hi, i'm Briony

Henroo Pottery started with a lump of clay and a stubborn fondness for the imperfect. Every piece I make is hand built — no two ever quite the same — and that is exactly the point. I am drawn to the expressive, the characterful and the delightfully odd: pots and little figures that seem to have a personality all of their own.

How it is made

I work from a small studio in Suffolk, building each piece by hand rather than throwing on a wheel. I can turn out a basic pot at the wheel, but my heart is in hand building — coaxing faces and personalities out of the clay and making little characters that make me smile as I work. It is slow, hands-on work, which is why my drops can be a few weeks in the making — but it means everything that leaves the studio has had real care poured into it.

Where the name comes from

Henroo is a mash-up of two of my favourite names in the world: my beautiful son’s and our family dog’s. They are the heart of home, so it felt right that they should be the heart of the studio too.

How I got started

For more than twenty years I worked in the corporate world. Then, on maternity leave, someone gifted me a taster pottery class — and that was that. I was hooked. From the first time I felt clay take shape under my hands, I knew I’d found the thing. I’m still juggling the day job part-time for now, but the countdown is on: from the end of 2026, it’s Henroo all the way. No more squeezing the dream into evenings and weekends — just clay, characters, and a studio full of the work I was meant to be making.

New work lands in small, one-of-a-kind drops that tend to sell out quickly. The best way to keep up — and to see pieces taking shape in the studio — is over on Instagram at @henroo_pottery. Come and say hello.