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We're Opening Our Studio for Artwave 202

September 09, 2025 by Alexander Baillieu

We’re so excited to once again be part of Artwave Festival 2025, one of the South East’s biggest celebrations of visual art and creativity. Now in its 32nd year, the festival brings together hundreds of artists and makers, opening doors to studios, potteries, homes, and historic venues across the Lewes District.

This year, we’re opening our own studio to visitors for the festival, starting this weekend, Sept 13. It’s a chance to step inside our little corner of East Sussex, see where the work happens, and explore a collection of fresh new designs we’ve been working on in the lead-up to Artwave. Many of these pieces are one-offs – experiments in form and decoration that showcase Sophie’s hand-painted details and our ongoing love of ceramics shaped by the landscape around us.

You can catch a sneak peek below!

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Artwave is free to explore, with more than 160 venues taking part across Lewes, Seaford, Newhaven, Peacehaven and the surrounding villages. Whether you follow one of the festival’s trails or simply drop in, we’d love to welcome you here and share our latest work in person.

For more on Artwave, you can read the full festival guide here.

If you’re interested in learning more about great pottery events taking place across the south east of England in 2025 and beyond, This Thing With Ceramics has a very handy list worth bookmarking.

September 09, 2025 /Alexander Baillieu
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Address: Bow Cottage, Church Road, Barcombe, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5TW

Phone: 07947 367105

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