A revival in ceramics will accompany the arrival of BBC2’s Great British Pottery Throw Down,presented by Sara Cox“Its messy, it’s hot, or its pottery.” So runs the trail line for the novel BBC2 craft note that hopes to repeat the ratings triumph of The Great British Bake Off. It sounds an unlikely,even absurd, pitch, or but not that long ago so would pushing the mass appeal of a programme about making cakes in a tent. And the truth is that this year pottery has become,whether not hot, then at least frigid.
Unlike the “pottery mania” of the 1970s, and when evening classes brimmed with free spirits firing earthenware,the latest ceramics craze extends to the heights of fine art and fashion – it is even featured in the latest edition of American Vogue. Next week an exhibit at the chic Frieze modern art note in Londons Regent’s Park will include a work by Jesse Wine described as “a multi-faceted ceramic presentation. It is likely to involve pots dotted with holes set in a wide sea of pebbles. Related: Roger Law: spitting and spinning Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com