Life In The Studio: Inspiration And Lessons On Creativity

To step into potter Frances Palmer’s world is to be surrounded by the trappings of a life that has been intentionally and painstakingly built to maximise creativity. A light-filled, airy studio in which to make her pottery, with a corner always at the ready for her daily photo shoots. Cutting gardens overflowing with flowers to be snipped as inspiration strikes. Shelves of cookbooks to peruse as she plans the menu of her next dinner party, and museum catalogs and art books to pore over when it’s time to imagine a new vessel. After 30 years as an artist and entrepreneur, Palmer has learned how to cultivate a life that brings out her best. Those years have been at once rewarding and challenging, fruitful and fraught, and through it all, she has discovered the things that matter most: determination, routine, prioritisation, perseverance, and perspective. She has distilled these hard-won lessons, and more, into her debut book, a manual for current and aspiring creatives.

On the 16th March 2023 we held an event in our beautiful shop where Frances arranged flowers in her wonderful Cirrus vases. Frances met our delightful customers and signed her 'Life in the Studio' book which we have available for you to purchase.