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ART DIFFERENTLY

Based in St Ives, Cornwall, we are a leading contemporary art gallery and online store. Our first floor, water front iconic premises hosts artist led seasonal exhibitions with some of the UK’s most well regarded artists and craftsmen.

Alongside this the studio also offers art and curation consultancy, with installation and advisory services for commercial and private clients. Art and craftsmanship at the centre of all our projects, we can help to create timeless interiors that speak of their history and architecture, and our clients own personalities.

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Milieu was set up in 2023 by artist Caroline Robinson. Caroline is a painter and artist in her own right and a resident in St Ives, Cornwall for nearly twenty years. With extensive hospitality experience after previously founding a highly successful Michelin star awarded smallholding and restaurant with her husband and young family. In 2023 Caroline decided to focus on her artistic connections and insatiable ardor of art and design. Launching Milieu Studios in order to create a space for showcasing a variety of different practises and artistic approaches. Not just to visit here in Cornwall, but also to provide a platform for conversation surrounding art, bringing the voices and unique stores behind each piece and practise to the fore front.

Milieu has gained much momentum over its first year since opening and now sells work Internationally, representing some of the UK’s most well regarded contemporary artists.

Caroline practises her own painting career, alongside mentoring other artists, you can find her work with limited availability through some well respected galleries within the UK and through Milieu directly.

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Charlotte Salt

Charlotte Salt is an artist based in North Yorkshire, UK. Her ceramic work is deeply rooted in traditional craftsmanship, using stoneware clay to create pieces that feel both ancient and contemporary. Her aesthetic draws inspiration from medieval depictions of animals and mythical creatures, evident in her expressive line work and stylised forms.

Her pieces often feature hand-painted, fluid brushstrokes in muted blue and earthy tones on a neutral clay base, evoking the simplicity and charm of historical pottery. The faces and creatures adorning her ceramics carry a timeless, almost folkloric quality, reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts, ancient pottery, and medieval woodcuts.

Salt's approach embraces the imperfections and character of hand-built ceramics, allowing for organic edges, subtle variations in tone, and a tactile, earthy finish. The restrained colour palette and minimalist compositions highlight the expressive mark-making and storytelling within her work. Each piece feels like an artefact from a forgotten past—imbued with symbolism, personality, and a quiet sense of mystery.

“I have a long-standing relationship with clay; my parents set up their own studio pottery before I was born so as long as I can remember I have had clay in my life. When we were little my siblings and I would play with clay while my parents worked. I used to make little dioramas with figures sitting on sofas, which my mum would glaze and fire for me. Maybe it’s because of this that I find myself being instinctively drawn back to working with clay.”

Her clay work is intuitively hand crafted using coiling, slab-building, modelling and pinching techniques. Each piece created is unique, from the brush strokes on the surface to the physical imprints that intentionally remain, serving as a testament to the making process.