Christmas Sale!

12th December, Copeland Park, Peckham London
11am-5pm
I'll be there selling these little porcelain ornaments, as well as some mugs, cards, and handmade bags from a women's co-operative in Balakot, Pakistan! So if you need a present or two, please come and have a look.

Open studios!

This weekend is our Open Studios! I'm going to a wedding on Saturday afternoon, but Rosanna Martin will be there. Like last year, we'll be baking some bread in the kiln.
Welcome!

Resor // Journeys

In a couple of weeks I'll be taking part of a show that opens in Angered, Gothenburg Sweden, together with Phoebe Boswell and Aysan. All three of us have moved across borders. Our works contain narratives about the movements of people, migrating to find a new place, home, existence. About fleeing, about the longing for freedom.
26 September - 24 October


ESTER SVENSSON is Swedish, born in Pakistan and now lives in London. Her work is influenced by the landscapes and cultures she has lived in or passed through. Ester Svensson describes travelling or migrating people and how the sense of identity, belonging and home is in constant change.
http://estersvensson.com/

PHOEBE BOSWELL
A seven meter long portrait of the tram ride between Linnéplatsen och Angered. Phoebe Boswell is an award-winning visual artist who was born in Kenya, grew up in the Middle East and now lives and works in London. She makes multimedia installations, animations, and drawings. Phoebe Boswell is also invited by GIBCA to participate in the biennial program.
http://www.phoebeboswell.com/

AYSAN' s art studies in Iran was interrupted because she expressed political opinions. When she fled to Sweden she left also her art work behind. Here in Gothenburg she will create new pictures.

Photo: Ester Svensson, A journey.

#gibca2015
GIBCA - Göteborgs Internationella Konstbiennal is held every other year and is one of the leading art biennials in the Northern countries.

#gibcaextended
This exhibition is a part of the biennials satellite program GIBCA Extended.
http://www.gibca.se/
   
Click here for the event details!

Solidarity with Refugees

Image from No One Owns the Land, Rosanna Martin & Ester Svensson 2014

In London this Saturday 12th September, there will be a demonstration in 

Solidarity with Refugees.

Starting from Marble Arch at 12:00, we will march to Downing Street.

You can find all the information here.

On September 14th, Theresa May will be attending a meeting of the EU's 28 member states for emergency talks on Europe’s escalating refugee crisis.

It is vital that she takes with her the conviction that the British people that she represents are open to helping refugees and that we can’t continue to allow thousands to die trying to reach the EU and their legal right to claim asylum. 

We have to ensure that refugees can reach Europe safely. There needs to be either official safe transport provided, or if people could apply for asylum from outside the EU they would be able to enter by official routes.

We need to prioritise the fast processing of asylum claims from people from particularly dangerous regions, such as Syria.

We can’t allow any EU countries to close their borders or build fences. There needs to be Europe-wide consensus on providing help where it is so desperately needed, relieving pressure on the Mediterranean countries. 

Last chance to see MANY A SLIP

Professional development talk at the Kiln Rooms

This Thursday (13th August), Rosanna Martin and i will be giving a talk at the Kiln Rooms, an open-access ceramics studio that recently opened in Peckham, as part of their Professional development programme!

The address is Unit 9C, Copeland Park, 133 Rye Lane, London SE15 3SN.

Starts at 7pm with drinks.

from No One Owns The Land, 2014. Photo by Nigel Green

Many a Slip

I'm very happy to be showing two little pieces in Marsden Woo's summer group show:

Many a Slip

Invited artists juggle with the domestic symbol of 'the cup'

Marsden Woo Gallery
22 July - 5 September

Copeland Yard Sale

On Saturday I'll be selling some bicycle mugs in Copeland Yard by the Bussey Building in Peckham. Our little one will be there to attract the customers. We'll be sharing our stall with the lovely Bimba Champion, who makes brilliant hand printed cards and tea-towels (amongst other things).
So if you're in the area please pop by to see us!
1-6pm.

I'm on maternity leave :-)

in progress...

"Ask the corners of his bed about restlessness, the one who passed the night tossing in longing."
That's a poem that was painted on a truck in Pakistan, found in Wings of Diesel by Jamal J. Elias.

The past few months i've been working on pieces for a show that will be in Sweden in September. More details closer to the time, but for now here is a little picture.

Mudlarking

Anne-Laure's Studio Tours

I've been interviewed by friend and potter Anne-Laure Cano as part of her Studio Tours. Click HERE to read it.

Morocco

We went to Morocco over new year's, and we loved it. Marrakech, Tamatert, Telouet, Skoura, Taliouine, Essaouira and then back to Marrakech in a little rental car.