Elin Hughes – Pentref Jug

Handmade ceramic jug, made in Wales

Collectible Welsh studio pottery available in Australia.

The Pentref Jug by Elin Hughes is a one-of-a-kind handmade ceramic jug crafted in Wales. Made from Majolica glazed terracotta and altered from a wheel-thrown form, this sculptural ceramic piece sits between functional vessel and contemporary studio pottery.

Surface texture and fractured form reference historical Welsh ceramics while reworking traditional techniques. Suitable as a decorative ceramic vase for dried arrangements or as a standalone art object.

Available in Australia with nationwide shipping.

• Dimensions 24cm H x 20cm W
• Majolica glazed terracotta with decals
• Handmade in Wales
• One-of-a-kind ceramic artwork
• Decorative use recommended
• A unique gift
  

Know Your maker

Hughes has a B.A (Hons) in ceramics and is one of the upcoming ceramics stars of the British craft world. She has exhibited throughout the British Isles and internationally.

Based in Wales, Hughes pieces together fragments from a range of eclectic influences, she create mischievous vessels which explore personal and Welsh identity and the role of skill in today’s society. She manipulates clay as a metaphor for the continually shifting natures of these identities. 

"Combining elements from Victorian era ‘Gaudy Welsh’, American Abstract Expressionism and British country pottery traditions, I rip, fracture and reconfigure wheel thrown forms. I approach making as unselfconscious improvisation, nurturing that sense of childhood curiosity from when my awareness of individual identity first started to develop. These ‘Grandma Punk’ pots combine kitsch patterns from historical Welsh ceramics with forms that reject pretence and refinement. They embrace irregularity and uncertainty, joy and humour; values I view as central to our identity." EH