We were priviledged to have a seminar session with Stuart Carey as part of our lockdown online meetings. Stuart is a young potter who has had the most amazing portfolio career in ceramics. He makes functional ware (see below) - an area renowned to be difficult to make money in. He has sold through both large and smaller stores, undertaken commissions, but also recorded 'how to' videos, written books, and started membership ceramic studios. The Kiln Rooms in London was the second of these. We watched a video recording of a talk he gave at Ceramic Art London a few years ago and then were able to ask him questions. Stuart was very generous with both his time and his advice. It covered tricky areas such as how to pitch and price your work, the relationship with galleries and buyers, and how to build resilience in to your career. He also emphasised points made by others that we probably all need repeating regularly -do what you really want to do, insist on quality, look carefully at your work, review and learn. I took lots of notes and now have no excuse! Thank you Stuart. .
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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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