Stoke native Robbie Williams has worked with ceramic design brand 1882. Ltd at its factory in Barlaston to transform two of his 'inkling' drawings into four vibrant, abstract ceramic works of art. It is a collaboration that has given the singer a natural connection to the place where he grew up - and where many of family worked in the industry - and the art he is now making. Transforming the singer's flat, squiggly drawings made with posca pens on paper into generously scaled, robust 3D ceramic works proved no small feat. It took 1882 Ltd.'s artisans almost three months to build each piece through hand clay coiling and then a series of drying and firings, painting and glazing. Williams first turned to making art to quieten what he calls his 'crowded mind'. Now, it is something he feels compelled to do every day.