The Crafts Study Centre is honoured to show the work Quiet Order (2025) by ceramic artist Cristina Lorenzet in its ground floor showcase. The work is the culmination of the second Farnham Craft Town artist residency that Lorenzet undertook in February-March 2025.

The work is inspired by the architecture and landscape of Farnham including the tall chimneys that dot the skyline, tiles, and the ventilation bricks at the Farnham Pottery. Lorenzet’s ceramics often reflect her research into architectural detail and the fragmentary. In the two works of Quiet Order she brings attention to the material complexity underpinning the calm, attractive façades of the town through coloured slips, washes of oxides and a green glaze. Lorenzet wants to draw the audience’s attention to architectural detail through the subtle an intelligent application of colour and texture to the red stoneware clay surface.

Cristina engaged with the local community through a workshop with Creative Response, a Farnham-based charity providing arts activities for people with mental health needs. Here she explored surface textures with a range of recycled materials. During her stay Lorenzet also gave a number of talks and interviews, including An Evening of Conversation with Jess Skelton, the 2024 winner of Rising Stars at the New Ashgate Gallery. She held an open studio and her stay is well-documented in the Farnham Craft Town Instagram feed and was mentioned in a Farnham Herald article.

The exhibition of Lorenzet’s work marks the Crafts Study Centre’s involvement in Farnham Craft Town, a network of organisations that support the practice, enjoyment and exploration of craft, which is celebrated annually in the town during Farnham Craft Month in October. Quiet Order will be exhibited in other venues in Farnham after its time at the Crafts Study Centre.