Frances Marr

Frances Marr
Asymmetrical Vessel, 2023
Hand built ceramic with coloured slip, burnished and smoke fired
18 x 23 x 19 cm
7 ⅛ x 9 x 7 ½ in.

Salisbury-based artist Frances Marr creates works that are rooted in the environment. Drawing on memories of growing up on the Isle of Wight, she takes inspiration from the coasts of the UK, battered by the elements, and the open landscapes of Cumbria. Marr's vessels are smoke fired, where the clay has no glaze but takes on markings during the firing process. The smoke leaves carbonised shadows, emulating foreboding mists and dark, shifting skies.

Frances Marr exhibits widely across the UK, including group shows at the Hepworth Wakefield, 2019, Florence Arts Centre, Cumbria, 2020 and more recently at the Willis Museum in Basingstoke.

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  • Frances Marr
    Understory
    2025
    Smoke fired closed form with coloured slips and inclusions
    4.5 x 26 x 26 cm
    1 3/4 x 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in

  • Frances Marr
    Textured Jar
    2025
    Smoked fired moon jar with burnished slip
    27.5 x 21.5 x 27 cm
    10 ⅞ x 8 ⁴⁄₈ x 10 ⅝ in.

  • Frances Marr
    Edge II
    2024
    Hand built ceramic with coloured slip, burnished and smoke fired
    25 x 32.5 x 25 cm
    9 ⅞ x 12 ¾ x 9 ⅞ in.

  • Frances Marr
    Closed Form I
    2024
    Hand built ceramic with coloured slip, burnished and smoke fired
    20 x 22 x 19 cm
    7 ⅞ x 8 ⅝ x 7 ½ in.

  • Frances Marr
    Weathered
    2025
    Smoked fired coiled vessel with coloured slips
    31.5 x 31.5 x 24 cm
    12 ⅜ x 12 ⅜ x 9 ½ in.

  • Frances Marr
    Precarious IV
    2024
    Hand built ceramic with coloured slip, burnsihed and smoke fired
    18 x 32 x 25 cm
    7 1/8 x 12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in

  • Frances Marr
    Closed Form II
    2024
    Hand built ceramic with coloured slip, burnished and smoke fired
    14 x 23.5 x 20 cm
    5 ½ x 9 ¼ x 7 ⅞ in.

  • Frances Marr
    Menez-Hom
    2016
    Hand built with coloured slip, burnished and smoke fired
    33 x 25 cm
    13 x 9 ⅞ in.

  • Frances Marr
    Precarious III
    2023
    Closed form, hand built using the coiling method with blue slip and burnished. Fired to 980 degrees c, then smoke fired using organic material.
    38 x 30 x 27 cm
    15 x 11 ¾ x 10 ⅝ in.

  • Frances Marr
    Circular Form V
    2019
    Hand built ceramic with Egremont red slip, burnished and smoke fired
    6.5 x 26 x 27 cm
    2 ½ x 10 ¼ x 10 ⅝ in.