Ella Porter

. A big thank you to the team at @craftpotters and @ceramicartlondon for all their hard work putting the show together! Such a joy to be a part of CAL . And a huge thank you to those of you who took the time to speak with me appreciate and invest in the work, it means a lot when the work resonates with you. . If you didn’t manage to visit CAL this year and would like to see work available please do let me know I’d be very happy to share details and photos etc. I will be getting back to my emails after a bit of rest! . You can also join my mailing list by following the link in the contact section of my website for quarterly updates - see link tree in my bio. . . . . #ceramicartlondon #ceramicartlondon2026 #craftpottersassociation

It’s the final day of CAL! . So much love encouragement and appreciation, this truly is such a wonderful community to be a part of. Thank you for all the conversations and to those who have visited, appreciated and invested in my work, it’s always a pleasure when the work resonates with you. . If you are visiting for the first time today come and find me at stand 109. . Pictured here one of my large works: Jade and Jet II – stepped lip large beaded net sculpture. 2026 Glazed Stoneware H 54 W 30.5 D 10 cm . . . . . . . . . @ceramicartlondon #ceramicartlondon2026 #CREmerging #copperglaze #newwork

Untitled - Box composition 2026 . Lichen patina box with chalk plinth and red earth interior box with two fragments. Glazed stoneware H 8.5, W 10, D 6 cm . . . . . Day 2 @ceramicartlondon #CREmerging #ceramicartlondon2026 #newceramicwork

Day 2 of Ceramic Art London! - You can find me at stand 109. @ceramicartlondon - Pictured here: Dew Point I . 2026 Glazed stoneware H 12, W 14, D11 . And . Dew Point II . 2026 Glazed stoneware H 12, W 13, D 13 cm (In both images 1 and 2) - Each side of the forms intersecting the fragmented slab of the next side placed around a footed base, allowing a lightness of form floating with a shadow gap. . The surfaces of these pieces have traces of brush marks surrounded by subtle water droplet like translucent gloss glaze evocative of a spring dew point…Ideas I have been contemplating recently with early starts thinking and making. . . . . . . . . . #CREmerging #ceramicartlondon #dewpoint #ceramicartlondon2026

Today is Day 1 of Ceramic Art London @ceramicartlondon . Excited to share my new work with you all and see the show myself… Yesterday was a whirlwind and I didn’t have time to take a proper look around, so I’m looking forward to a peak at all the wonderful work this morning! . Thank you so much to those of you who came and supported me last night it means a lot! Can’t wait to see what today holds. . Pictured here: Untitled - Jade woven impressions 2026. Glazed stoneware, H 34.5, W 25, D 1.5 cm . CAL is open: Friday 10-6pm Saturday 10 -6pm Sunday 10 - 5pm . I will be at stand 109! Come by and say hi 🤍 . . . . #cremerging #ceramicartlondon #newwork #wallbasedceramics #ceramicartlonddon2026

. @ceramicartlondon stand 109 . Untitled. (Chalk and Rust) Stoneware. H 33 W 18 D 17 cm . . . . . . . #cremerging #ceramicartlondon #ceramicartlondon2026 #newwork #ceramicsculpture

. Those of you who know my work already, will know that I have been working with found fragments for a while and box forms for even longer… Over the past year I have been developing new works like this one (pictured on the right) which explore slab building in a slightly different way; I’ve been thinking of each slab as an individual fragment, with irregular broken edges… Some of these works incorporate thrown bases, which allow the form to float, suspended in space and intersecting one another as the faces of the form shift around the base. . The goal has been to expand upon the types of forms I am making without loosing the overall language of the work… I am instead leaning into themes exploring a sense of space, shifting qualities of light, traces and temporality in a way that to me feels sympathetic to other works I make and yet expand upon this material conversation. . This work I feel is doing what I intended! Yippee… . Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space, has informed much of my thinking, along with Susan Stewart’s On Longing: Narratives of the miniature, the gigantic, the souvenir, the collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . @ceramicartlondon stand 109 #thepoeticsofspace #onlonging #ceramicartlondon #ceramicartlondon2026 #cremerging

Only three days until CAL The show is open to the public 8-10th of May 10-6pm Friday and Saturday 10-5pm Sunday . Looking forward to sharing what I’ve been working on! . Pictured here is one of many small works I will be bringing with me (not all will be on display at one time so I will have a list of works available to view on request.) . This one I am particularly fond of with its coral rosette. - Untitled_no. 21 H 8 W 10 D 7.5cm Glazed porcelain and stoneware with found fragment. . Find me at stand 109 @ceramicartlondon . . . . . . . #ceramics #ceramicartlondon2026 #ceramicartlondon

I have spent the weekend @cultivateartiststudio photographing, measuring and logging all of the work that will be coming with me to @ceramicartlondon next week, there are quite a few! . Pictured here is a new work and the largest of this kind that I have made at 60cm tall and with a tin glaze finish I haven’t used before on this clay body. . I am very much looking forward to sharing it with you in person soon! The time has flown, the preparations have felt pretty non-stop and I am finally seeing the finish line. . Come and find me at stand 109 over the weekend and if you can’t make it and have an inquiry about a particular work that I post on here then please feel free to drop me an email at [email protected] I will be following up there in the weeks after CAL. . . . . . #CREmerging #ceramicartlondon #ceramicartlondon2026 @cultivateartiststudio

"Clay and ceramic objects act as a time capsule of touch and this fascinates me. The direct translation of our actions upon it are given back to us through the its surface, it can accurately preserve physical impressions of pretty much anything and this tells us so much about the motivations of the people and individuals that make with clay both past and present."@ellaporterstudio Following our recent exhibition New Members of the Craft Potters Association, we’ve been taking time to reflect on the work and voices that shaped it. Ella Porter is taking part in the upcoming Ceramic Art London, at Olympia this 8–10 May. Head to our link in bio to read the full conversation. You can also find out more about Ceramic Art London in our bio. Contemporary Ceramics, 63 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3BF @ceramicartlondon @craftpotters #CeramicArtLondon #CAL2026 #MeetTheMaker #CeramicArtist #StudioCeramics #CeramicsOfInstagram #CeramicArt #ContemporaryCeramics #ArtFair #CollectCeramics

I have been quiet here on instagram recently but busy in the background working away @cultivateartiststudio towards @ceramicartlondon . Very busy juggling! Teaching, making and sorting kiln repairs 🔥 . Photos of new works coming with me to CAL will be coming soon! In the meantime a few pics of porcelain and large scale stoneware works drying! Final glaze firings happening this week 🤞I will be praying to the kiln gods! Wish me luck 🍀 and see you soon I will be at stand 109 this year. . . . #ceramicartlondon2026 #craftpottersassociation #ceramicreview

MEET THE MAKER | ELLA PORTER @ellaporterstudio is a Selected Member of the @craftpotters and RCA graduate whose practice bridges painting, printmaking and ceramics, creating works informed by historical artefacts, landscape and architecture. Her ceramic and mixed media pieces investigate the interchangeable languages of surface and form, exploring ideas of the maker's mark, temporality, trace and place. See Ella’s work alongside 125 contemporary independent ceramic artists at Ceramic Art London 2026. Only 3 weeks to go! Book your tickets now via the link in the bio. 🗓️ 8 – 10 May 2026 📍 West Hall, Olympia, London 🎟️ Tickets now on sale – link in bio #CAL2026 #contemporaryceramics #londonart #ceramicartlondon #ceramics