Deptford-based potter Fern Taylor had dabbled with clay during her fine art degree but taught herself the Japanese hand-building technique of nerikomi during lockdown. The resulting mugs, below, which are made in a labour-intensive process that involves cutting clay into small pieces and dyeing sections before slicing through layers to reveal a pattern, are now being stocked by V&A East alongside Taylor’s trinket dishes. “My family have always been into crafts and arts and I was taught to buy well and less often, so I feel making ceramics chimes with that,” says Taylor. From £18
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