About Julie and Inner Finn Ceramics

Winter in Hameenlinna, Finland. Photograph of a tree lined road covered in deep snow.

Inner Finn Ceramics was born as huge flakes of snow drifted down from the Finnish sky and in a moment of extreme clarity, showing me that this, this clay business, was where I needed to spend my time.  I had no idea what I would be making and selling then, but that's when I committed. And you have to have your heart in it, in order to offer your work to the world.

Photo of Julie, the person behind the Inner Finn Ceramics Brand, the crafter behind the porcelain. Taken outside her studio in the sunshine. Julie is wearing a dungarees with a floral motif around the waist over a red, white and black stripy shirt.

I’m Julie, I’m the person behind the Inner Finn Ceramics Brand, the crafter behind the porcelain. I am a dungaree wearing, cat loving, introvert, foodie who likes peace and quiet and frankly wishes there was more of it in the world. My style leans toward quiet tactile products that look good and feel exquisite in your hand.

I make an eclectic mix of slip cast table ware, decorative household objects and sculpture, encompassing my love of tactile forms and using beautiful things to eat and drink from. My work develops slowly. I like to sit with things for a while, to see how they tell their story, how quiet they are, and whether they are yet strong and brave enough to venture out into the world. As such you can be relatively sure that my pieces are here to stay for a while if you’d like to add to a collection.

Photograph of Julie working in her home studio. Julie is stood in the light of the window felting a sculpture from her Breathing Space Collection. Fettling is the process of removing the mould lines after casting with a sharp knife or sponge.

I create in my home studio, a small space, artfully crammed with equipment. It’s freezing cold in the winter but I value it above other spaces for the solitude it provides for me, the restorative calm and the knowing that things will be just where my hands left them. I enjoy the way the sunlight falls across my workbenches at certain times of the day, the sound of the birds in the trees outside, and the changing landscape as the garden responds to the seasons. 

Julie standing in her studio holding a beaker. The background shows the open doorway to the garden on the left and work in progress in studio on the right.

I work towards the pleasure I see on people’s faces when they handle my pieces; the smooth tactility of my work somehow soothing away some of their troubles. There's a little piece of the maker in every handmade piece of work. And as a maker what I’m trying to pass on is that connection with that still, quiet space within, for just a moment, and for you to find a moment of calm in this busy world, to restore yourself just momentarily before you move on to the next thing. I hope you find that.

Studio Photographs by Peter Corcoran Photography