== Life and Work ==

The daughter of Lionel and Jennifer Bailey, Lorna Bailey was brought up in the Wolstanton area of Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, close to the Potteries area of Stoke-on-Trent.Bailey, Lorna. & Lee, Dave (2001). Lorna Bailey: The First Millennium. Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent: LJB Ceramics.

After school, Bailey attended Stoke-on-Trent College. She obtained a B.Tec National Diploma (Ceramics) and then joined her father's new business LJB Ceramics, at the Old Ellgreave Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, which produced Toby Jugs and other decorated pottery, where she initially worked as a paintress.Bailey, Lorna. & Lee, Dave (2001). Lorna Bailey: The First Millennium. Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent: LJB Ceramics. At the same time, Bailey began designing a series of highly colourful cottage & trees and abstract patterns reminiscent of the Art Deco pottery of Clarice Cliff. These were produced by the Old Ellgreave Pottery in vivid underglaze colours (unlike the on-glaze or overglaze decoration typical of Clarice Cliff ware). In December 1995, when Bailey was just 17 years of age, her House and Path and Sunburst patterns became the first to be put into full production.Bailey, Lorna. & Lee, Dave (2001). Lorna Bailey: The First Millennium. Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent: LJB Ceramics. These were painted by Bailey and a small team of painters onto a range of traditional and Art Deco shapes, including vases, jugs, teapots, sugar shakers, cruets, candlesticks, and wall pockets. They were then sold primarily to trade buyers. In addition to being marked with a factory stamp, from the outset Bailey has personally signed almost every one of her pieces underglaze with the distinctive "Lorna Bailey" signature.

Category: Image - :LBMark.jpg|right|thumb|Typical signature, factory stamp and painter's initials

Since these early beginnings in 1995, Bailey has gone on to produce an extensive range and quantity of patterns and shapes which have attracted a strong base of collectors and a buoyan...