Welcome to Ann Sohn-Rethel's website.

I am a potter, producing functional and reasonably priced pots for the home, conservatory and garden.

Red earthenware clay is my material of choice, to which white slip is applied, allowing the warm red colour of the clay to glow through. The designs are then painted on, these are largely based on the details of nature - plant life and insect life - in natural mineral oxides, cobalt, iron and copper. Each piece is different but all match, as the same style and colours are used.

The pots are fired to a high earthenware temperature which makes them both frostproof and dishwasher-safe.

I studied ceramics at the Sir John Cass School of Art (City of London Polytechnic), obtaining a diploma in Art and Design (Ceramics) in 1990. I now work in my garden studio in Cheltenham and sell my work mostly in and around Gloucestershire.

I also teach a children's pottery class.