British ceramicist Emma Louise Payne, who earned her MA in Ceramic Design at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, has been pushing the boundaries of her preferred medium from her studio in Henley-on-Thames since 2017, creating custom handrails, valet stands, lighting fixtures, tiles and other objects for architects and designers to complete projects in both the hospitality and residential realms. With the launch of her debut homewares collection, London Plane, the artist moves into a more conventional and readily available territory.

The collection – inspired by and named for the towering tree that lines streets and populates parks in the city of London – includes dinnerware pieces, vases and candles, with each piece expressing an organic and fluid form that reflects the plane’s abstract bark patterns. Handmade from slip-cast porcelain and rendered in six warm, earthy tones (Sage, Moss, Lichen, Pollen, Heather and Bark), the nature-inspired designs are equal parts functional and sculptural, rustic and elegant, and encapsulate Payne’s singular artistic vision.