Poland 2011

Here is some of my trip to Poland...

Stoke Ceramics Biennial

Today I took a trip to Stoke-on-trent, for the ceramics biennial, I wanted to learn more about the craft of ceramics I thought this would be good for me, it was GREAT! ranging from delicate and simple teacups to exploring to use of ceramics and themes.

A lovely big space, an original Spode factory site.

Elizabeth Addyman

"The inspiration for this body of work comes from an insight into people collecting spoons, especially Welsh love spoons. lizabeth’s interpretation has been to make the spoons from materials that she had to hand, using skills she possess. 

These pieces have been hand crafted using porcelain, wire, textiles and various ephemera. Most are delicate in an attempt to mimic the original woodcarvings.

These spoons also carry an individualistic message. They are not meant to be read as part of a collection, nor intended to be functional. Just as the Welsh love spoons, they are simply to portray a personalized message to give to a loved one"

Caroline Tattersall

Angie Thirkell

"My work engages in a kind of domestic surrealism, somewhere between the Mad Hatter;s Tea Party and an Edwardian drawing room"

Thomas Weber

/\ Above, me trying to be part of the art! /\

 Sarah Callard

Sun Ae Kim

"I am interested in creating narrative, satirical contemporary stories in ceramics referring to the 18th and 19th century figurines in Europe."

Dark Matters Exhibition

Today I visited the Dark Matters- Shadow, technology art at the Whitworth art Gallery- sad to say I was a little disappointed. Found it a little boring, with such a good subject matter I was hoping for more.

On the other hand there was one piece that blew me away! Still Life No.1 is a 3D structure from acrylic polymer forming shapes and figures displayed on a table, revolving around this table is light source that both feeds the installation on the table to give it a winter glow and forms moving shadows around the area that engulfs the viewer. This installations was made by a collective called Brass Art- are Chara Lewis, Kristin Mojsiewicz and Anneke Pettican, three artists based in Manchester and Glasgow. They have worked together since 1998. 

-picture taken from http://darkmattersart.com, but I don't feel any pictures will do this piece justice, you have to view and be part of the carousel ride to appreciate it properly.