Two Local Exhibitions - Part One

 There are two exhibitions worth visiting at the moment, both in the town centre of Stoke.

At the Spode Works the British Ceramics Biennial is in full swing

and at Stoke Minster there is The Longest Yarn 2: Britain at War which has just arrived from it's showing at Southwell Minster, in Nottinghamshire.

Let's pop into the Spode Works and find just a few of the unusual works on display.

 

Above and below Slip Tales was a community project led by Sue Blatherwick to explore the heritage of Staffordshire slipware in a contemporary style.

(Not) Guilty Pleasures by Jo Taylor, contemporary designs influenced by the Rococo style popular in the Regency period.

The title comes from her hearing someone say that watching Bridgerton was their 'guilty pleasure'.

Just Be There 

by Johnny Vegas and Emma Rodgers.

The work addresses the beauty and transience of physical contact and interaction.  The installation captures the fleeting moment of human hugs in a permanent form.

Biba Klico Domestic Rituals - Kettle Reliquary

Loop: Postcards from the Green Belt by Alison Rees

The 400 ceramic postcards are a snapshot of  Alison's experience of  walking the London Outer Orbital Path.

Time for a morning coffee at The Little Vintage Tea Room at Spode Museum and then over the road to the Minster.

part two to follow