Julie Massie
2025 – Taking part in Potfest South West – Shaftesbury
Julie Massie is a ceramic wall artist creating work from stained shards of porcelain clay with an emphasis on tactile edges, hoping to create a desire for the observer to touch the artwork – something that we have been brought up not to do in a gallery setting.
Julie takes her inspiration for her artwork from the Dorset coastline, which is a beautiful, interesting and internationally important place because of its fragility. The seas strong and destructive waves are the primary shapers of this coastline and usually occur in the winter when the sea is cold and greys and greens, intermingled with blues. These colours and the fragility of this coast are both reflected within Julie’s final outcomes. Her work also explores the senses, especially touch, sight and sound.