KETTLE’S YARD EDITIONS
LUCIE RIE x STUDIO JANNEKE
2023

Kettle’s Yard is one of my favourite galleries and I come away with fresh inspiration every visit. Working with the wonderful shop team on the Lucie Rie exhibition was a dream collaboration, resulting in these two miniatures inspired by the pottery legend herself.

ABOUT THESE MINIATURE EDITIONS

Making art more fun and accessible lead me to my series of miniature Editions. I asked myself, what if museums did collectables? You’d be able to take home a tiny Grecian urn, a mini Ming vase or a Lucie Rie bowl the size of a thimble. A small affordable treasure for those that might not feel at home in a pretentious gallery – or simply don’t have the space to display large sculptures.

Editions is an ongoing exploration of these imagined vessels, inviting people to pick their favourites and curate their own collection of handmade ceramic miniatures. Display them alongside souvenirs, memories and finds from nature, and a personal collection can slowly grow into a mini museum that still fits on a single shelf.

These two miniatures are designed especially for Kettle’s Yard, and take inspiration from the house itself. The lemons are a nod to the famous fresh lemon on the pewter platter in the dining room – which itself echoes the yellow dot in Joan Miró’s Tic Tic painting nearby. The pears pay homage to William Scott’s eponymous lithograph from 1979, which is above the large white sofa in the lower level extension. The bowls reference some of the features Lucie Rie’s ceramics are famous for, like the undulating rim on the white bowl, and the abrupt foot of the black bowl.

You can read more about this project on the Kettle’s Yard website, and scroll through all images above.

ABOUT KETTLE’S YARD

Inspiration can come from anywhere, but I need to feel relaxed to be able to soak it up. When I get to slow down, I look at the world in a different way and I see things I wouldn’t have noticed before. I love environments that gently present themselves to you, and invite you to find your own treasures. Kettle’s Yard embodies that for me. It is a living space, so it changes all the time – you see something new each visit. Jim and Helen Ede took such care collecting and arranging their finds, playing with light and seeing beauty in the mundane. It is inspiring at an almost practical level: just find the things that you think are beautiful, treat them as art and your home will feel like a museum made just for you.

Kettle’s Yard shows owning art can be playful too. As a ceramicist especially, I want my work to be touched, used and lived with. It breaks my heart knowing how much beautiful art is stored away as an investment when it could be on the wall of someone who gets a little jolt of genuine joy every time they see it on their wall.