MA Ceramics

MA Ceramics A studio based course for those who want to develop their individual practice in ceramics, supported by teaching in a wide range of specialist areas.

MA Design: Ceramics at BSAD, Bath Spa University aims to develop individual abilities within the subject, whether through practice or historical or theoretical study. Approaches range from sculpture and installation through to studio ceramics and design for products. Why study Design: Ceramics? The course is distinctive in offering you the opportunity to specialise in ceramics as a medium allied t

o a breadth of possibilities, and establishing negotiated individual modes of practice. Course structure:

The course is offered in both full and part-time modes. It is normally one year (3 trimesters) in duration in full-time mode or 6 trimesters in part-time mode. The first two trimesters comprise taught sessions and assessed projects, while the Master’s Project in the final part of the course is by negotiated project only. Completion of the first 2 modules on the course lead to the award of the Postgraduate Certificate, and completion of the first 4 modules leads to the award of the Postgraduate Diploma. Subsequent completion of the MA double module leads to the award of MA Design: Ceramics. In the first trimester you will undertake a module in research methodologies in conjunction with students from other design disciplines. You will also be establishing and initiating your studio based creative practice through individual and group tutorials, critiques and a live project in conjunction with the Holburne Museum. This teaching will cover issues of technique together with aesthetic and design ideas and their interpretation and context within contemporary practice. This approach to studio work will be further developed in the second trimester, alongside an individual analysis of the relevant theoretical, cultural and social context for your work. The four modules taken in the first two trimesters lead to the postgraduate diploma (PGDip). The final trimester, leading to the MA, comprises an individually negotiated and self-initiated body of work building on the knowledge and skills already acquired. You will be supervised by tutorial through to completion. The project will be selected from options giving an emphasis either to individual expression or a more design-based approach.

Tarkovsky said an artist should never try to convey her ideas to an audience, but should instead simply ‘Show them life,...
01/04/2020

Tarkovsky said an artist should never try to convey her ideas to an audience, but should instead simply ‘Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.’ Coming from a storyteller whose works could hardly be described as lifelike, this advice would perhaps be better phrased ‘Show them a world, and let them explore it.’ That world doesn’t have to be true to life as long as it’s internally consistent, however perverse (consider Beckett’s plays, for example). [ 477 more words ]

Tarkovsky said an artist should never try to convey her ideas to an audience, but should instead simply ‘Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.’ C…

From a Rivka Galchen review of: Unbinding ‘The Pillow Book’: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic by Gergana Ivanova. L...
30/03/2020

From a Rivka Galchen review of: Unbinding ‘The Pillow Book’: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic by Gergana Ivanova. LRB Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2 January 2020 One compelling idea of beauty is that something is beautiful to the extent that it sets off in the mind of the looker (or reader) a series of attempts to categorise the beautiful thing – at which point, once the correct category is found, the beautiful object can settle into ordinariness. [ 86 more words ]

From a Rivka Galchen review of: Unbinding ‘The Pillow Book’: The Many Lives of a Japanese Classic by Gergana Ivanova. LRB Vol. 42 No. 1 · 2 January 2020 One compelling idea of beauty is that somet…

Kurt Schwitters, Merzbau, 1923-48, 12' x 19' x 15'. Reconstruction by Peter Bissegger. Something to while away the hours...
30/03/2020

Kurt Schwitters, Merzbau, 1923-48, 12' x 19' x 15'. Reconstruction by Peter Bissegger. Something to while away the hours?

Kurt Schwitters, Merzbau, 1923-48, 12′ x 19′ x 15′. Reconstruction by Peter Bissegger. Something to while away the hours?

I found this for Shruti, but it's so nice I thought I'd share with everyone. Alex is an old friend from Bower Ashton day...
30/03/2020

I found this for Shruti, but it's so nice I thought I'd share with everyone. Alex is an old friend from Bower Ashton days and is a lovely man, as well as being a wonderful artist... Artist video here

I found this for Shruti, but it’s so nice I thought I’d share with everyone. Alex is an old friend from Bower Ashton [the Art School in Bristol] days and is a lovely man, as well as bei…

I thought this was interesting in the context of our writing workshop (even though we weren't writing novels, of course)...
30/03/2020

I thought this was interesting in the context of our writing workshop (even though we weren't writing novels, of course). It's from a review of Fernanda Melchor's Hurricane Season, in the London Review of Books. Pretty fierce, but fascinating and instructive, all the same. Mars-Jones always has a gimlet eye when it comes to writing on writing. (Worth having a look at a different review too, by M John Harrison in the… [ 563 more words ]

I thought this was interesting in the context of our writing workshop (even though we weren’t writing novels, of course). It’s from a review of Fernanda Melchor’s Hurricane Season…

23/03/2020

Rupert Beale 2230 words London Review of Books 42:6, 19 March 2020 (cover by my good friend Alexander Gorlizki!) I first heard​ about coronaviruses in 1999. Their special cunning is in the huge length and complexity of their RNA genome. RNA is much less stable than DNA, so RNA viruses tend to be short. We measure them approximately in kilobases (kb) of information. [ 2,158 more words ]

Rupert Beale 2230 words London Review of Books 42:6, 19 March 2020 (cover by my good friend Alexander Gorlizki!) I first heard​ about coronaviruses in 1999. Their special cunning is in the huge le…

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020 CONVIVIAL CLAY If you are a ceramicist don't miss the 2020 Whitegold International Ceramic priz...
24/02/2020

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020 CONVIVIAL CLAY If you are a ceramicist don't miss the 2020 Whitegold International Ceramic prize which is still open for submissions. The theme for this year is ‘Convivial Clay’. Our Quartz and Feldspar prizes will be awarded to the best projects that enable convivial community interactions through their engagement with food and clay.. - Quartz Award – £10,000… [ 465 more words ]

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2020 CONVIVIAL CLAY If you are a ceramicist don’t miss the 2020 Whitegold International Ceramic prize which is still open for submissions. The theme for this year is ‘Conv…

Alison, who graduated from the MA Ceramics course in 2018, will be showing at Collect this year: Press release from Ruup...
11/02/2020

Alison, who graduated from the MA Ceramics course in 2018, will be showing at Collect this year: Press release from Ruup & Form We are delighted to have been selected to participate in Collect 2020, an international art fair for contemporary craft and design presented by the Crafts Council. Ruup & Form will be showcasing at Collect 2020 for the first time presenting the work of seven makers in an exhibition titled ‘Lost and Found’, focusing on makers who are passionate about sustainability and the environment and work with found material - reshaping waste. [ 215 more words ]

Alison, who graduated from the MA Ceramics course in 2018, will be showing at Collect this year: Press release from Ruup & Form We are delighted to have been selected to participate in Collect …

We are advertising a permanent post for a Technical Demonstrator, at our amazing new Locksbrook campus. If you think you...
20/01/2020

We are advertising a permanent post for a Technical Demonstrator, at our amazing new Locksbrook campus. If you think you are the woman, or man for the job, please apply here. And if not, do pass it on...

We are advertising a permanent post for a Technical Demonstrator, at our amazing new Locksbrook campus. If you think you are the woman, or man for the job, please apply here. And if not, do pass it…

13/12/2019

Felicity Aylieff (from Bath to China) If you have graduated from BSAD and would like to consider an opportunity to take part in an alumni exhibition at Locksbrook, please find information here.

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30/10/2019

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The Whitegold and Garden Projects aim to make creative, innovative and activated public spaces that use art and gardenin...
23/10/2019

The Whitegold and Garden Projects aim to make creative, innovative and activated public spaces that use art and gardening to celebrate the culture of clay country, enhancing its sense of place. Current Opportunities The Whitegold Project wishes to commission three artists to create art in public spaces for St Austell that inspires, challenges and reflect on this unique place. Off the main tourist trail, St Austell in Cornwall is an industrial town moulded from the china clay beneath its feet and which is now looking to creatively reshape its future. [ 410 more words ]

The Whitegold and Garden Projects aim to make creative, innovative and activated public spaces that use art and gardening to celebrate the culture of clay country, enhancing its sense of place. Cur…

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