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    Mad about you

    Jul 21, 2019 4 minutes
    INTERVIEW Alice Lines
    PHOTOGRAPHY Kate Claridge

    Lyttelton’s Grace Uivel has recently opened the door to her new space Ata Ceramics, fulfilling her desire to curate a shop dedicated to pottery expertly crafted in Canterbury, and “make a proper life” out of being a potter.

    Congratulations on your new venture, Grace — how are you finding it? It’s nice to have a little more creative control on the retail side of things. I love seeing my work in other retailers’ spaces, as they give it another context and a different life with different people buying it, but here I can make, sell and display things exactly how I want.

    I think Ata has also been really positive

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