the simplest answer.
Subscribe to my free substrack for more sweat, swears & small victories.
#ceramics #pottery #artist #art #studio
The Gallery Said Yes— My Kiln Said Absolutely Not
A Cursed Kiln, a Gallery Offer, and the Spiral of Self-Doubt
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June 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Good evening, peoples.
Here's my latest blog post on substack. Give it a read if you fancy a quick, tongue in cheek take on my rather chaotic approach to my work, and I guess, life in general.
#ceramics #art #neurodivergency #adha #asd #artist #studio
Here's my latest blog post on substack. Give it a read if you fancy a quick, tongue in cheek take on my rather chaotic approach to my work, and I guess, life in general.
#ceramics #art #neurodivergency #adha #asd #artist #studio
The Chaotic Creative: Why My Distracted Brain Might Actually Be a Gift
How My Neurodivergent Brain Refuses to Follow the Plan
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June 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Child of the Rock"
A small ceramic sculpture inspired by prehistoric portable art. I have reimagined these ancient artifacts as an abstract cloaked, formless figure that looks like it has been carved out of rock.
#ceramicsculpture #contemporaryceramics #art #sculpture #ceramics #ceramicart
A small ceramic sculpture inspired by prehistoric portable art. I have reimagined these ancient artifacts as an abstract cloaked, formless figure that looks like it has been carved out of rock.
#ceramicsculpture #contemporaryceramics #art #sculpture #ceramics #ceramicart
May 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Child of the Rock"
A small ceramic sculpture inspired by prehistoric portable art. I have reimagined these ancient artifacts as an abstract cloaked, formless figure that looks like it has been carved out of rock.
#ceramicsculpture #contemporaryceramics #art #sculpture #ceramics #ceramicart
A small ceramic sculpture inspired by prehistoric portable art. I have reimagined these ancient artifacts as an abstract cloaked, formless figure that looks like it has been carved out of rock.
#ceramicsculpture #contemporaryceramics #art #sculpture #ceramics #ceramicart
Some beautiful examples of 4000 year old pottery found around the north east of Britian - On display at Hull and East Ridings Museum of Archeology.
Simple everyday objects that are just as familiar to us now as they were to neolithic people.
#pottery #archeology #ceramics #museum #hull
Simple everyday objects that are just as familiar to us now as they were to neolithic people.
#pottery #archeology #ceramics #museum #hull
May 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Some beautiful examples of 4000 year old pottery found around the north east of Britian - On display at Hull and East Ridings Museum of Archeology.
Simple everyday objects that are just as familiar to us now as they were to neolithic people.
#pottery #archeology #ceramics #museum #hull
Simple everyday objects that are just as familiar to us now as they were to neolithic people.
#pottery #archeology #ceramics #museum #hull