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Whatever happened to the painterly potter?
Watching Alex Shimwell throw on YouTube always reminds me of watching Kevin Millward. Kevin Millward was a visiting tutor during my final year of my Undergraduate degree, he only taught at the university one day a week for four weeks. … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Making, Meerkat, Nurph
Tagged Alex Shimwell, ceramics, clay, design, journey, Kevin Millward, learning, making, paint, painter, painterly potter, pottery
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The importance of a narrow focus
I didn’t know it at the time but James Hake gave the best advice to me when as an art student and I told him I wanted to be a Potter. His advice was simply that you should start off … Continue reading
Posted in Making, Meerkat
Tagged Adam Field, Carter Gillies, ceramics, clay, Dove Street Pottery, handles, hands on thinking, James Hake, Jeremy Steward, learning, making, meerkat, mugs, pottery, Research, Tony Clennell, tools
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Making as a Performance
Making by throwing or hand building is the only part of the process where the clay feels alive to me. As soon as it dries out to greenware, my love for it wanes. Generally all love is destroyed as it … Continue reading
Posted in Making, Meerkat
Tagged ceramics, clay, hands on thinking, live streaming, making as a performance, meerkat, perfomance, Theaster Gates
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