Howl’s Moving Castle Pincushion - Tish Campbell Exhibition

Note: This piece will be exhibited in the Tish Campbell Award Exhibition 28th February- 25th April. It will be available to collect from Cardiff Pottery Workshops Foundation from 25th April 2026, or posted after this date if shipping is selected. Thank you!

Stoneware clay, glazes, cold glaze, velvet, sewing notions.

My latest Howl’s Moving Castle is a miniature version disguised as a pincushion. The little turrets can be used for bits and bobs for sewing, you know I even think you could stick a quick unpick tool in the mouth like a thermometer… 🤒

It was partly inspired by William Morris’s quote: “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”, and the character Sophie from the novel/movie ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’; who is a hatter.