"Indirect Sunlight" by Laura Aldridge & James Rigler is the latest exhibition residency in the sunlit space at NOW Gallery. The glass walled gallery is in perfect position for this show which features potting seeds as its interactive activity. As a visitor you can make your own newspaper compost pocket to either take away to plant at home or leave amongst the sculptures to germinate on site. Last night was the opening party with ceramic vessels full of nasturtiums to lay the foundations of greenery to take over for the duration of the exhibition. I think that it's colour which is always at the heart of the artists chosen to exhibit here from Yinka Lori's geometric painted furniture to Molly Goddard's tulle dresses. Following suit, Laura's textiles are layered in harmonic hues and ripple in the breeze blowing in from the Peninsula. To compliment these tones are the slips and glazes on the ceramic planters and gourd bubble fountain by James. His pastel shade and shallow lily-pad trays are clay canvases to be filled with the paper plant pots from visitor's creations.
Here are snaps from the opening with floral Pimms and canapes by Craft London.
Check out the schedule for gallery planting workshops with Urban Growth here
Simon Kidd revisited his home of Northern Ireland for his final collection in BA Ceramics at Central St Martins. He wanted to use materials from the Mourne Mountains to heal wounds from past conflicts. The process of his project not only collected materials and tools from the quarries but also used the turf to fuel the saggar kiln. To tie the whole thing together, he then collected the ash from his purpose-built furnace to incorporate into the glaze of his porcelain plates. Plaster models were cut using a replica of the traditional Slean tool traditionally used to dig turf - you can see a rare original hanging here in his display. From start to finish each beaker and bowl was born from the granite terrain of Sliabh Donairt and bogs of Dregish.
Along with the other artists I am featuring, Simon has been selected for his innovation in the Mullenlowe Group NOVA Awards. See them all in the Central St. Martins degree show TWO today, Sunday 24th at 1 Granary Square, King’s Cross, N1C 4AA.
When I see something so good, it makes me emosh = Lubna Chowdhary, artist in residence at The V & A Museum. The ceramicist opened up her studio during London Design Festival for visitors to have a poke around the paraphernalia of her process. It was the BEST THING I'd seen for very long time and I've seen ALOT!!!!
