Seatree is an ongoing creative experiment by Michaela and Chris, a partnership rooted in clay, words, and the wild beauty of Argyll. Together, they explore the meeting point between art and meaning through hand-built ceramics that weave poetry and form into a quiet dialogue between material and spirit.
Founded in 2016, Seatree began as a life choice, a move toward simplicity, sustainability, and creativity after careers in community and mental health work. This transformation continues to shape both their philosophy and practice: that art can be a spiritual act of connection, a way to make sense of the world and our place within it.
Michaela works primarily in white stoneware, creating pieces marked by textures and lines drawn from the shores, trees, and mountains surrounding their home. Her ceramics are contemplative and tactile, often bearing Chris’s poetry, words that bring stillness, presence and a sense of wonder to her surfaces.
Chris, a published poet and writer, works with darker ‘crank’ clay, shaping organic forms that can withstand the elemental processes of raku and pit firing. His ceramic work, under the name Seatree Elemental, embodies an earthy, raw energy that contrasts and complements Michaela’s refined, lyrical pieces. Yet through both, language remains a thread: the words are part of the clay, and the clay part of the story.
Beyond the studio, Michaela and Chris share their love of creativity through community workshops. They have worked with children, young carers, people experiencing homelessness, adults with dementia, and others, helping each participant discover the joy of making and meaning through clay and words.
Each Seatree piece is a conversation between texture, fire, and language, a small meditation on being, crafted with care by two artists who believe that creativity itself is a form of connection.
