Making | Writing | Curating
The tradition of ceramics in Northwest Skåne is unmatched anywhere else in Sweden. The turn of the last century saw a growing interest in the possibilities of clay, and the ceramics industry started to grow rapidly. Although those days has been consigned to history, a number of artists, ceramicists and designers are still working to... Continue Reading →
Out in late winter this new book by Carrie Kania & Alan Oliver takes us in the street of London with the eyes and words of a collection of writers. Inspiring and nourishing this new title by ACC Art Books needs to have a place on your desk .. to get inspired to find your... Continue Reading →
International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design relocates toSomerset House for its 16th edition(27 February – 1 March 2020 / preview 26 February) The Crafts Council announces Collect will return for its 16th edition, presented for the first time at Somerset House in London.The Crafts Council founded Collect in 2004 with the aim to... Continue Reading →
The first major museum exhibition of one of the world’s most influential fashion houses. Dates: Opening September 2020 at the Design Museum, London The exhibition will offer unprecedented insight into Prada’s creative approach, inspirations and landmark collaborations. Facing the future, it will explore Prada’s transformation of the idea and practice of fashion and the continuing evolution... Continue Reading →
Pottering Around. In Conversation with .. Emily-Kriste Wilcox
A new important date for your diary: The York Ceramics Fair 2019 is just around the corner this coming weekend (Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November: 10am – 5.00pm) Following on from last year’s success, we’re staging the second York Ceramics Fair in the beautiful grounds of The Hospitium. More applications than ever before means we... Continue Reading →
New exhiiton about Umberto Boccioni at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, in London opened in September and is on until 22 December 2019. If you are around .. have a look. Meanwhile.. read a bit more from the Collection. The destruction, in 1927, of a number of plaster and mixed-media sculptures by the... Continue Reading →
The Art in Clay is on in Farnham. The Pottery & Ceramics festival is open today and tomorrow for you to explore a selection of potters and ceramic artists. Here's a selection of some of them. If you are around the area and interested in pottery .. don't miss it. My five picks from the... Continue Reading →
Pottering Around. In Conversation with Kirsty Adams
10 Corso Como presents "Unique Pieces" an exhibition by Rosanna Bianchi Piccoli, from Thursday 24th October 2019 to Monday 6th January 2020. Rosanna Bianchi Piccoli is an artist known for her research into ceramics from its origins to the present day. On display, a selection of faience: Cosmopiatti and Vasi Sacri, rigorously unique works, the... Continue Reading →
Drawing Matter. An exhibition by Eleanor Bartlett, Lucinda Burgess and Carole Pearson at no format Gallery, Arklow Road, Deptford SE14 6BN. From 6.11.2019 to 10.11.2019 Eleanor Bartlett, Lucinda Burgess and Carole Pearson all emphasise the nature and character of different kinds of matter, be it graphite, wax, tar, paper, wood or metallic paint. They are... Continue Reading →
At the end of the summer I started working on a series of conversations with a selected selection of modern ceramicists and today I am so happy to share my latest digital chat with Kira Ni, a very enthusiastic potter that shares with us her secrets and discoveries ..Her relationship with clay and porcelain ...... Continue Reading →
Emily-Kriste Wilcox is a specialist in handbuilding and has been a professional ceramicist for 14 years. She has recently been awarded "Best Artisanal Interior Decor Products 2019" for her innovation in business as well as overall outstanding achievement. Emily has developed her ceramic practice to create pieces suitable for interior décor, with an emphasis on bringing... Continue Reading →
Craft Central is holding a designer- maker winter market in its east London home, The Forge, on the 16 & 17 November. This brings together a selection of talented craftspeople to sell handmade products ranging from home accessories, fashion and jewellery to ceramics, stationery, prints and more. This is the perfect opportunity to buy special... Continue Reading →
An exhibition of new ceramic and textile works by Renee So, created during a residency at West Dean College. From Saturday 28 September until Sunday 12 January 2020 at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex. Just a week ago today, I was on my way to Sussex for work and pleasure. I hadn't... Continue Reading →
“In modern art, as everyone knows, the beauty of deformity is very often emphasised, insisted upon. But how different is Korean deformity. The former is produced deliberately, the latter naturally. Korean work is merely the natural result of the artisan’s state of mind, which is free from dualistic man-made rules… Here lies buried the mystery... Continue Reading →
This 25th Anniversary exhibition is to celebrate Joanna Bird’s life as a Gallery owner exploring decorative objects and fine art over the last 30 years. The show seeks to capture an enlightened world where beautiful objects appeal and amuse – some charmingly suggest whilst others demand attention – to be handled, utilised, arranged, hung high, touched... Continue Reading →
50 unique works of art from the collections of the Musée National Picasso in Paris, on display at MIC Faenza from November 1st 2019 to April 13th 2020 in dialogue with the sources that inspired the artist 50 unique pieces from the collections of the Musée National Picasso-Paris will be on display at the MIC in Faenza,... Continue Reading →
‘Re-Use, Re-Think, Re-Imagine’ presents the work of seven UK-based experimental artists and makers, whose practice explores unique responses to materials and process. The group exhibition will feature new and existing works, spanning glass, ceramics, found objects, textiles and furniture. Whether repurposing, recycling or innovating, each of the makers are challenging traditional conceptions of craft and... Continue Reading →
Choosing Keeping is hosting an exhibition in their shop in Covent Garden. Private View 3rd October from 18.00. The first in a new series of exhibitions at Choosing Keeping, presenting exquisite stationery related items handmade by some of the finest and undiscovered craftspeople worldwide. Ann Hepper has a passion for boxes - if she’s out... Continue Reading →
Mari Balsamà Wilson 