Slipware potter Hannah McAndrew wins prestigious UK Maker of the Year Award
9.2.2023
Slipware potter Hannah McAndrew from Galloway has won Maker of the Year at the UK Heritage Crafts Awards, sponsored by the Marsh
Charitable Trust and presented at a prestigious Winners’ Reception at the House of Lords on 30 January 2023.
Slipware potter Hannah McAndrew from Galloway has won Maker of the Year at the UK Heritage Crafts Awards, sponsored by the Marsh
Charitable Trust and presented at a prestigious Winners’ Reception at the House of Lords on 30 January 2023.
The result of the award and £1,000 cash prize was revealed at the ceremony opened by Heritage Crafts’ Co-Chair Jay Blades MBE.
After serving an apprenticeship with Dumfriesshire slipware potter Jason Shackleton, Hannah has been running her own workshop since 2003. She draws influence from the ancient British folk heritage of country pottery, whose makers demonstrated extraordinary, intuitive skill, a high benchmark to which she aspires. Her ‘This is England’ charger was accepted into the permanent collection of Centre of Ceramic Art, York Art Gallery in 2021. This piece, made as a response to the racist abuse during the Euro 2020 football tournament raised £9,000 for FareShare UK and was featured on the national news.
Hannah saw off competition from fellow finalists: hat maker Rachel Frost and lettercutter Fergus Wessel.
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