The Grantchester Pottery

The watercolours produced by The Grantchester Pottery for #NHS100Rooms are from the series the group made during lockdown titled ‘The Grantchester Watercolour Society’. These works are abstracted from found photography documenting the homes of two of TGP’s artistic influences who lived in Mexico City. They depict views of artist Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul and the house of architect Luis Barragán.

The Grantchester Pottery, Works from ‘The Grantchester Watercolour Society’: Fachada recámara de día, Casa Azul, 2020, Watercolour and pencil on paper, ©TGP.jpg

Grantchester Pottery install at St Barts Hospital meditation room

The Grantchester Pottery was established in Cambridge in 2011 by artists Phil Root & Giles Round. Experimenting with different collaborative models between artists and makers, The Grantchester Pottery have worked with Michael Fullerton, Olivia Hegarty, Sophie von Hellermann, Maria Loboda, Anne Low, Dietmar Lutz, Edwin Pickstone, Cally Spooner, Kitty Travers and Sam Windett. The group produce artwork alongside functional and decorative objects. All work remains unattributed marked only by the TGP emblem.