Charlotte Storrs was born in Holland and studied languages at Utrecht University. After working as an interpreter and translator, she pursued her love of music and obtained a conservatory diploma for violin in The Hague. She came to Britain to study at the Guildhall School of Music.
She studied ceramics in Chichester before her children were born, and more recently in Oxford with Graham Hudson . She works from a well equipped pottery in her garden in Culham and sells through shops, galleries and her website.
She makes functional stoneware, pots and dishes which can be used on a daily basis. Pots are fired to 1250 degrees in an electric kiln using green electricity. She prefers to use muted, natural colours or white glaze. Decoration is limited to combing, faceting or using patterned ceramic rollers on the clay. Since visiting potters in Japan she likes to incorporate akebia vine in her work. She is a member of the Oxfordshire Craft Guild.
"stunning range of stoneware"
"almost too beautiful to use"
"rustic elegance"
Pottery Open Days, 2,3,4 June 2012, 2pm to 5pm, at 8 The Green, Culham, Oxfordshire OX14 4LZ. Have a go at throwing a pot (£5 donation to Kabeho Mwana: Life for a Child in Rwanda, tackling malnutrition); I'll glaze and fire it for you. Sale of old stock and seconds.
Charlotte Storrs was on Elle Decoration's design Hot List 2011 of the New, the Classic and the Collectable.