2024 GRADUATE SHOW MADE IN STOKE-ON-TRENT
MA CERAMICS
Located in the internationally celebrated centre for ceramic excellence and innovation, Stoke-on-Trent, MA Ceramics at Sta ordshire University is renowned for its expertise in ceramic design and manufacturing. The course o ers an expansive creative experience that intersects a diversity of contemporary ideas and practices; from product design to sculpture and installation, it embraces current inter-disciplinary perspectives that investigate ceramics as both material and subject.
The course continues to build upon a wealth of accumulated specialist knowledge, practical skills and good working practices which have been developed in this city for over 300 years. Combining this with the cutting-edge technologies and equipment on our Stoke campus, provides students with an excellent opportunity to exploit both digital tools with traditional know-how and material knowledge. Although clay and ceramics remain core to this study, MA Ceramics embraces an open exploration of other materials which can enrich and extend individual expression.
https://www.sta s.ac.uk/course/ceramics-ma
GRADUATE SHOW 2024
MADE IN STOKE ON TRENT
STEPHANIE TSANG
Stephanie wants to rebuild the connection between humans and nature; this is explored through the combination of wild clay and waste materials.
Inspired by the form of traditional Korean moon jars, Stephanie re-creates these forms delicate white appearance, to surfaces hewn from wild clay and waste metals, she questions the concept of perfection and imperfection.
central source of inspiration, along with the within.
aspects on the farm; this is theme is expressed through constructing forms in recycled materials which are then transformed and
LEUNG HOI LAAM MICHELLE
MEYSAM NASERNEZHAD
Meysam is highly form-oriented, drawn to both interchangeably as a plate or a bowl; this dual cuisine presentation.
KIM HARGREAVES
Vibrant, unique and exquisitely detailed, Kim’s colour and of the female form.
conjoined multiples. She explores the idea thought processes associated to the roles of women and girls.
JACK WALTERS
illustrations, each piece becoming a three-
Poignantly inspired by domestic life and the captures a playful whimsy that comes from
Imogen’s pieces are romantic, abstract and paintings on and with clay.
Imogen’s playful, yet considered compositions, comfort of nature, resulting in other-worldly scenes which balance on the edge of reality.
HEATHER RICHARDS
hrichardspottery@gmail.com
romantic elements of British life and culture seen through the lens of an American Anglophile.
Altered classical forms decorated with contemporary colours and patterns- an updated twist to country eclectic design. Inspired by tell charming stories in clay
CLAIRE WARBURTON
colourful Guardians, which are thrown or slip cast in sections, and the contrasting smaller monochromatic Sentinels, which are slip cast from parian.
BRYAN SCHMIDT
participation and engagement with the audience by using marbles as both a medium
Designed to guide marbles in dynamic and to engage both physically and mentally, Through this process, Bryan blurs the lines between artist and audience, transforming
ANELIYA STOYANOVA
“Digital Coiling: Challenging Perceptions” explores the limitless potential of digital technologies and 3D printing in clay to incorporating light into her installations, the coexistence with nature and a sustainable future.
