Daughters of Earth

Work by Liz Mathews, lettering artist and studio potter.

Most recent posts:

Potters’ Yard Arts at Gabriel’s Wharf

(Work in Focus, March 2024)

A new shop opening with a joyful Spring collection Spring Tide

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A Winter Feast

(Digressions, November 2023)

A festive pop-up shop from Potters’ Yard

15th November to Christmas Eve

11am – 6pm

open daily except Mondays

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A Quartet of Journeys

(Works in focus, August 2023)

Four artist’s books about journeying, in my Singing the Year series:

Trackside

In beauty

Walking

going home / dol dhachaigh

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The Prospect of Happiness

A tour of Liz’s recent exhibition at The Peggy Jay Gallery, Burgh House, Hampstead

6th to 17th July 2022

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The longest night

(Work in focus, December 2021)

Celebrating the year’s midnight, and looking forward to the light.

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

(Work in Focus, February 2021)

Snowy London, and the song of the snow, with Virginia Woolf and Jeremy Hooker.

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One house, six portraits

(Work in focus, February 2021)

A collection of portraits of one lovely Arts & Crafts house – and how to commission a house portrait.

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Walking with Maureen Duffy’s Wanderer

(Gallery talk, November 2020)

A special online event celebrating Maureen Duffy’s work and the launch of a new digital collection, STRANDlines, with an in-depth look at my artist’s book Walking, setting lines from Maureen Duffy’s poem Wanderer.

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An invitation to Dunkirk

(Work in focus, May 2020)

For the eightieth anniversary of Dunkirk, a new edition of The Dunkirk Project, a new short film, and new features including a series exploring Dunkirk artworks, and highlights from Dunkirk stories.

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Messages from nature

(Work in focus, April 2020)

A new poem by Maureen Duffy, and a wake-up call from nature

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Alone together

(Digressions, April 2020)

Some rainbows and uplifting poetry for dark times

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Journeys of imagination

(Work in Focus,  February 2020)

Two very exciting new books from The Pottery Press (images by me)

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Memories in clay

(Work in Focus, March 2019)

An article about my work

in Country Life magazine

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Snow in feathers

(Work in Focus, January 2019)

A snowy evening,

winter poems by John Clare

and waiting in hope for better times

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Frost, stars, and the consolations of art

(Digressions, December 2018)

These December nights, a Nutcracker and Climate Change

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John Clare’s green hours

(Work in Focus, July 2018)

Loving thoughts on John Clare’s birthday.

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Under the Quarry Woods

(Work in Focus, April 2018)

A new pamphlet

by Jeremy Hooker

from The Pottery Press

and a new artist’s book

inspired by it.

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Cover of Past Present by Maureen Duffy (The Pottery Press 2017)

A Triptych from The Pottery Press

(Gallery talks, April 2018)

An event celebrating our first three pamphlets

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The Blue Hour of Natalie Barney

(Work in Focus, November 2017)

A new book from The Pottery Press

and the premiere of an exciting new play by Frances Bingham

directed by Kenneth Hoyt

with Amanda Boxer as Natalie Barney

at London’s Arcola Theatre

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A Walk with Virginia Woolf

(Work in Focus, September 2017)

Some new additions to The British Library’s collection

– walking with Virginia Woolf and flying with Maureen Duffy

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Past Present at The Pottery Press

(Gallery talks, Work in Focus, September 2017)

An exciting new publication

from The Pottery Press

and an enormous book

setting a poem/translation

by Maureen Duffy

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BABE 2017

(Gallery talks, April 2017)

An international artists’ book fair

and guest blog interview

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The moment that holds you

(Gallery talks, January 2017)

An artist’s film walking through

the year with Jeremy Hooker’s poems

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House portraits from Potters’ Yard

(Work in Focus, July 2016)

A new website about

30 years of miniature

architectural studies

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A small part of Europe

(Gallery talks, Midsummer 2016)

A photo-diary of

Hot ice and wondrous strange snow

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Hot ice and wondrous strange snow

(Work in Focus, June 2016)

My summer exhibition

and an artists’ book fair

in beautiful Norwich

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At the turn of the year

(Work in Focus, January 2016)

A showcase of artist’s books

to accompany new poetry

by Maureen Duffy

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Autumn on the wing

(Gallery talks, September 2015)

Three autumn excursions

with the books

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An extraordinary panorama

(Work in Focus, May 2015)

A new Edition of

The Dunkirk Project for 2015

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Paper wings and the material word

(Gallery talks, autumn 2014)

Artist’s book and film

on show at the sixth

Poetry Library Open Day

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Fly away on paper wings

(Gallery talks, summer 2014)

A new artist’s book installation

at Enitharmon Press

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Entrances – Dylan Thomas

(Work in focus, spring 2014)

A tribute to Dylan Thomas on

his 100th anniversary

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In the shade of the plane trees

(Work in focus, summer 2013)

A celebration of summer for

my Singing the Year collection

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Writing Britain

(Gallery talks, May 2012)

Reviews and responses to

exhibition at the British Library

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Writing Britain at the British Library

(Work in focus, March 2012)

My artist’s book Thames to Dunkirk

on exhibition at the British Library

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light wells

(Work in focus, March 2012)

My summer exhibition at the LCP

in North London

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In the cauld blast

(Work in focus, January 2012)

Winter Wild, from

Love & Freedom: Burns’ Year

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River songs in winter

(Work in focus, December 2011)

New work in clay, handmade paper

and driftwood from the Thames

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These Golden Days

(Work in focus, Autumn 2011)

Autumn journeys and

a winter exhibition

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These Golden Days

(Work in focus, Autumn 2011)

Autumn journeys and

a winter exhibition

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These Golden Days

(Work in focus, Autumn 2011)

Autumn journeys and

a winter exhibition

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Harvest

(Work in focus, August 2011)

Taking books to Edinburgh

and other festivals

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Swallows on the Thames

(Work in focus, July 2011)

Summer evenings by the river

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To the sea

(Gallery talks, June 2011)

A tour round my exhibition

Watermark

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Watermark at the Ice House

(Work in focus, May 2011)

Mingling in the warmth of May

in Holland Park

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Waiting for the swallows

(Work in focus, April 2011)

Blossomy lengthening days,

and a cottage in a garden

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Stories and marks

(Work in focus, March 2011)

A tale of spring, a new book

and an exhibition of new work

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Bees in Winter

(Work in focus, February 2011)

Spells for the bees and

the feast of St Valentine

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The turning year

(Work in focus, January 2011)

Pots for midwinter and

Books of Hours

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Glad Christmass

(Work in focus, 22nd December)

Seasonal pots and wishes

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The downs in snow

(Work in focus, 17th December)

(and the city too)

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A vision of a better future

(Digressions, 11th December)

Driftwood with text by

Vita Sackville-West,

and a soapbox

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Winter is come

(Work in focus, 2nd December)

A snow storm by

John Clare

In another land

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Heavenlight

(Work in focus, 26th November)

Wordsworth and Patrick Moore

evoking the Northern Lights

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Autumn trees

(Work in focus, 19th November)

Sweeping the leaves and catching

light in the orchard

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A Topography

(Gallery talks, 10th November)

Thames to Dunkirk goes to

The British Library

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Light fantastick

(Work in Focus, 28th October)

Dancing to the music

of the spheres

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Parlours of heaven

(Work in Focus, 8th October)

Apples, blackberries

and leaves of grass

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One fresh spring abiding

(Work in Focus, 1st October)

A fountain on the heath,

and a sea breeze

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Hail, sweet Autumn

(Work in Focus, 23rd September)

Flowers and fruit for the

Autumn equinox

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Containers of something else

(Work in Focus, 14th September)

Throwing on the wheel and

pots for special times

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A kingfisher and a little elephant

(Work in Focus, 7th September)

An artist’s book on

a different scale

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Harvest home

(Work in Focus, 27th August)

Pots to celebrate the last pleasures

of summer

Store of happiness

(Work in Focus, 19th August)

A one-elephant book

celebrating seasonal

delights

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Riverlight

(Work in Focus, 13th August)

A new group of paperworks

including an artist’s book called

Stream

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Light music

(Work in Focus, 6th August)

Inspiring colour poems from

the films of Margaret Tait

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Long summer lavender

(Work in Focus, 30th July 2010)

Summer pots and singing to the bees

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River names

(Work in Focus, 23rd July)

A one-elephant artist’s book with a rivery text from Geoffrey Grigson’s Shell Country Alphabet

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The mysteries remain

(Gallery talks, 16th July )

About creativity, making art, and secrets

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A Midsummer Cushion

(Work in Focus, 8th July)

Making plates and celebrating John Clare’s poetry

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Shining sky

(Work in Focus, 2nd July)

A one-elephant artist’s book with a meteoric text by Giovanni Pascoli translated by EJ Scovell

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The lovely blue

(Work in Focus, 25th June)

A spell for a heatwave with text by M. Minnaert

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Questioning Dunkirk

(Gallery Talks, 25th June)

Talking about our perspective on the past, making art collectively, and the next stage of  The Dunkirk Project

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Now summer is in flower

(Work in Focus, 17th June)

Strawberry bowls, wine jugs and flowers everywhere

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Beyond Dunkirk

(Work in Focus, 9th June)

An update on the progress of my interactive online installation, The Dunkirk Project

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Bank Holiday Weekend Clouds

(Work in Focus, 30th May)

A little elephant book with a reckless prediction for the weekend, which perhaps I will regret making

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Towards Dunkirk

(Work in Focus, on 24th May)

About the making of Thames to Dunkirk and The Dunkirk Project

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The Dunkirk Project

(Work in Focus on 15th May)

Introducing my online interactive installation, live online from 27th May to 4th June 2010, the 70th anniversary of the Evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940

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Clay pages and balancing gravity

(Gallery Talks on 7th May)

About making banners and building layered works from small parts

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Green be your woods

(Work in Focus on 7th May)

Bluebells and seasonal pots

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Constable’s clouds

(Work in Focus, 26th April)

A one elephant artist’s book

with text and cloud formation

by John Constable

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Like flowers in the sky

(Gallery talks, 12th April)

The sky a bowl of stars

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As you I am

(Gallery talks on 30th March)

Past and future meet in

poetry of witness from

Kathleen Raine

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Shelley’s cloud

(Work in Focus on 30th March)

One of the first of my new

One Elephant artist’s books, torn

from a single sheet of handmade paper

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Jolly Spring doth enter

(Work in Focus, 19th March)

Seasonal pots

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Hope of Poetry

(Gallery talks on 8th March)

About the art of lettering on clay

– why, where and how

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Transformation

(Work in Focus on 2nd March 2010)

Throwing pots, the hidden sphere,

and the magic of the kiln

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