17th Nov 2011 ⁄ East of England ⁄ Members of the Suffolk Craft Society have made Christmas trees from wood, textiles, metal, glass and ceramics which now set the scene for the Suffolk Craft Society’s Christmas Exhibition, titled The Magical Forest, in Gallery 2 at the Town Hall Galleries...
21st Oct 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ A Stoke-on-Trent based ceramics design company is preparing for its UK launch as part of an international celebration of the industry. Royal Designer for Industry Robin Levien will be visiting the British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) next week for...
30th Sep 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ The Crafts Council and Staffordshire University have teamed up to reinvigorate ceramics teaching in Staffordshire's secondary schools. The partnership sees the launch of a scheme to train teachers, refurbish and re-fire kilns, and supply equipment and materials...
5th Aug 2011 ⁄ Wales ⁄ From 16 September to 6 November 2011, Ruthin Craft Centre in the hills of North Wales will play host to Reggie’s Roller Palace by Olivia Brown. Reggie’s Roller Palace is Olivia's latest installation featuring over 100 handmade ceramic dogs with the backdrop of a vintage roller-skating rink. Olivia graduated from Manchester Metropolitan Univers...
6th Jul 2011 ⁄ London ⁄ 'This is Design' is a celebration of the Design Museum’s Collection, which examines the impact of design on the modern world, whilst also exploring the consequences of design and how it shapes our lives and contemporary culture. The Collection has been in storage for over five years and during this period it has been catalogued, conserved and doc...
1st Jul 2011 ⁄ North West ⁄ Following last year’s great success the Liverpool Design Show has been extended to 3 days this year in the stunning neo-classical surroundings of the Grade 1 listed St Georges Hall. Around 100 independent designers will showcase furniture, ceramics, lighting, jewellery and fashion, whilst discussing their skills and selling their creations to an ...
14th Jun 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Members of the public are being invited to visit a student art exhibition at Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC). The annual end-of-year exhibition is being hosted at the College’s new £60 million campus on Knutton Lane. The exhibition which runs from Saturday 18 June to Saturday 25 June, will open with a private view for VIP guests on Friday 17...
7th Jun 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ The British Ceramics Biennial returns to Stoke-on-Trent this autumn. Building on the success of the inaugural festival in 2009, this international cultural event, taking place from 30 September to 13 November, will continue to present the very best in contemporary ceramics. Six weeks of celebrations will include exhibitions, site-specific installat...
2nd Jun 2011 ⁄ South East ⁄ A wide range of work by a mixture of established and emerging artists, from Sussex and the South East of England, will be on display at the Zimmer Stewart Gallery from 4th June - 6th August. Their mixed “Summer of Art” exhibition will showcase paintings by Katharine Le Hardy, Nick Bodimeade and Phil Tyler. Along with original prints by Gary Go...
13th Apr 2011 ⁄ Being a multidisciplinary design studio, its only natural for Think Fabricate to take a holistic approach to design. From residential to university settings, the company has often provided not only the vision for a space but also the furnishings within it.
Now Think Fabricate can add another notch to its design tool belt with its first set of...
4th Apr 2011 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Broseley potter, Elspeth Soper will be holding an Open Studio event at Willey Furnace Pottery this early May Bank Holiday. The Open Days at Willey Furnace Pottery are very popular with those that know and love Elspeth's distinctive decorative and functional pottery that features chickens, hares and guinea fowl...
28th Feb 2011 ⁄ North East ⁄ A NORTH East academic is to give a lecture on sustainable ceramic art and design at an inaugural international conference in Sweden next month.
Dr Andrew Livingstone, a senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland and subject leader of ceramics at the National Glass Centre, will present a research paper at the first ever International Ceramic...
10th Feb 2012 ⁄ East Midlands ⁄ Blue Yates is a professional Classical guitarist, performer and recording artist, specialising in Classical, Acoustic and Latin genres and this February marks the 10 year anniversary of his guitar tui...
