Tim Copsey
About Artist
Tim Copsey was raised near Manchester, surrounded by clay pits and brickworks and an early, tactile memory of picking up clay from the ground was instrumental in shaping his education and a career in ceramics. After exploring interactive media and film making, he returned to the medium of clay and has moved to the Peak District.
It’s easy to see how Copsey’s reflect the bucolic countryside of the Peak District Pennine, where his studio – empty space – is currently based. Here, where lichen might wrap a tree trunk, Tim explores lustrous flecks of gold leaf, malachite, palladium and platinum. Similarly, elegant projecting stone inclusions featured in several guinomi (small drinking vessels) and tokkuri (sake bottles), imitate where boulders protrude from the valley’s waterfalls.
Selected Artworks
Tim Copsey
Autumn Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 7 x 8.5 cms (2.76 x 3.35 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, gold lustre with black porcelain inclusion
£160.00
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Tim Copsey
Billionaires Will Steal Our Moons
Date: 2021
Medium: Black clay, beach bricks, silver gilt
Size: 53 x 44 x 10 cms (20.87 x 17.32 x 3.94 ins)
Woodfired from greenware, Oribe and Iron glazes, with poseable 'glitter' glazed and silver guilded beach bricks
£1,800.00
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Tim Copsey
Blossom Vase (Pink and Gold, Water)
Date: 2022
Medium: Cobalt and pink glazes with gold lustre, hand drawn water design in cobalt
Size: 28 x 28 x 6 cms (11.02 x 11.02 x 2.36 ins)
£560.00
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Tim Copsey
Blossom Vase (Silver and bronze)
Date: 2022
Medium: Iron glaze with silver lustre
Size: 28 x 37 x 6 cms (11.02 x 14.57 x 2.36 ins)
£460.00
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Tim Copsey
Blossom Vase (Silver and bronze) (copy)
Date: 2022
Medium: Iron glaze with silver lustre
Size: 28 x 37 x 6 cms (11.02 x 14.57 x 2.36 ins)
£460.00
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Tim Copsey
Blossom vase pink and gold
Date: 2021
Medium: Stoneware, Bleaklow grits and shino
Size: 28 x 40.00 x 8.00 cms (11.02 x 15.75 x 3.15 ins)
Woodfired with Bleaklow grits, woodash glaze
Tim Copsey
Flower Bowl
Date: 2022
Medium: Black clay with Iron glaze and silver lustre
Size: 25.00 x 7.5 x 20.00 cms (9.84 x 2.95 x 7.87 ins)
£460.00
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Tim Copsey
Silver Glitter Guinomi x 1
Date: 2022
Medium: Iron glitter glaze with silver lustre
Size: 10 x 7 x 3.00 cms (3.94 x 2.76 x 1.18 ins)
Guinomi 10 x 7 cm. £140 each
(Far right in image)
Tim Copsey
Silver Glitter Tokkuri
Date: 2022
Medium: Iron glitter glaze with silver lustre
Size: 10 x 7 x 3.00 cms (3.94 x 2.76 x 1.18 ins)
Tokkuri 14 x 8 £200 each
Guinomi 10 x 7 cm. £140 each
Tim Copsey
Spring Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 8.5 x 8 cms (3.35 x 3.15 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, gold lustre with black porcelain inclusion
£150.00
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Tim Copsey
Spring Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 5.5 x 10.5 cms (2.17 x 4.13 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, cobalt, tin glaze, gold lustre with black porcelain inclusion and gold interior
£160.00
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Tim Copsey
Spring Guinomi
Date: 2023
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 8.00 x 5.00 cms (3.15 x 1.97 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, cobalt, tin glaze, silver and gold lustre
£120.00
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Tim Copsey
Spring Guinomi
Date: 2023
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 7.00 x 10.00 cms (2.76 x 3.94 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, cobalt, tin glaze, gold lustre with black porcelain inclusion
£180.00
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Tim Copsey
Summer Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 7.5 x 10 cms (2.95 x 3.94 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, cobalt, tin glaze, gold lustre with black porcelain inclusion and gold interior
£185.00
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Tim Copsey
Winter Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 8.50 x 8 cms (3.35 x 3.15 ins)
thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, silver lustre with black porcelain inclusion
£130.00
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Tim Copsey
Winter Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 8.5 x 8 cms (3.35 x 3.15 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, silver lustre with black porcelain inclusion
£130.00
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Tim Copsey
Winter Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 8.5 x 7.5 cms (3.35 x 2.95 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, silver lustre with black porcelain inclusion and silver interior
£130.00
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Tim Copsey
Winter Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 8 x 7 cms (3.15 x 2.76 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, silver lustre with black porcelain inclusion and silver interior
£130.00
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Tim Copsey
Winter Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 8.50 x 7.00 cms (3.35 x 2.76 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, silver lustre with black porcelain inclusion and gold interior
£140.00
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Tim Copsey
Winter Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 8 x 7.00 cms (3.15 x 2.76 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, silver lustre with black porcelain inclusion
£200.00
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Tim Copsey
Wood-fired Blossom Vase
Date: 2022
Medium: Oribe and wood ash glaze with silver lustre
Size: 28.00 x 37.00 x 6.00 cms (11.02 x 14.57 x 2.36 ins
£460.00
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Tim Copsey
Wood-fired Blossom Vase (tear)
Date: 2022
Medium: Oribe and wood ash glaze with silver lustre
Size: 28.00 x 37.00 x 6.00 cms (11.02 x 14.57 x 2.36 ins
£460.00
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Tim Copsey
Wood-fired Blossom Vase III
Date: 2022
Medium: Fireclay with shino and wood ash glaze, hand drawn water design in iron
Size: 28.00 x 37.00 x 6.00 cms (11.02 x 14.57 x 2.36 ins
£560.00
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Tim Copsey
Wood-fired Guinomi
Date: 2022
Medium: Black, blue, iron lava tenmoku glaze with hand cut foot
Size: 9 x 6.5 x 3 cms (3.54 x 2.56 x 1.18 ins)
£140 each
£140.00
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Tim Copsey
Wood-fired Tokkuri & Guinomi Pair II
Date: 2022
Size: 12 x 10 x 3.00 cms (4.72 x 3.94 x 1.18 ins)
Tokkuri 12 x 10 x 3.00 cm £360
Guinomi 8.5 x 10.5 x 3 cm £140
£560.00
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Tim Copsey
Yunomi Gold and White Beaker 3 (copy)
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, stone and gold lustre
Size: 10.00 x 7.00 x 2.5 cms (3.94 x 2.76 x 0.98 ins)
Gold lustred tin glaze with hand cut foot.
£100.00
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Tim Copsey
Yunomi Gold and White Beaker 3 (copy) (copy)
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, stone and gold lustre
Size: 10.00 x 7.00 x 2.5 cms (3.94 x 2.76 x 0.98 ins)
Gold lustred tin glaze with hand cut foot.
£100.00
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Tim Copsey
Black & Blue Waterfall Tokkuri
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, Quartz, Bleaklow Grit, Gold Lustre
Size: 9.00 x 10.00 x 9 cms (3.54 x 3.94 x 3.54 ins)
Woodfired Black tokkuri with 'glitter' glazed stone inclusion and kiln crack
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Black (Blossom Vase)
Date: 2021
Medium: Black clay, Bleaklow grit and Withersea clays
Size: 34 x 29 x 6 cms (13.39 x 11.42 x 2.36 ins)
Multi-fired with layered glazes and 'won' materials.
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Cold Blossom Vase
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, iron and tin glaze with gold lustre
Size: 28 x 28 x 6 cms (11.02 x 11.02 x 2.36 ins)
| Multi-fired Gold lustred tin glaze |
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Gold and white Waterfall Tokkuri
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, stone and gold lustre
Size: 9 x 10 cms (3.54 x 3.94 ins)
Gold lustred tin glaze with stone inclusions
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Hand Carved Cup
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, Cobalt Tokkuri Glaze
Size: 7 x 6 x 6 cms (2.76 x 2.36 x 2.36 ins)
Hand thumbed, multi-fired sake drinking cup
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Peat Bog Moon (Blossom Vase)
Date: 2021
Medium: Woodfired clay, black oribe and pink shino glazes with glitter glazed beach brick 'meteorite'
Size: 32 x 27 x 7 cms (12.60 x 10.63 x 2.76 ins)
Woodfired clay, black oribe and pink shino glazes with glitter glazed beach brick 'meteorite
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Pink Blossom Vase
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, tin glazes and gold lustre
Size: 28 x 27 x 7 cms (11.02 x 10.63 x 2.76 ins)
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Pink, Blue, Gold Beaker
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, tin glazes and gold lustre
Size: 10 x 7 cms (3.94 x 2.76 ins)
Multi-fired with gold lustre and handcut foot
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Pink, Gold Waterfall Tokkuri
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, Quartz, Bleaklow Grit, Gold Lustre
Size: 10 x 3 cms (3.94 x 1.18 ins)
Multifired Pink, Gold, Black tokkuri with gold lustred stone inclusions
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Plumbum
Date: 2021
Medium: Red clay, Bleaklow grit, Shino glazes
Size: 42 x 45 x 11 cms (16.54 x 17.72 x 4.33 ins)
Woodfired from greenware, Shino glazes and kiln cracks
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Satellites - Yunomi Small Gold, Purple and Lemon 1
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, tin glazes and gold lustre
Size: 10.00 x 8.00 x 6 cms (3.94 x 3.15 x 2.36 ins)
Multi-fired with gold lustred stone inclusions and handcut foot.
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Satellites - Yunomi Small Gold, Purple and Lemon 2
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, tin glazes and gold lustre
Size: 8.00 x 8.00 x 2.5 cms (3.15 x 3.15 x 0.98 ins)
Multi-fired with gold lustred stone inclusions and handcut foot.
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Satellites - Yunomi Small Gold, Purple and Lemon 3
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, tin glazes and gold lustre
Size: 8.00 x 8.00 cms (3.15 x 3.15 ins)
Multi-fired with gold lustred stone inclusions and handcut foot.
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Satellites - Yunomi Small Gold, Purple and Lemon 4
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, tin glazes and gold lustre
Size: 8.00 x 8.00 cms (3.15 x 3.15 ins)
Multi-fired with gold lustred stone inclusions and handcut foot.
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Summer Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 cms (2.17 x 3.35 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, cobalt, tin glaze, gold lustre with black porcelain inclusion and gold interior
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Summer Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 cms (2.56 x 3.74 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, cobalt, tin glaze, gold lustre with black porcelain inclusion and gold interior
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Summer Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 9.00 x 7.00 cms (3.54 x 2.76 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, cobalt, copper glaze, gold lustre with black porcelain inclusion
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Winter Guinomi
Date: 2024
Medium: Ceramic Sculpture
Size: 9.00 x 7.50 cms (3.54 x 2.95 ins)
Thrown, hand-cut foot, manganese, tin glaze, silver lustre with black porcelain inclusion and gold lustre interior
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Wood-fired Blossom Vase II
Date: 2022
Medium: Shino, wood ash and tenmoku glazes with Peak District grit stone and gold lustre
Size: 28.00 x 37.00 x 6.00 cms (11.02 x 14.57 x 2.36 ins
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Wood-fired Guinomi
Date: 2022
Size: 8.5 x 10.5 x 3.00 cms (4.72 x 3.94 x 1.18 ins)
Guinomi 8.5 x 10.5 x 3 cm
(Left hand side in image)
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Wood-fired Tokkuri (Pink and gold)
Date: 2022
Medium: Ceramic
Size: 15 x 12 x 1 cms (5.91 x 4.72 x 0.39 ins)
Tokkuri 15 x 10 x 3.00 cm £360
(Right hand side)
Wayne Warren purchase.
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Yunomi Gold and White Beaker 1
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, stone and gold lustre
Size: 10 x 7 cms (3.94 x 2.76 ins)
Gold lustred tin glaze with hand cut foot
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Yunomi Gold and White Beaker 2
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, stone and gold lustre
Size: 9 x 8 x 5.5 cms (3.54 x 3.15 x 2.17 ins)
Gold lustred tin glaze with hand cut foot.
£SOLD
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Tim Copsey
Yunomi Gold and White Beaker 3
Date: 2021
Medium: Clay, stone and gold lustre
Size: 10.00 x 7.00 x 2.5 cms (3.94 x 2.76 x 0.98 ins)
Gold lustred tin glaze with hand cut foot.
£SOLD
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For most ceramicists a vase getting damaged would mean the end of the piece. However, for Tim Copsey, it’s simply a beginning!
Tim Copsey fires his unique ceramics in a home built wood kiln. His process communicates spontaneity, subjecting pots to being crushed, broken, fired and re-fired, squeezed and reshaped, using disruption to inspire vibrant character. Further embodying some of the oddities and curiosities of the natural world, Tim’s work demonstrates how beauty resonates from imperfection, irregularity and experimentation.
We are delighted to be exhibiting series of new pieces at the London Art Fair this year.
Exhibitions
EXHIBITIONS
Solo and Group Exhibitions
2022
Tim Copsey, London Art Fair (Rabley Gallery) UK
PotFest, Glynde, East Sussex (UK)
2021
Tim Copsey CERAMICS (solo), Rabley Gallery UK
Thrown Contemporary Winter Show, Online
Selected Space, Sheffield
Only Clay, Sheffield
Gallery Top, ‘Landmarks’ Three Artists, Derbyshire
Sculpture Lounge, Summer show, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
MUD4, ArtWave Festival, Brighton and Hove, UK
Craft Pottery Association, York
Thrown Contemporary ‘Adapt’, Online
2020
The Old Lockup Gallery, Winter show, Matlock – 2020
Hepworth Art Gallery Ceramic Fair, Online – 2020
MUD3, group show, ArtWave, Brighton and Hove
2019
Artmill Gallery, Plymouth, Winter Show
MUD2, ArtWave Festival, Brighton and Hove, UK
2018
Wonderland Makers Fair, Dartington Estate, UK
Manchester Art Fair (Blackmore Gallery), UK
Colony Art, Winter Show, Rochdale, UK
Hepworth Art Gallery Ceramics Fair, Wakefield, UK
Colony Art, Summer Show, Rochdale, UK
2017
MUD, ArtWave Festival, Brighton and Hove, UK
Art&, York, UK
AWARDS
2021
Selected member of the Craft Potters Association
Director of Sheffield Museums and Galleries “Piece I’d most like to take home” Prize, Selected Space, Sheffield
Short-listed for the Cooper Prize, South Yorkshire
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Thrown Contemporary – Highgate, London
The Sculpture Lounge – Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Northern makers – Bollington, Cheshire
Beaumont Organics – Manchester
Blackmore Gallery – Lymn, Cheshire
The Weavers Factory – Saddleworth, Manchester
The Old Lockup Gallery – Matlock, Derbyshire
PUBLICATIONS
Featured in the Northern Potters Newsletter 2021
Short film published on the Ceramic Review website and newsletter – 2018
Commonsense, a group sourced arts magazine – 2016