Spent a couple of afternoons at the old Spode factory site in Stoke - atmospheric setting for the Ceramics Biennial.
It had a different feel to the last Biennial in 2013. There were still the fun and thought provoking exhibits such as the vending machine for pots - and I shall treasure my little £2 pot caught just in time.
However, there was much more evidence of looking to the future, and collaborations with industry, such as the exhibition of student designs using single fired materials, and demonstrations of 3D printing with porcelain - many thanks to Michael Eden for taking time to talk about how his work in this area fits within his creative process.
Lovely to see the outcome of the clay cargo project started a few years ago and linking Stoke along the canals to London. The concerns about declining skills in manufacturing remain and I am looking forward to meeting Neil Brownsword at the Oxford symposium.
