House of Nektar

Deep earth connections

Watercolours, sculptural vessels and lighting by Ruth, made by hand for private homes, hotels and the designers who shape them.

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Ruth, barefoot on white sand, reaching up to touch a towering sea-cave wall streaked with ochre, green and rust

The artist

Every piece starts in the ground

Pigment, clay and light. Ruth works across all three, and every body of work comes back to the same place: the colour and texture of the earth, slowed down and brought indoors.

She calls art the nektar of her life, the thing that feeds everything else. House of Nektar is where that work lives.

Meet Ruth and the studio
Black and white photo of Ruth leaning against a tall steel sculpture of a bird-like form in a park
Ruth’s hand shaping small clay spikes onto a textured vessel on a turntable, in warm sunlight

Three ways to bring it home

Original paintings, prints and vessels are ready to buy and ship. Lighting is taking shape in the studio now.

Detail of a watercolour in dusky pink and gold, crossed by a sweeping band of tiny black dots

Art

Shop art

Original watercolour paintings and fine art prints, in earth, dusk and sunset palettes.

A tall unglazed clay vessel studded with small spikes, being worked on at a studio table among brushes and dried leaves

Sculptural vessels

Shop vessels

Ceramic forms for shelves, tables and plinths. Each one is made by hand and is one of a kind.

Placeholder: Photo to come: a lighting prototype, lit at dusk

Lighting

Ask about early pieces

In development. Designers can ask about the first pieces and made-to-order work now.

Available now

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For interior designers and architects

Made for your project

Paintings, vessel groupings and lighting made for one room, one palette and one brief. Ruth works with you from the first mood board to the day the piece arrives on site, for homes, hotels and hospitality spaces here and abroad.

Start a commission See past work
West Coast Dreaming, an original watercolour of layered rock strata in rose, ochre and sky blue, traced with fine dotted black lines

  1. Share the brief

    Send the space, palette, sizes, budget and timeline. Plans and mood boards are welcome.

  2. Concept and quote

    Ruth comes back with sketches, colour studies or clay samples, and a clear fixed quote.

  3. Made in the studio

    Your piece is made by hand, with progress photos along the way so your client sees it take shape.

  4. Delivered to site

    Packed with care and delivered ready to hang or place. Typical lead time is [LEAD TIME].

From the studio

Finished work, commissions and pieces now living in other people's spaces.

View all studio work
Close-up of folded coastal rock, curving bands of rust, gold and grey stacked into a peak
Ruth looking up at ancient ochre rock paintings under a sandstone overhang
Black and white view looking straight up a tall tree trunk into a dense forest canopy
Close-up of weathered rock with rough ridges of rust, ochre and gold running through pale grey stone
Detail of a clay vessel’s combed, textured surface on a turntable dusted with clay crumbs
Close-up of rock streaked with rust red, gold and blue-grey mineral bands

In the studio this week

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  • Rock face with diagonal bands of deep red, ochre and grey
  • White everlasting daisies with orange centres against a dark background
  • Close-up of pale rock threaded with rust-coloured veins and small dark pebbles
  • Ruth reaching up to touch a mottled sea-cave wall above white sand
  • Rippled clear water over golden-brown and blue stones
  • Weathered grey rock laced with orange and rust mineral lines

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Have a space in mind?

Tell Ruth a little about the project. She replies to every enquiry herself, usually within [X] working days.

Prefer email? ruth@houseofnektar.com

Plans, sizes and mood boards can follow by email.

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