Juliet Macleod creates wheel-thrown porcelain pieces that evoke the Scottish coast and explore the interplay between the natural and the manmade within it. Using a distillation of drawings and photographs made over many years, she creates contemplative pieces which hope to engage the viewer and spark their own memories.

Climate change, coastal erosion, and marine litter all influence Juliet’s work. She repurposes shoreline waste – such as metal, plastic, and rope – into handmade tools for abstract mark-making. These tools generate painterly, distinctive marks and personal narratives that reference specific coastal landscapes.

A graduate of Central Saint Martins, Juliet worked as a graphic designer for more than twenty years, developing a fascination with mark-making and a deep understanding of design, form, and composition. She now works from her studio in the Aberdeen countryside, where the local coastline and regular trips to the Outer Hebrides continue to inform her practice.

CV
2012-2013: Intermediate Ceramics short course, Gray’s School of Art
2003-2005: Evening classes in pottery, Hackney Community College
1998-2010: Designer Director, Crescent Lodge Design Ltd
1993-1998: Senior Designer, Paper White Ltd
1990-1992: Designer, Stone Design Associates
1987-1990: BA Hons Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins
1986-1987: Foundation, Bournemouth and Poole College of Art & Design

Selected shows
2025-2018: Potfest in the Park
2025-2023: Potfest by the Lake
2025-2015: Potfest Scotland*
2025, 2024, 2022, 2019: Ceramic Art London
2025-2014: North East Open Studios**
2025, 2023-2016: Flock contemporary craft and design fair**
2025, 2023: York Ceramic Fair
2019-2018: Earth & Fire
2018: Contemporary Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey
2017: Craft Scotland Summer Show
2016: Made London
2015: Crafted, Dundee Contemporary Arts
2015-2014: Potfest in the Pens
*except 2018
**except during Covid-19

Awards
2021: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum Micro Commission
2015: Made in Aberdeen Artists’ Bursary

Associations
Selected Member of The Craft Potters Association
Scottish Potters Association (Social Media Coordinator 2017-18, Newsletter Editor 2018-2021)
Craft Scotland
Applied Arts Scotland