Nina Salsotto Cassina started her artistic practice Unurgent Argilla in London in 2019. She is currently researching soils from the base of Milano. The project is concerned with material research of non-industrial wild materials dug directly from the ground and what they become when turned into vessels.

Charly Blackburn is an artist and material explorer. Her practice is process-intensive and through chemical experimentation, the works reveal the power and magical properties of minerals. Born in the UK’s agricultural flatlands dubbed ‘The Fens’, she has since studied performance design at Central Saint Martins, worked in fine art conservation and directed large ensemble live art/sound shows.

Adam Buick a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology, Lampeter University before turning to his artistic practice at the West Wales School of Art, Carmarthen and the Crafts Council of Ireland Ceramics Design and Skills Course.

William Cobbing’s artworks encompass a diverse range of media, including sculpture, ceramics, installation and performance; he also employs video and performance to create scenarios in which people are depicted immured in surrounding architecture, or buried under layers of earth.

Claudia Barreira is an awarded ceramic artist whose practice celebrates the intrinsic traits of clay and the natural elements that surround us. Geological formations, landscapes and the silent patterns found in the natural world are a persistent influence in her pieces. Her sculptural works present the beauty of unglazed ceramics highlighted by rocks, soils and minerals collected by the artist in many areas of the world. Born in 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she worked as a pastry chef before moving to Canada in 2012 where she started art school and graduated in fine arts and art history. In 2022 she moved to London and a year later she gained a first class BA (Hons) in contemporary design ceramics at the University of Hertfordshire. She is currently attending an MA at the Royal College of Art and continue her explorations with clay and more recently glass. Claudia has exhibited in Vancouver and London and her work can be found in private collections in Canada, UK and Brazil.

Born in 1975 in Pakistan, brought up in Lancashire and now living in Shropshire, Halima’s varied, multi- cultural background is tangibly present in her work. Natural creativity presented itself at an early age and was nurtured to fruition as Halima carved her way through an art-based education: an undergraduate degree in 1997 and an MA in 2002.