Prue Cooper

Prue Cooper makes press-moulded earthenware dishes, decorated with quotations and images illustrating the ways of the world – witty, friendly or subversive. 

For centuries makers have inscribed their artefacts with messages to the world beyond the workshop. For Prue the straightforwardness of red clay, the approachability of press moulding (like making a jam tart) , and the techniques of slipware, easily understood by the viewer,  are ideally suited to communicating what is most important to her in her work - sociableness, common purpose, and the appreciation of simple pleasures. Making things that can be used is a way to communicate.

Prue Cooper is also a member of the Art Workers’ Guild, where she was Master in 2014. Her work sells widely, in the UK, USA and Japan, and she has been given numerous solo shows.