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About You’ve Urned It

Lee Lapthorne is a ceramicist and founder of You’ve Urned it 

Creativity has always been at the core of Lee Lapthorne’s life

 
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Made it

He has an MA in Textiles and has produced clothes collections, fabrics and accessories sold in Harvey Nichols and internationally at On Pedder in Hong Kong www.onpedder.com

Involved in the luxury fashion sector for over 20 years, Lee has represented and worked with designers. Successfully understanding and interpreting their creativity and aesthetics to showcase their designs at London, Paris and Milan Fashion weeks.

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Create it

In 2019 he was appointed as Artist in Residence at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust researching the archive of over 17,000 items. Selecting pieces which he developed and reworked to inspire the creation of furniture pieces and ceramics that tell the Shakespeare story and  engaging a new audience.  Lee was also commissioned to contemporise Garricks’ Shakespeare jubilee ribbon. His work is now part of the archives to be seen by future generations. (above is a limited edition traditional handmade teddy / donkey in honour of Character Bottom)

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Own it

A passion for layered textures and nature convey a narrative through his creative work and has been the motivation to create urns which celebrate and capture a person’s life. 

Having made an urn for his beloved Grandma Vi he is now focussing his creative talent on working with customers/clients to make urns that sensitively capture and celebrate a person’s life.