Collaborators

Lewis Jones
Lewis helped to set up the workshop and took a lead on our architectural projects & material development. He is a co-founder of the design collective Assemble. He enjoys testing and sourcing new materials and developing alternative approaches to construction.

Sumuyya Khader
Sumuyya was one of our co-executive directors at the workshop with a focus on marketing. She is also a visual artist with a studio and print shop at Aspen Yard that also houses Granby Press, a small independent printing press.

Assemble
Assemble designed many of our first range of products and have an ongoing role in helping grow the workshop.

Granby Four Streets CLT
Many of our products have originated from projects delivered by the CLT here in Granby.

Anfield Marble
We work with Anfield Marble to produce our Granby Rock for countertops and slabs.

Imogen Woolley
Split her time between looking after the site and helping with admin. She also helped to press and sponge thousands of soap dishes. Imogen runs Liverpool Tool Library, a resource and library of DIY tools accessible to those in the city. 

Mike Doherty
Was our dispatched person before heading to London to become a data manager in the music publishing business

Jamel Burke
Jamel was the Pressing Lead at the workshop. He likes to unwind after a long day with a cold soft drink and 80’s yacht rock.

Megan Cox
Megan produced our main range tile and tableware ranges. A self-taught potter with a background in throwing functional earthenware with varied glazes and making bagels. At the workshop she combines her interest in the relationship between wellbeing and environment with her passion for experimental ceramics.

Jacob Chan
Jacob produced our stacked bottle range and helped design our new Granbyware mug. A trained potter, he produces wheel thrown vases decorated with figurative forms and fused with sand, slate & broken pottery. 

Anna Johnston
Master carpenter and ceramicist, Anna worked with us before heading to Mexico.

Ines Suarez de Puga
Ines worked with us developing and delivering our Splatware plates and encaustic tiles.

Jade Crompton
Our first workshop technician, Jade helped refine many of the processes for our first range of products.

Will Shannon
Will was involved in developing many of our first range of products, most significantly inventing Granby Rock. We also worked together for our commission at A/D/O.

Niamh Riordan
We collaborated with Niamh on our first catalogue, our commission at A/D/O and ‘Rules of Production’ in Tokyo.

Lydia Hardwick
Lydia designed the pressed terracotta lampshade we produce.

Mollie Anna King
We collaborated with Mollie in New York for our commission at A/D/O.

Becky Christian
We worked with Becky for workshops and education projects. She has also made products from our smoked ceramics range and helped us deliver our first collection.

Paula Frew
We’ve worked with Paula on a number of projects and commissions, most recently producing our encaustic tiles for the Venice Architecture Biennale.

Tazayian Sayira
Sara has worked with us to produce many of our encaustic tiles.

Jacqueline Kerr
Jackie produced our first range of woodblock printed fabric.

Sufea Mohamad Noor
Sufea also produced our first range of woodblock printed fabric

Salma Noor
Salma made thousands of cut out tiles, Granby Rock trivets & lamp bases

Vicky Opomu
Vicky made our marbled lampshades.

Evelyn Broderick
Evelyn made the first batch of turned and burned timber furniture.

Paddy Brown
Paddy cast our Granby Rock fireplaces and helped fitout the workshop.

Mohammed Saad
Mo helped build some of our furniture, make tiles and fitout the workshop.

Sagar Sharma
Sagar also helped build some of our furniture, make tiles and fitout the workshop.