Ceramics
From Josiah Wedgwood to Grayson Perry, Britain has a great tradition of ceramics. Keep up to date with this ever developing tradition with Culture24 news, exhibition reviews, event listings, web reviews and more from UK
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In Pictures: A taster of objects from the Crafts Council 40:40 website
A teasing taster of objects from the Crafts Council's beguiling 40:40 website celebrating 40 years of supporting crafts based practice in the UK.
Exorcising the Fear: British Sculpture from the 1950s at Pangolin London
Pangolin London is revisiting the British sculptural renaissance of the 1950s after the 1952 Venice Biennale introduced a new wave of British sculptors.
Steel dogs and coppiced willow tree sculptures as the Ferrers Gallery enjoys Animal Magic
A playful show to spark the imagination for the opening one of the year at the Ferrers in Leicestershire, where visitors will be treated to beautiful sculptures celebrating nature.
Pitt Rivers Museum welcomes fiery sculpture display in New Iron Age exhibition
A group of artists have donned protective suits and headed into an Oxfordshire furnace to produce a series of sculptures inspired by Oxford University's Iron Age collection.
New Spode History Centre to open in Stoke on Trent for Spring 2012
An important aspect of the ceramic heritage of Stoke-on-Trent is to be preserved as the Spode Museum Trust reveal plans to open a visitor centre at the former Spode Factory site.
New gallery reveals skill of Neolithic Chinese potters at The Oriental Museum in Durham
After two years of intensive research by Chinese art-historian Xiaoxin Li, the Durham University site opens a beautiful display including bronze weapons and religious artefacts.
Curator's Choice: Michael Regan picks three tiny teapots made by a Master of Shandong ceramics
The curator of From the Realm of the Dragon: The Ceramic Heritage of Zibo, China, at The Lightbox in Woking, enjoys a combination of beauty and functionality.
The Power of Making portrays the power of the Crafts Council at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Kathleen McIlvenna beholds the beauty of the V&A's major exhibition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the British Crafts Council.
Royal College of Art sculptor uses Staffordshire clay to win Ceramics Biennial Spode Award
Phoebe Cummings, a 30-year-old sculptor who shapes clay on site, wins top prize at the British Ceramics Biennial for Fragment, from her series A Place Half Remembered.
Sculpture shaper Gordon Baldwin reveals his influences in Excitations at York Art Gallery
Ahead of a major retrospective of his 60-year career next year, revered sculptor Gordon Baldwin picks key influences from York Art Gallery's collection for a new display.
Pottery and archaeology unite in Out of the Earth at Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Potter Chris Carter and archaeologist Martin Green collaborate for an exploration of Cranborne Chase, a plateau which stretches across Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire.
The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman: Grayson Perry let loose in the British Museum
A hubristic journey sees pieces from the British Museum’s collection pitched against the works of the Turner Prize winner, who acts as artist, curator and guide.
British pottery is alive and well at the British Ceramics Biennial 2011 in Stoke
The second British Ceramics Biennial showcases a wide variety of ceramic art at the former Spode factory and the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, as well as other locations across Stoke.
Enclosures: Charles Matton's miniature worlds at All Visual Arts
Thirty undiscovered "boites" make up the first major retrospective of the enigmatic French artist Charles Matton at All Visual Arts.
Scorching talents of The British Society of Enamellers in The Heat is on at Oxfordshire Museum
If you've never heard of Cloisonné, Champlevé or plique a jour then a group show by more than 25 enamellers at the Woodstock venue will showcase their beautiful effects.
