​As much as I shape clay, clay is what shapes me, and influences how I interact with it as a material. I approach my making with curiosity and play, paying close attention to how the clay responds to my hands and tools. I consider how I might encourage the marks of impressed stamps to sweep or fly across a stretched slab of porcelain, or how waves of clay might ripple up a wooden rib.
I seek to capture a lively and natural loose energy in my work and I draw greatly from surface quality. Whether throwing or hand building my aim is the same: to capture a sense of movement. The marks that I impress, stretch and cut help to instil a sense of me into the pots I make.
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Isabelle Proffitt is a potter from Bristol, UK. Her background is drawing based and she has a First Class Honours degree from Kingston School of Art. During her time in Kingston, Isabelle’s practice soon became centred around clay and in 2022, she moved to Stoke-on-Trent to train in studio pottery for two years at Clay College. Alongside making her own work, Isabelle works as a pottery technician and teaches both throwing and hand-building to beginner and more experienced potters.

Education and Training
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Clay College Diploma, Stoke on Trent
2022 - 2024
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First Class Honours Illustration Animation
Kingston School of Art
2018 - 2021
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Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Manchester School of Art
2016
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Collections
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Guldagergaard Studio Collection, Denmark​​
Unilever Art Collection, Kingston Upon Thames
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2024
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2023
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2022
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Graduate Showcase, Stoke-on-Trent and London
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Pot Shop, Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent​
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Stoke on Clay, Stoke-on-Trent
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Young Artist in Residence, Guldagergaard International
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Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark
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Take Her for a Caper, hArts Lane London​
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Reconnecting, Oxo Tower London
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Exhibitions and Residencies
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