Clay Works: Making Spaces
Making Spaces was a twelve-week project that took place from September to December 2020 as part of the British Ceramics Biennial’s Health programme Clay Works.
The project involved exploring ideas about place and space through a series of online workshops. Initially planned to take place in person in the BCB Studio on the historic Spode works site, the sessions were moved completely online due to the COVID pandemic.
It was all about coming together, making plates, drawing and exploring hand-building techniques.
By the end of the project, participants had made new friends, shared skills and connected with each other and clay.
With support from ABLE, Connecting Choices and Early Intervention Team and funded by Garfield Weston and Arts Council England.
Making Spaces
making together at home
not alone
it is good
to see everyone
to see new friends
to be doing something you
remember from the studio
doing something new
enjoying the plate sketching
clay stretching
rolling scoring building
coiling pinching drawing
laughing relaxing
It’s tactile therapeutic
mindful
relaxing
proud and focussed
making plates, telling our stories
mute unmute video on
pop snap crackle
the clay dissolves
we use it again.
Making spaces online
together
at home.
- Collected reflections from our group.