Charlotte Harris founded Village Ceramics after leaving college in 1997. She had been an active hobby ceramicist for a couple of years before but decided that rather than work for someone else she would set up her own business doing what she enjoyed doing most.
The shop started as being mainly for adults, with Charlotte holding special classes for them, it has developed and changed over the years. One of the main things that the shop does now is children’s birthday parties, it also has an extensive precious print range (babies/toddlers hand and foot prints) ranging from clay imprints, 3D casts, Silver fingerprint Jewellery to painted hands and feet on plates, mugs, bowls etc.

Charlotte’s husband Jay joined as a partner in the business in 2011 to help Charlotte juggle life with the children and a very busy business and help improve the business further and develop new ideas. The studio has been in Cheam Village for over 18 years and has the capacity for up to 40 guests at any time. We also have a number of large
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