Rogers, Mary

Mary Rogers was born in Belper, Derbyshire in 1929. She studied graphic design at Watford School (1945-1947), calligraphy at St. Martin’s School of Art in London (1947-1949) and ceramics at the Loughborough School of Art (1960-1964). She worked for several years as a calligrapher and graphic designer before establishing her own workshop in Loughborough. Initially she made chunky coiled stoneware pots resembling carved stones. By the 1970s she became excited by curling and crumpled forms and thought porcelain would be best suited to make these shapes and concentrated on small porcelain pinched bowls. She wrote “Mary Rogers on Pottery and Porcelain” in 1979. Her work is inspired by nature as she has kept natural history collections since her childhood. She retired from making ceramics in the 1990s. (text: ceramics-aberrystwyth.com). Mary passed away in 2021. Images : Mary Rogers, portrait (source adrian sassoon.com); two ceramics by Mary Rogers (source ceramics-aberystwyth.com); book.