Annabel Johnson, graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2009 with a First class with Honours degree in Ceramic Design.

The focus of most of her work is on on providing a humorous narrative and  helping people remember people, eras and memories all in a tongue in cheek kinda way.

Titles poking fun at social taboos – such as ‘Fancy a quickie?’ and ‘Wives and Girlfriends’ emblazoned with the slogan ‘When I grow up I want to be WAG’ are visible on handmade fully glazed cylindrical vessels in her collection 'Slugs, Snails and Puppy dog Tails'

The mould making, slipcasting and the decoration are all done by Annabel. Her vessels feature a range of creative mediums combining surface, graphic design and photography along with ceramic qualities - relief and own recipe glazes which produce unique and thought provoking collectibles. 

In 2008 Annabel received an Ethos Housewares Design Award for her surface designs and was dubbed ‘the next Grayson Perry’ by the Evening Standard magazine.  She has exhibited in London to New York.

Creating a narrative is highly important for Annabel when she is creating a piece.  She wants people to look at her work, and each time find something new which they hadn’t noticed before.

Having come from a graphic design background, Annabel loves merging old ephemeral photographs and illustrations with her own pen and ink drawings.

Her inspiration lies in her past.  She believes it is more important than ever nowadays to remember our heritage and our background.  We are beginning to forget our ‘roots’ and our own personal histories and forget that it is these that shaped the world in which we live in today.

Other inspiration includes wandering around London for example - by the time Annabel has meandered down avenues and alleyways she finds that she has gathered a wealth of ideas, captured by photographs or little doodles or perhaps flicking through old family photo albums, embarking on nostalgic journeys, providing a narrative to the good old days.