Hannah Billingham

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Hannah Billingham

Hannah Billingham's practice combines her passion for clay, glazes and texture with an obsessive love of symmetry and perfection. She begins by throwing delicate ceramic forms on the wheel, later hand detailing each one with surface decorations inspired by naturally occurring patterns in coral and sea life. Her stemmed vases, lidded jars and flared forms are decorated with her iconic dot designs and glazed in a palette of copper blues, ivory tones, and soft black and white, with accents of gold lustre and mother of pearl.

Rhythm and repetition are an important part of Hannah's making process - finished works may have been kiln fired as many as three times - while her unique approach to glaze chemistry has resulted in a fine balance of colours that accentuate her elaborately dotted surfaces. Hannah was awarded the Gibney Prize for Outstanding Achievement at Lincoln College of Art & Design in 2016, and was nominated for the Emerging Artist Award in 2019.  She has received Yorkshire's annual Ceramic Artist of the Year Prestige Award three times since 2021.

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