Lorna Bailey

Lorna Bailey (born 1978) is an English potter and businesswoman.

Life and work Lorna Bailey was brought up in the Wolstanton area of Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, close to the Potteries area of Stoke-on-Trent. She attended Ellison Primary School, Wolstanton, and then Wolstanton High School.

After school, Bailey attended Stoke-on-Trent College. She obtained a B.Tec National Diploma (Ceramics) and then joined her father's new business, LJB Ceramics, at the Old Ellgreave Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, which produced Toby Jugs and other decorated pottery, where she initially worked as a painter. featured her Astro Rocket Sugar Sifter on the cover which the magazine had commissioned.

In March 2002, Bailey married Tim Procter. This event was marked by the issue of a small ceramic wedding cake which was sent out as a gift to all Collectors Club members. On 16 July 2002, the couple attended a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. The following month, the factory moved into new premises at Top Bridge Works, Burslem.

In December 2005, Bailey issued the first of a series based on Pop and Rock Legends of the Twentieth Century with a ceramic figure of John Lennon dressed in the outfit pictured in the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Figures of the other Beatles later followed, together with other wares depicting members of the group. These were produced in collaboration with The Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool.

In January 2008, Bailey announced her decision to retire from the pottery industry to concentrate on her family life and in May 2008 Lorna Bailey Artware went into voluntary liquidation, with the loss of seven jobs

Awards In July 2005, Bailey was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Staffordshire University for her services to pottery design.

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