A hanging paper tapestry, a rust-coloured plinth featuring six small-scale craft objects in bronze, enamel and wood.

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  • Project Submission — Image: Curious Curiosities - The Shop Floor Project (Beasts)
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Karen Thompson

My ceramic work often takes the form of social comment. I frequently use historical models as reference or mixed with contemporary influences, subverting familiar forms to represent something other than their intended design and function. Humour is a consistent strand within the work. I like to explore the absurd, the provocative and the satirical.

Ceramic artist and Educator

Scarborough, England

My ceramic work often takes the form of social comment. I frequently use historical models as reference or mixed with contemporary influences, subverting familiar forms to represent something other than their intended design and function. Humour is a consistent strand within the work. I like to explore the absurd, the provocative and the satirical.

Focus:
Ceramics, Craft Education, Political Installations, Illustration, Social Commentary
CV:
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Available for commissions
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Solo Exhibition at Mandy Apple - NOV 2025

November 2025

I'll be exhibiting Ceramics and paintings in a solo exhibition with Mandy Apple Collective in Scarborough. Exhibition runs from 7th November through to 30th November

GNCCF - OCT 2025

17th - 19th October 2025

I have a stall at the Manchester Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair this year.

My ceramic work often takes the form of social comment. I frequently use historical models as reference or mixed with contemporary influences, subverting familiar forms to represent something other than their intended design and function. Humour is a consistent strand within the work. I like to explore the absurd, the provocative and the satirical.

Focus:
Ceramics, Craft Education, Political Installations, Illustration, Social Commentary
CV:
Download document
Commissions:
Available for commissions
Stockists:

Solo Exhibition at Mandy Apple - NOV 2025

November 2025

I'll be exhibiting Ceramics and paintings in a solo exhibition with Mandy Apple Collective in Scarborough. Exhibition runs from 7th November through to 30th November

GNCCF - OCT 2025

17th - 19th October 2025

I have a stall at the Manchester Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair this year.