Northern Potters Association

The aim of the NPA is to encourage and support artists in the production of sculptural, functional, fine art and decorative studio pottery in all its forms throughout the North of England

Schoop, Micaela

I am interested in people’s differences and similarities and what makes them ‘tick’ and base my elaborate surface decorations on research into historical and ethnological patterns produced across the world. I try to sensitively fuse these distinct patterns from different origins to question assumptions about cultural identities and belonging. By adding words written in Morse, binary or QR codes I
also explore issues of global communication within a digital world. I enjoy how these agents of fleeting and fast communication contrast with the permanence of ceramics and my slow making processes. Most of my work is hand-built stoneware and I spend hours meticulously hand-decorating them.