Collection: Zeba

My work is inspired by the marks of human activity all around us such as the time-worn
industrial buildings, cracking paint and casual graffiti. They tell stories of the past and the
present and speak of the universal human wish to be seen. It is as if voices are quietly
asserting, "I am/was here"

I build layers of colour and texture with stains, slips and underglazes to capture this
layered, palimpsest like quality on the clay body. The layers on each wheel-thrown or slab
rolled piece are built over the course of two or three firings.


Zeba recieved her PhD in Communication from Texas A&M University, USA in 2009 and
taught at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India (her home country). She
transitioned to pursue her passion for ceramics. In 2019, she completed a two year
programme in pottery from Clay College Stoke, UK. Zeba has since been working from
her studio located at the heritage Spode Works building in Stoke-on-Trent. She won the
New Ashgate Rising Stars award in 2022 and has shown her work at several selected
shows in the country.