Circles of Memories
Open studio exhibition by the Longton Collective.
An exhibition to coincide with this year’s British Ceramic Biennial, by the Longton Collective - Reiko Kaneko, Peter Ibruegger and Man Kit. A showcase of work in progress that centres around the many interpersonal relationships of past and present that continues to compliment and stimulate the collective’s practices. A variety of design methodologies and production processes are on show from 09—10 October at the Longton Collective Studio in Stoke-on-Trent.
Sat 9th October
10—6pm with designers’ talks at 3pm
Sun 10th October
10—4pm
Unit 8 Marie Works
Ayshford Street
Longton
Stoke-on-Trent
ST3 2PP
01782 311 668
To find us, walk through the archway below Plastercast and through the cobbled yard. Our studio is up the first blue stairs on the right. Call 01782 311668 if you need help finding us.
Reiko Kaneko
A ceramicist, designer and educator. Reiko works at various scales in a range of typologies, designing both products for manufacture and bespoke pieces for commissioned projects. The focus of her practice is on mastery of material and form.
As Industrial Ceramics becomes UK’s red list for endangered crafts, Kaneko will be exhibiting a collection of master moulds created over the last decade by the late Mark Thompson, an accomplished mould maker in Stoke-on-Trent, meant as a celebration of his life through video and display of his work and memories. Also on show are Kaneko’s latest experimentation in broken beauty through sculptural explorations.
Peter Ibruegger
A German / Chinese queer artist, designer as well as a yoga and meditation teacher. Peter works in differ ent media including watercolour painting, ceramics and drawing exploring meditative sluthood. He takes an interest in repurposing and re-contextualising materials and rituals with an alternative twist.
On display are the Ouroboros tea sets which he collaborates with manufacturers in Stoke-on-Trent, the historic centre of English ceramics. His work is exhibited internationally and his ceramics are sold world wide including MoMA (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Guggenheim (Venice) and Liberty (London).
Man Kit
With a past life in the sportswear industry, Man Kit is currently a postgraduate Psychoanalysis student and works in a variety of mediums from woodworking to quilt making. Within the broad spectrum of industrial processes and regional craft, he approaches design in humanistic terms, exploring the boundaries between function, tradition and emotional engagement.
His latest projects on show are Rabbitware and Livenware, blurring the lines between analogue and digital I/O for 3d printed bone china, through these projects he explores alternative uses and applications of animal remains that has an emotional value to us.
