Porcelain Art

Porcelain is the only ceramic that transmits light. Fired thin enough, the body becomes translucent, so a lamp behind a pierced porcelain panel produces a glow through the material rather than a light shining past it. That property is why porcelain has been used for lanterns and screens for a thousand years and why so much of this collection is illuminated.

The making is unforgiving. Porcelain shrinks considerably in the kiln and warps if the thickness is uneven, so a large flat panel is genuinely difficult to produce and a pierced one more so. Every piece here is fired, and around a third combines porcelain with worked metal or a canvas ground for contrast between the fired surface and something matt.

The work is contemporary and largely abstract, with a strong geometric strand and a smaller botanical and landscape group. Nearly six in ten pieces are dimensional. Browse the illuminated work in LED and neon art, the related fired material in ceramic art, and the wider relief range in 3D wall art.

Scale is larger than most people expect for a fired material: nine in ten pieces are 80cm or larger and nearly four in ten pass 160cm. Fix into solid substrate with anchors rated above the weight, and site pieces away from anywhere they might be knocked, since fired porcelain cannot be repaired invisibly. See the wider range in wall art and wall decor.

Every porcelain piece we make is built and fired to order by our artists, designed in Birmingham and made in our worldwide studios. Standard production takes around three to four weeks, and we offer free worldwide shipping. Get in touch if you would like advice on lighting a translucent panel.