That appetite for the glossy, tactile, liquid nature of the process is evident in the painterly, decorative style of Patia’s work, with its whorls, loops, drips, trails and feather-light brushstrokes. From her workshop at Wobage Farm, the Herefordshire community of makers where she has worked for over three decades, Patia produces functional high-fired porcelain and slip-decorated earthenware glazed using a soft palette of cream, white, green, browny black ‘and occasionally a little bit of blue’.
The limited palette is, in part, the legacy of a watercolor painting course Patia took aged 17, where she was taught that you only really need three colours – two blues, two yellows and two reds. ‘The teacher’s paintings were so harmonious that I’ve hung on to that advice,’ she says. ‘I love green. An evening class student once begged me for blue and I joked that “I can only let you have blue because if I put a green glaze over it, it will go a lovely mossy green.” Colour and mood and a sense of calm are really important.’
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Collecting Dioramas MINIATURE WORLDS
From elaborate taxidermy museum displays to humble folk art creations, a diorama can transport us to another time and place
Pride of place LEEDS CREAMWARE
In its heyday the pre-eminent rival to Wedgwood's Queens ware, Leeds creamware is still much revered by collectors for its understated elegance
Bohemian Rhapsody
An exuberant approach to decor, with rooms enveloped in colour and pattern, has brought this historic home merrily into the 21st century...
THE ANTIQUES THAT SHAPED ME Rory Hutton
The accessories designer on his love of silver spoons and Sévres porcelain
European HERITAGE B&Bs
Is there anything more inspiring than staying somewhere that's both beautifully stylish and imbued with history? Rhiannon Batten explores five gems across Europe, from Sweden to Spain...
STAR SALES
A Hitchens painting, a museum-quality teapot and a Parisian chocolate box are all top of the lots
Textile designs by artists
Influential 20th-century fine artists and sculptors, from Picasso to Barbara Hepworth, gained additional status as textile designers until decline set in during the 1970s
Period DRAMA
A painstaking renovation has brought this 1725 former Huguenot silk weaver's house in London's Spitalfields back to life
An artist's RESIDENCE
Rustic details and a restrained palette lend a sense of simplicity to this lovingly restored Friesian bakery
Carefully Curated LIVING
This lovingly restored Gustavian manor has become both home and showroom for its owners, Maria & Jan Åke, who deal in European antiques