Noel Yardley has exhibited his work at the Design Indaba, Cape Town, 100% Design, London and Object en Maison, Paris. Noel worked at Mervyn Gers Ceramics as a supervisor assisting with the
production of ceramic products. He later worked for a retail chain called Woolworths as
ceramic artisan supplying them with unique vases and candle holders. In 2014 until 2017 he
worked as a production manager for a ceramic studio called Art in the Forest. Here he
supervised a team of carvers, decorators and throwers producing ceramics products for
restaurants, hotels and interior designers. He also taught hand building and wheelwork to
beginners, intermediate and advanced students.
Yardley has work in private collections in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Berlin, Milan, Norfolk –
Virginia and Mississauga. Since moving to Canada in 2018, Yardley has been a member of
the Mississauga potters Guild and has recently joined Luc Sculpture school as a ceramics
teacher.