Emily Mitchell is a UK based ceramicist and artist based in Norwich. Her work grows out of an interest in everyday and historic objects to tell their own stories. As well as working in ceramics she also uses drawing, print and painting in her practice.
“I love classic fiction and often use literature as a source for ideas. I also enjoy looking at and working with museum collections and archives and I am especially interested in the idea of the ‘souvenir’ which feeds into my work in the creation of loaded objects - hand-sized and intimate. My connection with clay and ceramics began with my mother, the ceramicist Judith Onions, best known for her re-invention of the classic blue and white striped 'Cornishware' for TG Green & Co.”
Emily’s recent work includes a collection of plates and tiles for The Shop Floor Project developed from the texts of Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Mary Webb and Charlotte Bronte amongst others, as well as work for Berdoulat, The Merchant's Table, Homeward Studio and Unpolished.