MA Ceramics

Tarkovsky said an artist should never try to convey her ideas to an audience, but should instead simply ‘Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.’ Coming from a storyteller whose works could hardly be described as lifelike, this advice would perhaps be better phrased ‘Show them a world, and let them explore it.’ That world doesn’t have to be true to life as long as it’s internally consistent, however perverse (consider Beckett’s plays, for example). [ 477 more words ]
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Show them a world… Tarkovsky said an artist should never try to convey her ideas to an audience, but should instead simply ‘Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.’ C…

From a Rivka Galchen review of: Unbinding ‘The Pillow Book’: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic by Gergana Ivanova. LRB Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2 January 2020 One compelling idea of beauty is that something is beautiful to the extent that it sets off in the mind of the looker (or reader) a series of attempts to categorise the beautiful thing – at which point, once the correct category is found, the beautiful object can settle into ordinariness. [ 86 more words ]
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Rivka Galchen on beauty and The Pillow Book From a Rivka Galchen review of: Unbinding ‘The Pillow Book’: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic by Gergana Ivanova. LRB Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2 January 2020 One compelling idea of beauty is that somet…

Kurt Schwitters, Merzbau, 1923-48, 12' x 19' x 15'. Reconstruction by Peter Bissegger. Something to while away the hours?
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Kurt Schwitters and Extreme Interior Decorating Kurt Schwitters, Merzbau, 1923-48, 12′ x 19′ x 15′. Reconstruction by Peter Bissegger. Something to while away the hours?

I found this for Shruti, but it's so nice I thought I'd share with everyone. Alex is an old friend from Bower Ashton days and is a lovely man, as well as being a wonderful artist... Artist video here
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Alexander Gorlizki I found this for Shruti, but it’s so nice I thought I’d share with everyone. Alex is an old friend from Bower Ashton [the Art School in Bristol] days and is a lovely man, as well as bei…

I thought this was interesting in the context of our writing workshop (even though we weren't writing novels, of course). It's from a review of Fernanda Melchor's Hurricane Season, in the London Review of Books. Pretty fierce, but fascinating and instructive, all the same. Mars-Jones always has a gimlet eye when it comes to writing on writing. (Worth having a look at a different review too, by M John Harrison in the… [ 563 more words ]
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Adam Mars-Jones on space in the novel I thought this was interesting in the context of our writing workshop (even though we weren’t writing novels, of course). It’s from a review of Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season…

Rupert Beale 2230 words London Review of Books 42:6, 19 March 2020 (cover by my good friend Alexander Gorlizki!) I first heard​ about coronaviruses in 1999. Their special cunning is in the huge length and complexity of their RNA genome. RNA is much less stable than DNA, so RNA viruses tend to be short. We measure them approximately in kilobases (kb) of information. [ 2,158 more words ]
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Rupert Beale on Covid-19 Rupert Beale 2230 words London Review of Books 42:6, 19 March 2020 (cover by my good friend Alexander Gorlizki!) I first heard​ about coronaviruses in 1999. Their special cunning is in the huge le…

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020 CONVIVIAL CLAY If you are a ceramicist don't miss the 2020 Whitegold International Ceramic prize which is still open for submissions. The theme for this year is ‘Convivial Clay’. Our Quartz and Feldspar prizes will be awarded to the best projects that enable convivial community interactions through their engagement with food and clay.. - Quartz Award – £10,000… [ 465 more words ]
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Whitegold Prize INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020 CONVIVIAL CLAY If you are a ceramicist don’t miss the 2020 Whitegold International Ceramic prize which is still open for submissions. The theme for this year is ‘Conv…

Alison, who graduated from the MA Ceramics course in 2018, will be showing at Collect this year: Press release from Ruup & Form We are delighted to have been selected to participate in Collect 2020, an international art fair for contemporary craft and design presented by the Crafts Council. Ruup & Form will be showcasing at Collect 2020 for the first time presenting the work of seven makers in an exhibition titled ‘Lost and Found’, focusing on makers who are passionate about sustainability and the environment and work with found material - reshaping waste. [ 215 more words ]
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Alison Brown at Collect Alison, who graduated from the MA Ceramics course in 2018, will be showing at Collect this year: Press release from Ruup & Form We are delighted to have been selected to participate in Collect …

We are advertising a permanent post for a Technical Demonstrator, at our amazing new Locksbrook campus. If you think you are the woman, or man for the job, please apply here. And if not, do pass it on...
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Ceramics Technical Demonstrator post We are advertising a permanent post for a Technical Demonstrator, at our amazing new Locksbrook campus. If you think you are the woman, or man for the job, please apply here. And if not, do pass it…

Felicity Aylieff (from Bath to China) If you have graduated from BSAD and would like to consider an opportunity to take part in an alumni exhibition at Locksbrook, please find information here.
http://bsad-ceramics.school.blog/2019/12/13/alumni-exhibition-call/

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Flux Email Invitation
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Chris Speyer at Devon Sculpture Park Flux Email Invitation

The Whitegold and Garden Projects aim to make creative, innovative and activated public spaces that use art and gardening to celebrate the culture of clay country, enhancing its sense of place. Current Opportunities The Whitegold Project wishes to commission three artists to create art in public spaces for St Austell that inspires, challenges and reflect on this unique place. Off the main tourist trail, St Austell in Cornwall is an industrial town moulded from the china clay beneath its feet and which is now looking to creatively reshape its future. [ 410 more words ]
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Whitegold commissions The Whitegold and Garden Projects aim to make creative, innovative and activated public spaces that use art and gardening to celebrate the culture of clay country, enhancing its sense of place. Cur…

Funda Susamoglu, Decamp (2012) How do we develop an approach to production that has a strong rationale, rather than producing high-quality, discrete objects? What does it mean to focus on the quality of your process, rather than the quality of finished pieces? What does it mean to you to take risks in your practice? How can you be playful in your practice? [ 617 more words ]
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A brief reflection on practice Funda Susamoglu, Decamp (2012)   How do we develop an approach to production that has a strong rationale, rather than producing high-quality, discrete objects? What does it mean to focus on th…

ARTBAR
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Marcus Harvey at Artbar ARTBAR

Some images from the show at Sion Hill below. There are two upcoming exhibitions of selected MA Degree Show work, in the new Locksbrook Gallery, curated by a team of MA Curatorial Practice students. Friday 11 October - Sunday 20 October Friday 25 October - Sunday 03 November Opening events: Friday 11 October | 6:00 - 9:00 pm Friday 25 October | 6:00 - 9:00 pm All welcome. Amy Daniels Chen Li Nicola Lidstone Yixuan Lu
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MA Ceramics 2019 | Sion Hill to Locksbrook Some images from the show at Sion Hill below. There are two upcoming exhibitions of selected MA Degree Show work, in the new Locksbrook Gallery, curated by a team of MA Curatorial Practice students…

Please see below from Professor Amanda Bayley - all MA students welcome. Human Origami: The Folding Continuum of Human-Environmental Life an introductory workshop and talk for staff , students & associates of the Research Center for Environmental Humanities & Creative Corporealities Research Group with Glenna Batson, ScD, PT, MA visiting Fulbright Senior Specialist (USA) Wednesday, 30th of October 2019 | 3 pm – 6 pm [ 263 more words ]
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Human Origami Please see below from Professor Amanda Bayley – all MA students welcome. Human Origami: The Folding Continuum of Human-Environmental Life an introductory workshop and talk for staff , student…

Last chance to apply for Ceramic Art London 2020. We promise next year will be bigger and better than ever. New faces are more than welcome. Come and be part of it. London is open. https://buff.ly/2zE1mts

Steve graduated from MA Ceramics in Summer 2018 and is showing work he developed on the course in the Fresh section of BCB. More info and images here. Looking forward to seeing it on the course trip to BCB this Thursday...
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Steve Sales at British Ceramics Biennial Steve graduated from MA Ceramics in Summer 2018 and is showing work he developed on the course in the Fresh section of BCB. More info and images here. Looking forward to seeing it on the course tri…

Bath Spa MA Degree Show
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Bath Spa MA Degree Show Visit the post for more.

For The Victims This page to share stories and post articles relevant to the opioid crisis poisoning the world. I would be very grateful if you help me with this project by posting on this page your memories, photographs, thoughts about your loved one.

Collecting Craft Bath’s Holburne Museum is exhibiting silver, textiles, ceramics, furniture and glass from the personal collection of crafts' patron Charmian Adams, celebrating the role of the collector in supporting makers. This display highlights a lifetime of collecting contemporary crafts including the best of British silver, textiles, ceramics, furniture and glass. Including many well-known makers such as Edmund de Waal and Lucie Rie often with a particular focus on early-career works, the display is a celebration of commissioning and supporting emerging makers and of the outstanding work produced by generations of British craftspeople Until 1 September at Holburne Museum, Bath.
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Conversations in Making For the first art exhibition at the Stonehenge visitor centre, artist Linda Brothwell is presenting 40 copper and silver vessels that draw on both archaeological artefacts and tools used today by local craftspeople. Until 24 November at Stonehenge Visitor Centre, near Amesbury.
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Linda Brothwell at Stonehenge Conversations in Making For the first art exhibition at the Stonehenge visitor centre, artist Linda Brothwell is presenting 40 copper and silver vessels that draw on both archaeological artefacts a…

Jerwood Makers Open Five new commissions by early-career makers Lucie Gledhill, Abigail Booth and Max Bainbridge (Forest + Found), Mark Corfield-Moore, Tana West and Bethan Lloyd Worthington brought about through the biennial Jerwood Makers Open. Each artist combines a high level of technical skill with imagination and intellectual adventure, constituting a fresh and exciting direction in their work. 19 June – 18 August at Jerwood Space, London.
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Jerwood Makers 2019   Jerwood Makers Open Five new commissions by early-career makers Lucie Gledhill, Abigail Booth and Max Bainbridge (Forest + Found), Mark Corfield-Moore, Tana West and Bethan Lloyd Worthington…

CLAY LIVE at Ashmolean Museum with Akio Niisato Sat 29 June, 2–3.30pm Followed by a PRIVATE VIEW of his solo exhibition at the gallery 4-6pm Book here.
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Akio Niisato at Ashmolean CLAY LIVE at Ashmolean Museum with Akio Niisato Sat 29 June, 2–3.30pm Followed by a PRIVATE VIEW of his solo exhibition at the gallery 4-6pm Book here.

Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Commons (NP.CM.G23/24) Wednesday 17th July 2019; 10:00 - 16:00 Book here. All students and staff at Bath Spa are warmly invited to attend this Research Festival, which will provide an exciting opportunity to find out more about the variety and wealth of creativity in research practices at the university. The Research Festival will showcase and celebrate research excellence across the university, increase awareness of current research activities in different departments and research centres, inspire and build future collaborations with colleagues and students, and explore how Bath Spa can continue to respond to global challenges facing the world today. [ 121 more words ]
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Bath Spa Research Festival Bath Spa University, Newton Park, Commons (NP.CM.G23/24) Wednesday 17th July 2019; 10:00 – 16:00 Book here. All students and staff at Bath Spa are warmly invited to attend this Research Festi…

Ali Brown at Précieux, Lille
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Ali Brown at Précieux, Lille Visit the post for more.

Opportunity for graduates, 2018 / 19 InSite-application-pdfposter
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In:Site 2019 Opportunity for graduates, 2018 / 19 InSite-application-pdfposter

Masters Project work, Walcot Chapel, Bath, 2019 Great to hear that Nic gave a presentation on her interdisciplinary (and potentially transdisciplinary) work in physiotherapy and ceramics at the Science Museum: MECHANICAL MEDICINE EVENT DETAILS
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Nicola Lidstone at Science Museum Masters Project work, Walcot Chapel, Bath, 2019 Great to hear that Nic gave a presentation on her interdisciplinary (and potentially transdisciplinary) work in physiotherapy and ceramics at the Sci…

Another successful piece by Chris, following on from his Masters Project work: Fold after firing, at Ibstock, Cattybrook brick factory, Almondsbury.
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Chris Speyer at Fresh Another successful piece by Chris, following on from his Masters Project work: Fold after firing, at Ibstock, Cattybrook brick factory, Almondsbury.  

Here's a few words from Neil Brownsword about Fresh, one of the main exhibitions at BCB festival 2019.

Fresh seeks to celebrate and promote the emerging talent in contemporary British Ceramics, in the context of its long history in Stoke-On-Trent. Awards will be made to selected exhibitors including a funded residency to Guldagergaard - International Ceramic Research Center!

Applications will be only considered from individuals whose primary medium is clay.

Deadline is 10 July, 5pm 🤞

For more information, head to our snazzy new website:
https://www.britishceramicsbiennial.com/what-we-do/annual-projects/working-with-artists/fresh/