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Lorna Gilbert Ceramics

Inspired by the Yorkshire countryside and childhood memories of wild the West Coast of Scotland, I make stoneware pots for people seeking space and calm. Pots to be held, used and enjoyed. Pots that are tactile and well proportioned, designed to fit perfectly in your hands.

I’m trained in fine art, experimental textiles, floristry and ceramics. For over twenty years, I have been potting from my garden studio in Yorkshire, moving with the rhythms and seasons of family life. Every unique piece starts life from a place of love, imbued with the joy and calm I find at my potter’s wheel.

I explore the relationship between matte and gloss glazes and the way they mix and interact when fired. This tension and fusion mirrors the unseen boundaries between wilderness and craft. I carry this reciprocal relationship between nature and art into my creative process, minimising energy use, reusing materials, and making environmentally conscious choices wherever I can.

Clay is earth and water, and my ceramics pull you full-circle. The space and beauty of the horizon is the thread running through each handcrafted piece. Ocean blues and clear skies, swooping swifts and leaping hares, clean lines and earthy tones all invite you to pause a moment and connect with the nature around you — whether that’s wild, rolling moors and highlands or the yard outside your back door.

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The Capital of Craft Podcast with Cathryn Gwynn

Craft Festival Wales Special

I met Cathryn Gwynn at her home studio in Cilgerran, a village near Cardigan in West Wales. 

Her early life in Cardiff led her to a career in writing, editing and finally teaching at Preseli School. She later began an access course in art, leading to a degree in Textiles from Carmarthen School of Art in 2020.

Text, texture and textile: three words which reflect sher practice as a mixed-media artist. She is drawn to thread, pen, ink and paper and work somewhere on the cusp of these materials.

Cathryn Wynn will be giving an illustrated talk about her work at The Capital of Craft at Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle. 

Her work is part of an exhibition of 8 important Welsh makers at Canfas Gallery in Cardigan. Woven, curated by Suzi Park from Cambrian Wool, runs from September 5-October 5th. 

Craft Festival Wales September 5-7, 2025

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Award Winning Festivals

Since 2003 we have run multi-award winning Festivals in Bovey Tracey, Devon, Cardigan and Cheltenham. In June, we host the UK's best loved and finest contemporary Craft Festival in Bovey Tracey featuring over 200 curated makers. Hosted in idyllic parkland on the edge of Dartmoor. Complimented by an dazzling number of workshops, demonstrations, masterclasses, talks, family activities, street theatre, live music and feasting! In March we head to the beautiful Regency town of Cheltenham, presenting 100 makers at Craft Festival at the Town Hall. In September we will be hosting our first Craft Festival Wales at Cardigan Castle.

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