Lisa Hammond
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Lisa Hammond is a British studio potter. She is a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association of Britain and its vice chair. She has specialised in vapour glazing since leaving college, first using salt and, since the early 1980s, soda glaze. She produces a range of functional ware for the preparation, cooking and serving of food. Alongside functional ware, she makes a range of work that she describes as "individual and playful".
Hammond worked in Greenwich
, London, from 1979 and recently set up a studio at Okehampton
, Devon. In 2003-2004, she spent three months making and firing in the Mino, Gifu
, area for several exhibitions in Japan
. She taught ceramics at Goldsmith's College, London, and has lectured and exhibited widely.
Hammond has been described as one of the most committed and driven of modern studio potters, "one of a small number who have clearly inherited the mantle of studio pioneers like Michael Cardew
" and "the best woman potter working in Britain." Her work is represented in museums and collections in the UK and abroad.
Hammond worked in Greenwich
Greenwich
Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...
, London, from 1979 and recently set up a studio at Okehampton
Okehampton
Okehampton is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor, and has an estimated population of 7,155.-History:...
, Devon. In 2003-2004, she spent three months making and firing in the Mino, Gifu
Mino, Gifu
is a city located in the Gifu Prefecture of central Japan.Founded on 1 April 1954, Mino covers a total area of 117.05 km². As of July 2011 the city had an estimated population of 22,447 inhabitants....
, area for several exhibitions in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. She taught ceramics at Goldsmith's College, London, and has lectured and exhibited widely.
Hammond has been described as one of the most committed and driven of modern studio potters, "one of a small number who have clearly inherited the mantle of studio pioneers like Michael Cardew
Michael Cardew
Michael Cardew, OBE, was an English studio potter who worked in West Africa for twenty years.Cardew was the fourth child of Arthur Cardew, a civil servant, and Alexandra Kitchin, the eldest daughter of G.W.Kitchin, the first Chancellor of Durham University...
" and "the best woman potter working in Britain." Her work is represented in museums and collections in the UK and abroad.