A new social enterprise scheme in east London helps locals train as potters in an artist’s studio. Meet the terracotta army designing planters for your gardenIt’s easy to miss the narrow alleyway that leads to Troy Town Art Pottery, running along the wall of Hoxton Street community garden in east London. The low building, which is filled with light that pours through a glass vaulted ceiling, used to be a potting shed. Its horticultural history is about to be revived. Artists have used this ceramics studio to produce work shown at Tate Britain, the Turner Prize and in the Arts Council collection, but now it is also a school where young local people learn to throw garden pots.Troy Town was founded by the artist Aaron Angell in 2014 as a resource for artists wanting to experiment with clay as a material for sculpture – rather than as something to make teapots with. Names such as Anthea Hamilton and Steven Claydon have been resident at Troy Town. Angell is part of the growing generation of artists fascinated by clay and his work has been shown all over the world in recent years as collectors and museum curators have woken up to the pleasure of pottery. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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