Tracey Birchwood

Tracey grew up in Manchester before studying and graduating in 3-Dimensional Design from Brighton University. After completing her degree, where she majored in ceramics, she moved back home to the amazing city of Manchester. In 1996 she established her studio at the Manchester Craft & Design Centre in the city’s Northern Quarter. 

‘When I first started I specialised in making porcelain vases and salt & pepper pots. This involved putting textures and bobbles on everything! My original pots were all bright contrasting colours and were decorated with checks, stripes, spots and stars. A lot of these features are still apparent in my designs today.

I love to make fiddly things so making jewellery was such a natural progression. My work developed from porcelain vases to porcelain pendants.  My homemade jewellery designs all have a geometric theme, whether it is spots and stripes, or having things evenly spaced. Repetition is always apparent in my work. I thinks the maths ‘A’ level has a lot to answer for!’