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24 March – 19 May 2022

ProjectPast

The Growing Project × Modern Clay 20‑23

2020 – 2023

Modern Clay is a co-operative clay studio in Birmingham, run by artist members.

A small clay head sculpture sat on a piece of newspaper
A small clay head.
A scan of an old cigarette card showing a vase by Ruskin Pottery
A cigarette card showing a vase by Ruskin Pottery, an art pottery studio founded in 1898 in Smethwick.
Black, white and pink marbled rod-shape piece of pottery
A marbled piece from the studio.
A black metal frame stool with green rubber feet and blue polypropylene seat.
A Hille stacking stool, designed by Robin Day.
A pressed leaf
A pressed leaf found in the studio copy of the book, The Potter's Manual.
A large brush
A large brush used to apply glaze.
A pink exercise book with 'Modern Clay Kiln Log Book' written in black Sharpie.
The Kiln Log Book is our single source of truth.
Eight rectangular pieces of fired clay, each stamped with a material reference
Firing samples for the Growing Project.
Blue plastic bags of re-used clay stacked on some grey shelving
Bags of re-used clay in the Modern Clay studio.
A pot with brown glaze
Studio object in brown glaze.
A marbled piece of clay showing indentation marks from being hand-squeezed
A hand-squeezed object.