Claire Manwani
Welcome to my website. I hope you find something you like; I do try to make a wide selection of items so that most tastes are catered for.
All items under the Home /Shop banner are currently in stock. Prices shown include post and packing to the UK. Just select the page you want from the drop-down list.
I use recycled boxes for posting, but if you'd prefer a new box let me know and that can be arranged.
If you live locally to Lowestoft and can collect your item, you can avoid P&P and pay a bit less.
Please contact me if you have any questions, would like a quote or wish to order a personalised item.
Overseas customers please contact me for postal rates before buying.
All items under the Home /Shop banner are currently in stock. Prices shown include post and packing to the UK. Just select the page you want from the drop-down list.
I use recycled boxes for posting, but if you'd prefer a new box let me know and that can be arranged.
If you live locally to Lowestoft and can collect your item, you can avoid P&P and pay a bit less.
Please contact me if you have any questions, would like a quote or wish to order a personalised item.
Overseas customers please contact me for postal rates before buying.
My work
All of my pottery is entirely hand made from scratch. I start with a piece of clay and make it into a pot either by hand or using a potter's wheel. I don't use moulds. This means that all my work is unique and each piece can differ slightly from the next. So even if you buy a set of mugs, they may all look exactly the same at first glance but because each is hand made, there will be subtle differences.
Most of my work is functional in nature: items that have a use around the house or office and are not just decorative, although of course I hope they're decorative too! Plates, mugs, cheese domes, vases - you name it, I'll make it. My only limitations are the size of my kiln, so I can't make anything wider than 26cm or taller than 30cm.
I work with Earthenware clay, which is ovenproof. All items are dishwasher and microwave proof too unless they have a metallic decoration.
Most of my work is functional in nature: items that have a use around the house or office and are not just decorative, although of course I hope they're decorative too! Plates, mugs, cheese domes, vases - you name it, I'll make it. My only limitations are the size of my kiln, so I can't make anything wider than 26cm or taller than 30cm.
I work with Earthenware clay, which is ovenproof. All items are dishwasher and microwave proof too unless they have a metallic decoration.
My background
I've been potting since 1982. I studied at Island Arts and Sir John Cass School of Art in London.
I also worked at Island Arts for several years, and then ran a studio with friends in London Docklands for a couple of years before moving to the Scottish Highlands.
I moved from the Highlands to Lowestoft, Suffolk in 2009.
Where you can find me
I travel to arts and crafts events at different venues - see the Calendar of Events page for full details.
Some of my items are available at the Cobholm Miniatures shop, 14 Broad Row, Great Yarmouth. They also have a selection of work by other local artists and craftspersons.
If you see me out and about, please stop for a browse and a chat - hopefully you'll see something you want to buy but if not, feel free to come back again because I'm making new stock all the time.
If there is anything special you want that you don't see on my stall (or on this site), feel free to ask about having an item made to order. There's no extra charge for this, but of course there would be a wait of a couple of weeks while the item is being made.
Some of my items are available at the Cobholm Miniatures shop, 14 Broad Row, Great Yarmouth. They also have a selection of work by other local artists and craftspersons.
If you see me out and about, please stop for a browse and a chat - hopefully you'll see something you want to buy but if not, feel free to come back again because I'm making new stock all the time.
If there is anything special you want that you don't see on my stall (or on this site), feel free to ask about having an item made to order. There's no extra charge for this, but of course there would be a wait of a couple of weeks while the item is being made.
Orders
Orders are mailed in recycled boxes to keep customers' costs down. However, if you would prefer your order to be posted in a new box, or gift wrapped, please advise me and for an additional fee this can be arranged.
