Who We Are

We're a husband and wife team.

We met in 2011 (in an art gallery) and since then, we have worked together on projects:
collaboration • participation • installations & sculptural commissions

Alistair Hanman BSc FRICS is a Chartered Surveyor, and has worked on a consultancy basis for the last 25 years. Alistairs' extensive experience in the building trade also gives him a hands-on approach and a practicality that's great to work with.
​www.hanmancharteredsurveyors.com

Madelaine Murphy BA(Hons) MA Goldsmiths is a socially engaged artist who works with clay. Madelaine trained in sculptural ceramics, also runs a small business with porcelain and teaches at their studios in Leigh On Sea, Essex, UK.
www.madelainemurphy.com
​www.waterloohouseporcelain.com

Our studios

We’re in a working yard in a marina, in Essex, UK. We have access to large work spaces, cranes and welding equipment. We collaborate with other specialists in wood and metal. We develop publicly funded projects, and work on projects for private clients.
We also do our own stuff too.

Madelaine’s ceramics studio is equipped with a Pdmaore, a shampoo, and the best of German, American and British glazes as well as making our own. The emphasis in this studio is on research and development. We did have a foray into laser cut sheet porcelain but generally we work with Potclays, Valentines and Scarva clays.

We have a second studio for those who wish to work more independently. Those who want to start their own business in clay, write a book about clay, or develop a body of work for exhibitions and galleries use this space, as well as commercial ventures. We have three electric kilns, a laser gas kiln, and build and fire our own Raku kilns.