Dr. Natasha Mayo’s lecture is generously sponsored by South Wales Potters. Natasha Mayo is a figurative ceramist who explores how thought can be channeled and reveal itself through gesture, pose, and the responsiveness of our skin, often conveying reaction without us even realizing. It is an approach that offers rich possibilities for the content of ‘thinking through the skin’, more exciting still for the way
Euan Craig’s activity throughout the festival is generously sponsored by North Wales Potters. ‘I make hand crafted, wheel thrown, wood-fired, porcelaneous-stoneware. Functional pottery inspired by Sustainability and Environment, Tradition and Innovation. I chose pottery as a career in 1978 at the age of 14, and worked part time in potteries in Australia until I graduated from Latrobe University wi
Iku runs Kintsugi Oxford, alongside of practice of traditional Kintsugi, she has been offering workshops in Japan, Italy, Iceland, Spain and UK using new materials and carries out Kintsugi repairs for private. Website: www.kintsugioxford.com Instagram: @kintsugioxford Your browser does not support the video tag.
Writer’s CV reads like a travel retrospective. Wander-lust is what he says takes him across the world for invited residencies, workshops and exhibitions. Adil is an architect with a Master’s degree in architecture from the University of Houston, Texas. He worked in Bombay as an architect before reaching Golden Bridge Pottery to study ceramics. Since 2000, he is a partner at Mandala Pottery in Auroville where he strik
Image credit: Andrew Hurdle ‘From a young age, I have been captivated by the transformative power of clay. My grandmother would buy me brightly coloured plasticine and I spent countless hours modelling horses channelling my emotions into tactile, physical forms. Horses were the first creatures I encountered outside of my family home. Early connection to both horses and clay has profoundly shaped my artistic jo
Nicholas Lees studied Ceramics at the University of the West of England (BA) and University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (MA), having previously also studied English and History at the University of Kent (BA). In 2012 he completed an MPhil by project at the Royal College of Art in London. His work has been exhibited widely in the UK and overseas and is held in private and public collections including the V&
Image: Copper Sounds 27 June – 15 September Opening of the exhibition Saturday, 6pm 28th June – Everyone is welcome. Three practices that combine ceramics and sound: William Cobbing, Abi Haywood and Copper Sounds. Presenting video and ceramic sculpture in immersive multimedia installations, each artist explores how the medium of clay can be activated through performance and technology, treat
Image: Bonnie Grace We are delighted to announce a British Council funded special project, a collaboration with ICF Aberystwyth, Nantgarw China Works Museum and Ruthin Craft Centre. Based on a theme of recycled sherds found in Wales, Elif Ağatekin (Turkey) renown for her sculptures of recycled ceramic material will work with Bonnie Grace an emerging artist from Wales. The residency will include outreach workshops w
Image: Jane Sampson at Mid Wales Arts ICF 2025 is excited to be focussing on a sustainability theme for the next festival. It will include examples of low energy kilns, single firing techniques, work created from waste materials, kintsugi and traditional practices in Japan and India. Confirmed demonstrators include Euan Craig (Japan), Elif Ağatekin (Turkey), Yuliya Makliuk (Ukraine), Adil Writer (India) and Li
Image credit: Sylvain Deleu Rich Miller’s activity throughout the festival is generously sponsored by Potclays Shortly after graduating from UCA Farnham in the early 00’s Rich took over Foyle Tiles, a hand producer of high fired stoneware tiles. During twenty years of owning Foyle they carried out a range of prestigious commissions, including the new Pavillion at Tate Gallery in St Ives, The V&A gift
