SUNRISE POTTERY- Where Art meets Function – Designs by Julia Elizabeth

Julia Elizabeth Strait is a functional Ceramic Artist residing in and having her Studio (SUNRISE POTTERY) in Oxford, CT. She was born in Nuneaten, England, grew up in Hinkley in the county of Leceistershire, England/ United Kingdom. She loves creating and always has. As a child she was inspired by the work and crafts of some of the people in her life as well as the beauty of the countryside and canals of England.
As a young adult she travelled the world, living in many countries of Europe and even Australia. Since childhood she has been an Artist. When she lived in Spain she was paid to paint a wall mural and while there learned to make handmade Cluny bobbin lace. Over her lifetime she has excelled in many forms of art including designing fabrics and clothing and, Sugar art including cold porcelain, Pottery, and Ceramic Art. She studied with the famous sugar artist Scott Clark Woolley and the works of Alan Dunn and was a member of the British Sugar Art Guild. As a sugar artist she created incredibly beautifully decorated wedding cakes and she was so good at creating lifelike flowers and plants of every genus that she had a one man art exhibit of her works at the Greenwich Garden Center in Greenwich, CT. She has applied all her various skills as an artist and in particular her skills as a sugar artist to her ceramic work. For a number of years now she has concentrated solely on pottery and ceramic art. Almost all of her work is hand built, one of a kind, and functional.
She is constantly gaining recognition for her beautiful pottery and ceramic art and currently has some of her works in Art Galleries in Connecticut.