Marney McDiarmid is a queer ceramicist and visual artist. She uses beauty as a tool for engagement, creating lush, sensuous pieces that call up notions of replenishment and frequently explore the climate crisis. Her illustrations add decorative elements and narrative content to her functional ceramic pieces and are central to her public art. Marney envisions the slow pace of her practice as running counter to systems of mass production. Her work embodies notions of care, consideration, and connection. She was featured in Ceramics Monthly and in September of 2025 will exhibit "The Clearing", an installation at Agnes Etherington Art Gallery.