BA Ceramic Design Show 2023 Central Saint Martins

from Emerging Potters magazine - July to September 2023

Louise Frances Smith is making Margate central to her new work

The start of the student shows and Central Saint Martins in London was once again one of the high points in the summer for the creative industries. After all the pain of Lockdown it was an event where students could at last talk to the people who had come to support their work.

What is so impressive about the college is the sheer divergence of all the students, with some 27 graduating this year. Apart form the Royal College of Art I can’t think of any other college internationally that can command such a following, and attract students who are there to follow their development in ceramics.

Each student has a story of their selfdevelopment but it would take a great deal of space to be able to accommodate their stories, so here I have tried to capture an overview of the evening I attended.

Much of the credit for it’s success needs to go to the course leader Anthony Quinn who has managed to retain the values of the college while at the same time take advantage of the superb facilities. No easy task when many courses nationally are under threat.

What next? For some it is a MA course and for others they will join the international art market.

We wish them well, which ever direction they take next.

Rhythm

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