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Strange Clay – Out of the Kiln: From Technique to Concept
Aaron Angell, Pie #1, 2020  Reduced puisaye stoneware with titanium slips, oni-shino, and pine ash glazes 52 x 42 x 20 cm.
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Strange Clay – Out of the Kiln: From Technique to Concept

Artists Aaron Angell and Serena Korda, curator Cliff Lauson and Crafts’ Isabella Smith come together to talk clay for Hayward Gallery’s Strange Clay.

Strange Clay: Woody De Othello, 'ceramics feeds my soul'
Sculptor Woody De Othello, wearing trainers and a baseball cap, stands in front of his ceramic works which feature in Strange Clay at Hayward Gallery
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Strange Clay: Woody De Othello, 'ceramics feeds my soul'

Ceramicist Woody De Othello, whose work appeared in the 2023 Hayward Gallery exhibition Strange Clay, introduces his work and approach.

Strange Clay: Edmund de Waal on his installation, 'Atmosphere'
Edmund de Waal, a white man with grey hair, wearing glasses and a dark shirt sits in a chair in a corner of his studio, behind him on one wall are white porcelain objects on shelves in a vitrine, on the other wall are many books on shelves
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Strange Clay: Edmund de Waal on his installation, 'Atmosphere'

The artist and master potter, introduces his installation piece Atmosphere (2014) part of the 2022 Hayward Gallery exhibition Strange Clay.

Rich Miller: a virtual tour of Strange Clay
Portrait of a smiling man
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Rich Miller: a virtual tour of Strange Clay

Rich Miller, ceramicist and television presenter, introduces the 2022 Hayward Gallery exhibition Strange Clay.

Strange Clay: Edmund de Waal on the power of clay as a medium for creativity
Edmund de Waal, a white man with grey hair, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, talks to camera whilst seated in his studio, behind him shelves are visible, one of which contains books
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Strange Clay: Edmund de Waal on the power of clay as a medium for creativity

Artist Edmund de Waal introduces us to his studio in this video produced in connection with Hayward Gallery’s 2022 exhibition, Strange Clay.

5 ways in which ceramics can improve your mental health
Visitors in a bright white gallery viewing several large, colorful, textured sculptures that resemble abstract mounds or cakes.
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5 ways in which ceramics can improve your mental health

Get a look at ways in which the medium focussed on in Hayward Gallery’s Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Arts could benefit your mental health.

Strange Clay: Magdalene Odundo on unlocking the secrets of clay
Artist Magdalene Odundo in her studio, she is wearing a polka dot top and behind her ceramic pieces sit on a table
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Strange Clay: Magdalene Odundo on unlocking the secrets of clay

Magdalene Odundo discusses how she became a ceramic artist and talks about the appeal of ceramics in this video filmed in her Surrey studio.

5 things to know about Strange Clay
Children looking at ceramic artworks surrounded by moss. Installation view of Klara Kristalova, Strange Clay_ Ceramics in Contemporary Art at the Hayward Gallery
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5 things to know about Strange Clay

Strange Clay was a Hayward Gallery exhibition that ran from 26 October 2022 to 8 January 2023; here are five things you need to know about it.