The Art Buyer are excited to announce Sara Dodd, represented by The Art Buyer Gallery, has been selected by The Affordable Art Fair for the Hampstead feature artist! Her beautiful porcelain piece ‘Skyscapes, Blue’ was hand-selected by the team to be the face of the campaign. We’re delighted to have Sara Dodd’s piece be featured for the Hampstead fair, 6-10 May 2026. Read on to find out more on the artist’s inspirations & achievements.
”Each piece holds a balance of design and chance, capturing freedom and individuality fueled by the kiln itself.” – Sara Dodd
The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Campaign Poster featuring ‘Skyscapes, Blue’ by Sara Dodd.
The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead Campaign Poster featuring ‘Skyscapes, Blue’ by Sara Dodd.
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Sara Dodd
Sara Dodd is an award winning ceramic artist living and working in London. She is a graduate of Cardiff Metropolitan University (2013) after which she held an assistant position with Katharine Morling. Sara paints intuitively with porcelain clay in its liquid form, slip, reimagining this traditional material into wafer thin strata of beauty, delicacy and strength. Working intuitively and meditatively, she layers these to create a canvas of pattern, contrast and harmony.
Her artwork ‘Swell’ was exhibited at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition (2017) where it enjoyed a highly successful run and went on to be featured in Elle Decoration (2019). She received an honourable mention at the International KOGEI Crafts Awards, Japan (2021), and her ‘Monochrome Maquette’ was awarded with a 3D Art Prize at the Wales Contemporary Open (2022). In 2023 Sara received the Young Masters Emerging Women Artist Award. In 2021 Sara joined the Craft Potters Association (CPA) and Contemporary Applied Arts (CAA), in recognition of the high quality of her craftsmanship. In 2022 she was invited to join the ranks of Homo Faber, a collection of the best artisans and makers from across Europe where she was labelled a ‘Rising Star’ representing the future of craftsmanship with her novel take. In 2022 Sara received the Rosalind Stracey Ceramics Award from Cockpit Arts and moved her studio to Deptford, South East London.
Sara Dodd’s work is exhibited regularly across the UK as well as internationally in Europe, USA and the Middle East. Sara Dodd has had her work exhibited at The Affordable Art Fair; most recently with The Art Buyer at the Battersea fair in October 2025.
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‘Skyscapes, Blue’ by Sara Dodd
Skyscapes, Blue by Sara Dodd: this porcelain piece is presented beautifully in a gradient of blue to white, carefully constructed by the artist herself. Presented in a black frame, this wonderful original piece of art holds a bold, meaningful presence in any room it occupies. Skyscapes, Blue by Sara Dodd is available to purchase through The Art Buyer website.
‘Skyscapes, Blue’ by Sara Dodd.
‘Skyscapes, Blue’ by Sara Dodd.
Closeup of ‘Skyscapes, Blue’ by Sara Dodd
Closeup of ‘Skyscapes, Blue’ by Sara Dodd
The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead’s feature interview
Ahead of the upcoming spring Affordable Art Fair, the fair team caught up with Sara to learn more about her practice.
The sky comes up a lot in your work. Is there a particular type of light you’re drawn to?
Growing up in Wales and spending a lot of school holidays in the west of Ireland, I saw a lot of grey skies. We would be out in all weathers, climbing mountains or visiting the beaches. Those experiences certainly informed my appreciation for an expansive open sky. There is something magical about a stormy dusk sky, the sun beating through darkening clouds. It makes for dramatic and stunning skies!
How do you know when a piece is finished?
All my pieces begin as watercolour sketches; by doing so, I have an idea of how they will come together in my mind before getting started in ceramics. Having that to refer back to enables me to dip in and out of being spontaneous with the material, while having an underlying vision of what I’m aiming for as a final result.
Sara Dodd Sketchbook Pages
Image credit: Sara Dodd
What does being campaign artist mean to you?
I’m delighted to be the campaign artist. What a thrill to see the image! It’s such an exciting moment with the opening of the ceramics pavilion. I’m eager to see the show and be a part of this new chapter for the Affordable Art Fair. Read on…
Congratulations Sara!
We’re thrilled for our artist Sara Dodd to be the latest Affordable Art Fair campaign artist, featuring the stunning artwork ‘Skyscapes, Blue‘. The Affordable Art Fair Hampstead runs 6-10 May 2026.
Sara Dodd creates gorgeous collections of ceramic artwork. For more information on requesting a bespoke commission made especially for you, or to enquire on available work by Sara Dodd, please get in touch with The Art Buyer at: gallery@theartbuyer.co.uk.
Sara Dodd’s piece ‘Decipher’ hung in The Art Buyer Gallery.
More work by Sara Dodd; Sara Dodd’s ceramic piece ‘Decipher’ hung on The Art Buyer Gallery walls. A gorgeous porcelain piece in a steam bent walnut frame. Sara Dodd showcases style and fine craftsmanship in this gorgeous original artwork.
For enquiries on Sara’s work, please get in touch…