The Covid 19 pandemic is not over but after 6 months we are now back at UCLAN with new rules and precautions -it feels so good! During our lockdown /course interruption /exile from our ceramics MA home I did some smaller pieces in ES40 clay and bisque fired them. I was able to develop some new ways of working and a new surface pattern trying to avoid the 'golf ball' look. There were failures too; shapes that 'blew' or cracked; times when life at home was too much of a distraction and I left pieces too long to get too dry. What did I learn or do differently?
There were other changes in UCLAN during lockdown. Professor David Binns has retired (you can see his smile on an Instagram post!) and our lovely full time technition, Geoff, has taken redundancy. This leaves Rob Parr (3 days a week ) with the technical support of a recently well qualified MA Graduate Cath Criscenti (one day per week) for effectively 3 years of MA students at once due to the covid interruptions. We will have to try and nurture and support them, as best we can, as the scarce and treasured resource they have become. In the meantime how can we provide a socially distanced 'thank you' to Dave and Geoff?
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AuthorI am indulging my passion for ceramics by undertaking studies for an MA at UCLAN Archives
August 2021
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