Clayground has just completed a marathon exploration of the creative potential of clay with 11 schools across London, from Southall in the West to Rainham in the East, Enfield in the North and Lewisham in the South. Clayground specialises in working with artists and experts with different specialist knowledge. All points of the compass on clay have been covered: we have dug and refined, developed making skills and explored the history and potential of clay through archaeology, story-building, sculpture, film animation, geography, maths, even movement and dance. Children have exchanged information and artefacts with schools in other countries including South Africa and USA. What on Earth is Clay? was funded by A New Direction, an organisation that provides ways for young Londoners to access arts and culture.
Working with film-maker, John Horabin, students have created their own films, working out how to achieve certain effects to create their own clay Olympics. Scroll down on the link below to view clay sessions and animations made in just a day at Keir Hardie primary School in Newham and Scargill Infants school in Rainham.
http://www.anewdirection.org.uk/content/313/Clayground-Collective
This is amazing to read, particularly as not only do i work with clay, but i am currently writing my dissertation on the demise of the ceramics industry in stoke, which is a bleak topic when you hope to be able to forge a career in the same area!
However reading this has filled me with hope and new direction for the end of my dissertation. If at all possible, could you please send me a contact for whom may be able to answer a question or two, about what you are doing so i could include this in my findings. I can reassure you i do not want to take up your time, they will be simple and direct! Thanks!
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