Working on her traditional Leach kick wheel from her garden studio near her home town of St Ives, Michelle Foote creates work inspired by her immediate environment with a heavy emphasis on pattern and texture.

She lives between the coast and a nature reserve and often utilises found natural and man-made objects such as pebbles, an old fisherman’s knife or shells to add designs and interest to her pots.

Michelle started making pottery nine years ago after exploring different art forms. She quickly established a love of throwing and realised that she could combine favoured techniques in painting and printmaking onto a 3D surface.