ClayCraft

A NEW DAWN FOR CER AMICS

When does an arts show become mainstream, and raise the profile of a medium that the general public can relate to? Is there a time when you change from purely being a maker to a collector of other people’s work?

The influence of television programmes such as those featuring Grayson Perry, and the Throw Down, have had a major inf luence on the public’s awareness of ceramics. Open-access studios have reported a continued demand

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from ClayCraft

ClayCraft5 min read
Slabbed Cat Vase
DIFFICULTY RATING ■ A cylinder former – could be a cardboard tube or a small length of drainpipe. The best size is between 7-8 cm in diameter■ Newspaper to cover the former■ Clay of choice – earthenware or stoneware, preferably white■ Rolling pin, 5m
ClayCraft4 min read
In The News
Jacqui Atkin reports… Each year, I catch up with Wendy Lawrence and Wayne Clarke to find out what Ceramic Wales will be doing differently this summer and if they have learnt anything from the previous year. From our conversation, I realised that org
ClayCraft1 min read
ClayCraft
ClayCraft Magazine www.claycraft.co.uk Kelsey MediaThe Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6AL EDITORIAL Editor: Rachel Graham; claycraft.ed@kelsey.co.uk Consultant editors: Jacqui Atkin, Kevin Millward Contributors: Jacqui Atk

Related