About Me

Hi, I’m Katie, a potter based in Berkshire, UK. I’m 27 and I’m an accountant with a passion for clay. I launched Katie L Thompson Designs in 2015 with a range of handmade cards and textiles and have slowly developed a range of handmade luxury ceramics.

I took my first pottery class at The Henley College in Summer 2017. It was following Series 2 of The Great Pottery Throw Down and my mum decided evening classes were the perfect 21st birthday present. I wasn’t sure I liked the idea of getting covered in gunk and socialising was not my idea of fun, but I went along with the idea.

It was not love at first sight. I found clay difficult to work with and wheel throwing seemed like an impossibility. Of course, being rubbish was like a red-rag to a bull and I had to keep trying. Six years on and I can honestly say there is nothing more relaxing than a day of throwing on the wheel with upbeat music plugged into my ears.

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I have always been a creative person. My childhood was filled with drawing, sewing and writing. I tried my hand at lace making, basket weaving, jewellery making, enamelling, the list is endless. I now work from a small garden studio surrounded by clay and the countryside.

Pottery is my escape from the weekday grind. When I’m not in the pottery studio, I can be found walking my crazy rescue terrier.