A class trip out! The BCB has been held alternate years in the China Halls of the old Spode factory, as well as other venues around Stoke on Trent. It was good to go with other Ceramics MA students to share and discuss differing reactions. I had attended in previous years but it would have been easy to miss this one as it runs for a shorter time in 2019. here are just a few photos: This photo does not really do the glaze justice; I can only describe it as luscious. The pots below use slips and sgraffito to tell a story in words and apparently non related images. I liked the use of colour, the intricate carving of patterns and images and the way they related to the pots themselves. These moon jars also use the pot as canvas. They tell a story about the pottery industry in Stoke but are much less explicit. A smaller version of the series (the macquettes?) was among the assembly of 'pots from the famous' forming a mini exhibition gallery with guide prices and available to purchase through auction.
As far as i know none of our group felt able to bid......... One of the interesting exhibits was that made of of sitting figures done by school children. It reinforced my determination to include an element of participation into my MA work. Not to ask my audience and purchasing public to make my individual pieces but to give them choices as to how they are assembled together thus proving a final 'say' in the artwork.
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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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