Amy Frankie Smith

10/07/2026

Jellyfish!!!
I can't stop thinking about that creature that no one wants to be thinking about while swimming.

I have a growing fascination... encouraged by our new growing population and all of the stunning photography of these beautiful, scary, drifting, no brainers.

That's you

I made this super thin, carved porcelain tile years ago and I need to make more!!! But this time, a naturalistic jellyfish...

Show me your jellies!?!! Send me photos of jellyfish in the comments or tag an amazing underwater photographers?


Lynette S start us of, would you?

23/06/2026

Hastings International Ceramics Fair is this weekend!

As the weather cools, we open in the old printing press site of the Observer. You'll find 50+ ceramicists with workshops for children and families with raffle ticket sales going to the Refugee Buddy Project. Oh and let's not forget the rooftop bar to enjoy the views and fresh sea air.

I'm planning on camping in the van on the hill behind Hastings. And no, the van isn't finished, so it will be basic, but lovely.

📍Hastings International Ceramics Fair
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June
10am - 4pm
Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Rd, Hastings TN34 1DT
The Observer Building

JamesMatthewThomas Creative
Sussex Craft Week
ROSA (Review of Sussex Arts)
Ceramic Review
Craft Potters Association

Who's coming? I'd love to see you!
Amy 🩵

21/06/2026

Sweet pinky purple, true blue, glowy sea, silky, fire, golden, alive, alight. Starting the longest day with sunrise pause on the beach with my girl.

And what a beauty it was.

Happy solstice 🧡

04/06/2026

Artists across Shoreham have gone very quiet... impromptu decorating, cleaning and tidying, packaging those cards that have just arrived, trying to hide that unsightly corner and hanging all of the artwork.

All to be ready for the opening of the Adur Art Trail on Saturday!

Over here, I have glossed two window cils two walls that I'm not sure I fully anticipated doing on Monday. I've made a new area to hang lamps from the wall- always useful to show how you don't need wired in fixtures. And I've made some new necklaces out of porcelain off cuts from lamps.
And well. I'm nearly ready...

See you on the weekend!

Amy 🩵

21/05/2026

And I'm off! The van is loaded with my ceramics, my stand and my camping gear ready for .co.uk


Find me in beautiful Sussex countryside for Potfest South East this bank holiday weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and being outside for a few days, greeting the sheep from my cosy van bed in the mornings.

It's definitely the most beautiful show I have done, set in the rolling South Downs. Getting there is easy by car and there is a shuttle bus from Glynde station.

Potfest SE
Friday 22nd, Sat 23rd and Sunday 24th
10-4.30 daily

Glynde Place
Nr Lewes
BN8 6XS

Tickets and more info on the website.

See you there ☀️☀️☀️🐑

20/05/2026

Just over 2 weeks and counting 🎉 Adur Arts and my Open Studios

🌊 Adur Art Trail is almost here - and this beach studio will take your breath away!

Venue 19: Amy Frankie Smith Studio - porcelain lighting and expressive paintings inspired by the ocean and blue spaces. Amy's Sea Lamps collection is on display, alongside smaller ceramics to buy. Luminous, calming, extraordinary. First weekend only.

🗓️ 6/7 June 2026 11:00-5:00
🎨
📍 Shoreham Beach
🔗 adurartcollective.co.uk/adur-art-trail

09/05/2026

Coming up: Potfest Glynde Place

I have new colours, new designs and a stonking new piece to show you. I'll be in the beautiful grounds of Glynde Place in TWO WEEKS time.

Who's coming?

📍Potfest South East
📆 22nd, 23rd and 24th May
🕐 10am - 4.30pm daily
🌍 Glynde Place, Nr. Lewes, BN8 6SX
👉🏼 Potfest

Design-Nation
The Design Trust

01/05/2026

Go BIG or go home, right?

I went big. This size has been waiting in the side lines for a while. For confidence, for time, for a strong back (!) And the first casts have come out this week.

Grateful for a commission to bring this to life. I loved how the couple deliberated over my colour samples and took their time to carefully choose the colours and chose this detail from another piece... describing it as 'foam spray' pattern, it will be a delicate pale green and turquoise.

Let's see how it comes out!
If all goes to plan🤞🏼 I hope to bring this to .co.uk later this month and will absolutely have one on display at my Open Studio in June.

If you're looking for a centrepiece for a room, drop me a line. I'm always here to chat through details in the studio. I love that bit of the process, when minds and ideas align.

Amy