Mudbelly Ceramics

Get to know the Mudbelly Teachers as they share artistic insights and vital techniques

Mudbelly Ceramics studio began as a research outlet for artist Phoebe Collings-James’ pottery practice, and has since grown to encompass an online shop and a roaming teaching facility offering free ceramics courses for Black people in London, taught by Black ceramicists. Responding to a personal and collective desire to learn alongside people of African and Afro-Caribbean descent, it is our belief that intentional spaces like this are needed, in an overwhelmingly white and classist industry in the UK, to disrupt the multifaceted access barriers which are caused by endemic racism. We are excited by the holistic potential of ceramics, recognising the therapeutic and spiritual benefits of working with clay and the profound possibilities of learning alongside one another.