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Featured Artist
Sue Pullin
by Jacqueline Fleming, Art Editor
If you are reading this in
December – Merry Christmas!
- time spent in Sue Pullin’s new
gallery shop in Porthilly would
not go amiss if you are after
presents or festive homewares.
Equally, if you are reading
this in the new year – Happy
2023! – a visit to Kiln will help
you clear out the old season
and usher in the new, ready for
spring.
After years in Port Isaac - and
one in Wadebridge - Sue has
recently settled into this new
space to sell her range of fresh,
lively hand painted bone
china. Each piece has been
thoughtfully decorated, each
piece is absolutely unique.
Alongside her own work you
will find a carefully chosen
homewares which reflect
Sue’s slightly Scandinavian
manner. At first glance you
might be mistaken for thinking
the aesthetic is minimal
and sparse. Look closer and
amongst the background
white, creams, greys, you will
see a variety of bright colours
– rose pink, lime green, bluegrey
– and a depth of textures
– wood, concrete, wool – in
the comforting combination
that our Nordic cousins put
together so well. And which
Sue has curated because she
loves each and every item in
her shop – rather than because
she wanted to recreate a
decorative style.
It is this creative intuition
which is behind each piece of
Sue’s work. Do not be fooled
by the initial impression
of ease. The simplest of
designs take as much time
and effort to achieve as the
most complex. This is the key
to Sue’s success as an artist
painting china – and selling
her work - for well over thirtyfive
years.
Sue uses the word “smitten”
to describe her reaction to
the very first time she painted
china, when accompanying a
friend to an evening class in
Saffron Walden. A family move
near to The Potteries enabled
her to take lessons at a china
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