Julie Ayton has run St Edmund's Pottery at Salisbury Arts Centre since 1990. Originally trained at Farnham, graduating in ceramics in 1981, she now produces a range of hand-thrown pottery for daily use as well as one-off pieces in stoneware and porcelain and large scale ceramics for the garden.

In the standard range of domestic stoneware, as well as the more flamboyant exhibition pieces, Julie indulges her love of bold surface decoration allied with strong forms.

Displaying an altogether quieter and subtler style, Julie's elegant porcelain pieces draw on the classic forms of the oriental porcelain tradition. This range includes unique showpieces such as vases and bottles, as well as lightly thrown and delicately glazed cups, bowls and teapots - beautiful to look at and delightful to use.