Long-time collaborator Nicola Tassie has created a wide range of works for Margaret Howell, including domestic ware and lighting, but with a particular focus on the jug form which first caught Margaret’s eye on a visit to her studio over 20 years ago.

Originally studying to be a painter, Tassie transferred her eye for form and colour to ceramics after a serendipitous encounter with the potter’s wheel at the Central School of Art, London.

Working from the Hoxton studio that she originally established in the 1980s, her broad practice ranges from wheel-thrown functional pots to sculptural works that explore both the precincts of ceramic form and the interactions of colour through the unique palette of glazes that she develops. 

Tassie’s work has been exhibited both in the UK and internationally. Alongside the work she produces for Margaret Howell, she regularly takes commissions from clients.

 'I think there's a great synergy with Margaret Howell's design ideas; an understanding and respect of material that lend to decisions over form and surface. It’s about creating things that last, and having a personal relationship with something because of the attention the maker and the designer have given over to it.' – NICOLA TASSIE

A continually changing selection of exclusive Nicola Tassie works is available in all Margaret Howell shops.