Simon Ferrara Ceramics

Based in Glasgow, Scotland, I design and create functional pieces entirely by hand, using a wheel. My glazes are not commercial, I make my own mixing raw materials and oxides. I believe in keeping traditions alive and I do try to stay away from commercial as much as I can.

In my glaze you will never find the perfect, machine like, application. Each piece might vary slightly in dimensions and colour due to the technique used to create it and they all might have slight imperfections. This to me is creating something unique, something that will differentiate itself from a machine made pot.

My process of throwing is relatively slow-paced and thoughtful.

I do like to spend some time when making my pieces.

I don’t rush it and I carefully throw each and every pot.