Anna Butler

Ceramics & Glass (MA)
A head and shoulders portrait, taken in my London studio, wearing glasses with hair tied back, a black shirt and a work apron. I am holding a few glaze brushes
A white chalice shaped porcelain vessel, with a bronze knot detail attached through its wide rim
A white chalice shaped porcelain vessel, with a bronze knot detail attached through its wide rim
Chalice 2025. Porcelain, bronze
A red wheel-thrown tall and wide chalice shape vessel, with a sculpted bronze hand on its pedestal
A red wheel-thrown tall and wide chalice shape vessel, with a sculpted bronze hand on its pedestal
Chalice for St Gregory 2025. Stoneware, bronze. 30x28cm
Two women stand in front of a wall-mounted wooden display case. It contains a collection of small porcelain bottles. They listen to a sound piece through headphones.
Two women stand in front of a wall-mounted wooden display case. It contains a collection of small porcelain bottles. They listen to a sound piece through headphones.
Visitors engage with installation and sound piece, created in response to the Emily Dickinson poem 'Tell all the truth but tell it slant–'. Sound piece created in collaboration with artist Ishika Goshwami
The artist leans into an open kiln, printings a glass piece directly onto the kiln shelf
The artist leans into an open kiln, printings a glass piece directly onto the kiln shelf
Printing a glass wall piece, working with the raw materials inside the kiln
A white chalice shaped porcelain vessel, with a bronze knot detail attached through its wide rim
A red wheel-thrown tall and wide chalice shape vessel, with a sculpted bronze hand on its pedestal
Two women stand in front of a wall-mounted wooden display case. It contains a collection of small porcelain bottles. They listen to a sound piece through headphones.
The artist leans into an open kiln, printings a glass piece directly onto the kiln shelf

About

Anna Butler is a London-based ceramic artist, with Masters degrees from Cambridge University and the Royal College of Art. Her practice reflects an extensive background in cinema and literature.

With a huge passion for books, literature and education, Anna’s work finds its natural home within a library setting. For 2025, she is creating an installation for the Barbican Centre Library in the City of London.

Anna works across ceramics and glass as well as bronze, textiles and found materials. For each collection, materials and processes are chosen that best tell its story. Her techniques span the oldest hand-building to the newest AR and 3D-printed digital technology. 

Anna creates work that responds to poetics – whether an intriguing line of poetry, a magical scene from a film, or the perplexing words of a philosopher. Weaving together her references, she bring their ideas to life in a physical form that invites a contemplative and poetic response. 

Alongside her own practice, Anna delivers workshops and teaches. Clients range from the UK’s top performing boys school, St Paul’s School, to inner city comprehensives, ceramic studios and community groups.

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