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The Shoal The Shoal partners with a talented, family-run artisan ceramic studio on the beautiful island of Sicily.

Together, we bring their exquisite handmade marine-inspired art to the UK, offering unique pieces for interiors. The ceramic fish and creatures emerge from the kiln each and every one unique, hand-painted and hand-finished. Each one has either a hook, loop, hole or loop-through holes to allow invisible mounting or hanging using wire, cord or tacks. Start collecting to create and grow your own Shoal, your own marine habitat environment, your own 'Aquarium on the Wall' or in a display case or frame that you can add to over time. We love returning, regular customers and we will be adding more species and variants as we grow.

We worked with an interior designer from Cornish Gems on an idea around a swirling Shoal of Anchovies for one of thei...
04/10/2026

We worked with an interior designer from Cornish Gems on an idea around a swirling Shoal of Anchovies for one of their clients' properties.

At the time we never received any images of the finished installation in their customer's house close to a Cornish beach.

However the customer recently contacted us directly (dreckly 😀) for some more fish and shared a few photos. The new fish will ship tomorrow and we will take some more photos of the completed composition.

Here at The Shoal we think it looks fabulous, what a unique coastal creation, all handmade, complementing the colour scheme and decor and bringing the wall by the stairs to life!

What do you think? Let us know in the comments...🐠

Our amazing gallery stockist in Lyme Regis has just sold the very last beautifully unique 50cm Lionfish statement pie...
03/10/2026

Our amazing gallery stockist in Lyme Regis has just sold the very last beautifully unique 50cm Lionfish statement piece to a regular customer. Claire is sales star of the week ✨

We had only 20 of these pieces from Gianfranco.

We hope 🤞🏼that 10 more are coming for the new year.

If you want to acquire one, an early pre-order reservation would be advisable.

01/10/2026

We love our small business, our ceramics make a fantastic visual impact and they bring smiles 😁

This morning in Sicily, Gianfranco continues to handcraft the bisques for the new pieces he is making for The Shoal.As w...
29/09/2026

This morning in Sicily, Gianfranco continues to handcraft the bisques for the new pieces he is making for The Shoal.

As we all know, everything is , painted one by one, however he is thinking of us and we are hoping for a delivery before the end of the year 🐠🐟🐟🐙

Pre-ordering directly with us is possible, to secure your purchase, contact us personally to discuss.

Mustafa has been acquiring unique pieces from us since the beginning of this year. His latest acquisition was a to ...
22/09/2026

Mustafa has been acquiring unique pieces from us since the beginning of this year. His latest acquisition was a to add to his collection.

His installation is on the wall by his oven, he loves and . The pizza oven is in his apartment in , . He travels extensively between UK and India and on his UK visits he usually goes back to Mumbai with an addition to his growing Shoal.

He flies First Class so can take on extra hand luggage, it's always a challenge negotiating with him the size and packaging of the pieces, well enough to protect the delicate contents but small enough to carry on the plane.

He doesn't hang around when he arrives in Mumbai, his handyman is summoned and the new fish are installed immediately.

We think it looks fabulous. You can't see in the photo but his apartment window overlooks the . Not bad eh.

To design your own composition of , contact Pete or Diane directly.

Our customer David took delivery of his in April earlier this year. For such a unique and rare piece, The Shoal alway...
21/09/2026

Our customer David took delivery of his in April earlier this year. For such a unique and rare piece, The Shoal always delivers personally to the customer. In this case David had also ordered some and .

We met at an Asda carpark down near Bodmin in to hand over the pieces. It's not all glamour you know.

David took his time with his installation and recently sent us some photos. Pete went all 'colour pop' with them and here you see the result. If you want to see the originals let us know.

For a unique statement piece and composition of your own, just contact us directly.

20/09/2026

Who would be interested to purchase The Shoal branded tee-shirts, polos etc?

Let us know in the comments...

Shoal StoriesOur business, originally founded in 2020 on a string of mishaps and coincidences, continues to attract the ...
20/09/2026

Shoal Stories

Our business, originally founded in 2020 on a string of mishaps and coincidences, continues to attract the unlikely and the serendipitous.

Sarah came across us by accident at Dartmouth Regatta recently.

She looked at me (Pete) with her mouth and eyes wide open in surprise and almost shock. I wondered what I'd done!

Turns out she had been backpacking on her own through and came across some of Gianfranco's , however as she was hiking she didn't want to buy them and risk breakage. She has regretted it ever since.

Imagine her delight when confronted with our beautiful display of Gianfranco's marine at the Regatta!

She rushed off to find husband Rob and they came back to choose a of Sardines. Sarah took a long time to choose her Magnificent Seven.

By the next day Rob had installed them to order and here is Sarah's amazing composition.

Look at those colours, deep blue backs fading to a pale underbelly, each one handmade and with its own character.

To create your own unique Shoal and contact us straight away.

We aren't at the Southampton Boat Show this year, however we have a busy end of the year with events. You can find out ...
19/09/2026

We aren't at the Southampton Boat Show this year, however we have a busy end of the year with events. You can find out where we will be by visiting the 'Events' Page on our website.

Bernard The Gurnard looks pretty excited about it...

Orders arriving every day at the momentDropping off today's at the Post Office, bit of a queue so time to do this pos...
02/09/2026



Orders arriving every day at the moment

Dropping off today's at the Post Office, bit of a queue so time to do this post

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