Jane James Ceramics

Jane created the Shoal seen in the Sidmouth Cafe photos on the Houzz site for us in 2019. Jane takes the upmost care and pride in every aspect of the projects she becomes involved with. She takes person interest in the project and makes the whole experience enjoyable and interesting. Every detail is thought of, and the installation of the shoal was executed with military precision to ensure that it was just right, using first paper templates to ensure the correct distancing and layout, before final fixing. The shoal has become a popular feature with customers, but also adds interest and perspective to what would otherwise have been a flat and uninteresting wall. We cannot recommend Jane highly enough.

We visited the shop in 2016 and loved the wave of fish. We decided that this would fit beautifully into our new extension. In March 2019 we returned to Jersey and phoned on the off chance of seeing them to discuss our project. We met the same day and they couldn’t have been more helpful in developing our ideas. They listened and offered their expertise and advice to ensure that we got the best outcome for our project. They showed us a variety of options in relation to colour, pattern and size of fish. We outlined our budget and they devised a project to fit it. They explained the whole process which reassured us; if any fish were damaged on transit they would be replaced. Goods arrived on time with all appropriate paperwork. It was easy to mount the fish using the guidelines provided. We are highly delighted with the finished project. We would have no hesitation in undertaking another project with them.

Jane created the most amazing shoal of fish to celebrate the opening of our new school. We wanted a piece of art that was bright, colourful and represented us as a school. Jane listened carefully to want we wanted and in collaboration, created individual fish to represent each child, increasing in size as they moved up the classes and each class was represented by the different colours of a rainbow. Jane used the huge space to great effect and with her team installed this amazing piece of art in the front foyer of the school. It represents us all swimming together, in the same direction, supporting one another, of course there is a little bit of a fun factor built in as the fixings, do allow the fish to be moved and changed. In addition each class also had a copy of their classes fish in terms of size and colour installed in their rooms too. Jane and her team used their skills to meet our needs and we were delighted with the end result. The shoal perfectly fitted within the huge space and provides a bright and colourful welcome.