Showing posts with label ceramics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ceramics. Show all posts

Friday, 13 January 2012

POTS: LOOK and LISTEN

If pots could talk…
Well ours can. ‘Talking pots’ aims to bring you closer to individual pots by letting you hear about them straight from their makers’ mouths.  
This lidded box by Phil Rogers, however, would be pretty good at keeping a secret or two…
Look and listen here:



Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Touching Vase


Come to our gallery and you’ll see signs on the wall saying ‘you are welcome to handle the pots'.  

Often, the way a pot sits in our hands or the way the glaze feels underneath our fingers is what establishes our connection with the object and helps us to understand the beauty within it.
Here’s a great example: Mike Dodd’s textured vase

Watch this video to see and hear how this reptilian pot came to life.


But what does it feel like? To find out, come to Mike Dodd’s exhibition opening this Saturday, 26 November.