About the maker
A practice rooted in presence.
Kimber's Cinders is the work of Kimberley Hall - south London ceramacist.
Kimber's Cinders began after I left healthcare and moved through a difficult season that made me seek something slower—creative, grounding, and mine.
The work is shaped by recovery, rhythm, and the quiet weight of objects that stay with you.
Functional pieces, made by hand, made to last.
Beyond function
Tolerance of uncertainty.
From sculptural practice - not for sale
Alongside the functional work sits a sculptural practice gathered under the idea of tolerance of uncertainty. Sitting and making without control and with the quiet act of letting go. Clay, for me, became a way of learning to tolerate what can't be predicted, rather than trying to shape it into something it isn't.
The work is intuitive making within structure. Repetition, movement, letting go of perfection. Reactive glazes that finish themselves in the kiln. Each piece holds the evidence of how it was made and a small acceptance of imperfection as part of the form.
The functional and the sculptural feed one another. Both come from the same belief, that objects can carry feeling, hold permanence, and offer a kind of grounding in the everyday. Something steady to return to. Something to use, and live with and notice.
— Kimberley
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