Ceramics Studio Co-op

Ceramics studio and workshop in London, UK

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  • Open Studios 3-4 December 2022

    You are warmly invited to our annual winter Open Studios, a unique opportunity to meet and buy directly from ceramics and pottery makers who base their practice in Deptford.

    3 December 14:00-18:00

    4 December 12:00-17:00

    A bowl glazed with warm green-brown glaze and carved out shapes
    Small jug with vertical blue lines glazed in shiny white glaze
    Hand thrown plate with blue wave inlay and small red dots glazed in tranparent glaze. It is warm off white colour.
  • Summer pottery courses 2022

    Summer pottery courses 2022

    People’s Pottery  – 6 week Summer Courses

    Join us for 6 week pottery courses this Summer. All classes in our studio are by our experienced and enthusiastic tutor Anna, studios co-founder. Short summer course is a good start if you are unsure yet about taking on a longer course, and committing for several months of working with clay. Or if you would like to see if the studio will work for you.

    Our studio recently moved to a new convenient location in Deptford, and we are very excited to welcome all new students, and those who’d been a part of the studio education progamme before.

    Tuesday Evening: 2 August – 6 September 2022

    Thursday Morning: 4 August – 8 September 2022

    Friday Morning:  5 August – 9 September 2022

    Saturday Morning: 6 August  – 10 September 2022

    If you missed out on the class you are interested in, get in touch to be added to the mailing list or in case someone drops out.

  • Deptford Ukraine Fundraiser – 31 March

    We are so pleased to be to contribute to community fundraiser and support air to Ukrainian Refugees.

    You can buy raffle tickets in advance here! And have a chance to win one of the places at our Throwing on Potter’s Wheel taster class!

    The Deptford Ukraine Fundraiser is going to be a night of DJs, food, raffles and auctioning.We have bagged some extremely generous prizes from artists, makers and givers all local to Deptford.The prize draw will be taking place next Thur 31st at Villages. The money raised will be going to the Disasters emergency committee Ukraine humanitarian fund.

    See you there!

  • We’ve moved to Deptford 👋

    We are excited to share that our pottery studio just relocated to Deptford. Take a note of our new address:

    73-79 Childers Street
    London
    SE8 5JR

    And here is a photo of Anna, moving a kiln on a palett lift, and our beautiful old classroom behind.

    Bye-bye Juno Way 👋

  • New space for ceramics coop

    10-year lease on new studio premises

    We are delighted to share we are on the last stages of signing a lease on the new studio premises less than a mile away from our current site.

    We are pleased to announce that we are beginning to build the new studio soon, and will be moving to Deptford, Childers Street within the next several months.

    The new studio will mean we can have:

    • Improved spacious Open Access Studio for all our members to enjoy.
    • Ground floor step free access for easier delivery of artworks and for those less able to cope with stairs.
    • Accessible toilet and a baby change.
    • No more dark corridors and pallet trucks racing.
    • Easier access to transport, including more bus links and 10 minutes walk from New Cross station, while New Cross Gate and Surrey Quays remain similar distance away. We will remain on Cycleway 10 (Waterloo-Greenwich).
    • We can deliver on our Net Zero Targets. Our new building has a green roof with solar panels. We will be able to install enough bike racks, and reduce the temptation to use cars. We will be able to start recycling plastics, paper and tins. (We are not stopping at switching to green energy.)
    • We will be able to invest into new machinery for the studio, and create dedicated plaster and glaze mixing areas. The longer-term lease allows us to end the time of uncertainty and concentrate on creating a better facility for all of you to enjoy.
    • And one more thing… we will be next door to many more local ceramics artists.

    We are off to design the layout for the new kiln space. Take care. See you at the opening…

    Ceramics Coop, Anna and Tatiana

    More information about our upcoming classes in Summer 2022

  • Laura Ní Fhlaibhín – ‘in the marl walled court of the fairyqueen’

    The image represent exhibition postcard, describing the names of the exhibition and the location in different classic typefaces.

    Ceramics Studio Co-op is pleased to share this wonderful project by Laura Ní Fhlaibhín. We are excited to be Laura’s ceramics workspace and technical support for this project.

    Opening at 2pm
    Sunday 15th August

    The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co Wicklow

    Wexford-born artist Laura Ní Fhlaibhín presents a new body of work at Tinahely Courthouse Arts Centre.
    Drawing on research undertaken during two residencies at the community studio housed in Tinahely’s Market House, in the marl-walled court of the fairy queen exists both as a text and as suite of votive objects, from clay ‘spirit creatures’ to wall drawings, tiny bronzes, commemorative plate and an embroidered flag bearing the emblem of a hare.

    Ní Fhlaibhín’s discovery of the use of marl clay as a primary material for building rudimentary houses prior to the Famine provides a starting point for her explorations into aspects of the colonial judiciary, the fate of Famine-era ‘criminals’, and the historic exploitation of the area’s natural assets.
    Archival research into court records points to the transportation of convicts to the New World during the nineteenth century, in addition to the harvesting and transportation of timber from Wicklow’s ancient oak forest to England’s shipyards, and, reputedly, to build the Old Palace of Westminster.

    These histories form a reimagined narrative of a justice dispensed not by colonial powers, but by the herbal wisdom of barrister-witch Biddy Early, in a tribunal informed by poet Brian Merriman’s comic masterpiece, The Midnight Court.

    Through transformative process including casting metal, firing and glazing, marl clay, bronze and steel become carriers of social history, architectural oddness and impenetrability. Invading small spaces, ledges, nooks and crannies around Tinahely’s Market Square and the Courthouse Arts Centre, Ní Fhlaibhín’s almost insignificant works subtly repopulate the town while the Gallery plays host to the eponymous text.
    The project will be accompanied by a short pamphlet available from the gallery.

    Laura Ní Fhlaibhín completed her MFA at Goldsmiths in 2019 and her BA at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 2013. Recent exhibitions have included, ‘Society of Nature’,OnCurating, Zurich 2021, ‘Meet; Gorey School of Art 2021, ‘Gargle’, RAW labs, London, 2020, ’Róisín, silver, rockie’ solo show at Palfrey Space, London 2020, ‘Caol Áit1/2’, 126 Galway 2020, Burren College of Art, Ireland, 2019; Deptford X, London, 2018; Tulca, Galway, 2018; ‘Water jets were used on the four corners of the building’, Newington Art Space, London, 2018; ‘a speech that showed the chair in the middle’, Enclave, London, 2018; ‘Dodecagon’, Space Union, Seoul, 2017; ‘Lamellae’, The Lab, Dublin, 2016. She was the recipient of the Goldsmiths MFA Graduate Almacantar Studio Bursary Award 2019, and Next Generation Bursary, Irish Arts Council 2020. Laura was awarded Arts Council England award, Developing Your Creative Practice, 2021, Visual Arts Bursary Award Irish Arts Council 2021, and Agility Award 2021.

    How to get to Tinahely:

    By Car: M11 to Gorey, then R725 to R748 to R747

    By Train / Bus: Train to Arklow, then 800 bus to Tinahely

    Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/o4jmtDmgDPNuW6iW6

  • COVID-19 Policy – Wear your mask when visitng us

    Date: 26 July 2021

    We have carefully considered changes in law that lift almost all COVID-19 restrictions starting from 19 July 2021. To protect studio users and staff from illness and disruption, we have decided on the following changes to our policy.

    During Summer term 2021 our classes will have reduced number of students to make sure distancing is easier. We will continue ventilating the space as much as possible.

    Please wash your hands more often than usual, when you arrive, and before you leave the studio. Soap and paper towels will be provided for handwashing.

    We ask everyone to continue wearing face coverings. Distancing is not always possible in the studio due to the nature of our interaction, and it is essential to protect those most vulnerable to infection. Face covering is something which safely covers a nose and a mouth.

    If use of a face covering is problematic or not possible, we ask you not to attend these sessions, and let us know in advance, so we can arrange a refund.

    We are unable to accommodate face covering exemptions. Distancing is not always possible due to the nature of our interaction, and we have a duty to protect people at high risk from coronavirus. If you have a class booked and are unable to wear a face covering, please contact us for a refund. We will be happy to see you next time, when it will be safe for us to change this decision.

    Use of face covering is compulsory in the studio to all users and staff at the moment.

    If you forgot your mask, disposable medical face masks are available in the studio.

    Do not come in, if you have been asked to self-isolate, or have any COVID-19 symptoms on the day of your class:

    ·      a high temperature

    ·      a new, continuous cough

    ·      a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste

    If you have these symptoms, stay at home (self-isolate) and get a test.

    Thank you for your cooperation, and we look forward to seeing you.

  • Ceramics Studio Co-op to receive a grant from the Culture Recovery Fund

    Ceramics Studio Co-op to receive a grant from the Culture Recovery Fund

    • Ceramics Studio Co-op among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund 
    • This award will help Ceramics Studio Co-op rebuild a healthy economy in the studio.

    Ceramics Studio Co-op in New Cross, London has received a grant of £ 42 865 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. 

    More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country including Ceramics Studio Co-op in the latest round of support from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary announced today.

    Ceramics Studio Co-op is an artist- run worker’s cooperative founded in 2014 in South London in response to the lack of quality ceramics workshops accessible to new makers, and to create an ethical employment for artists.

    This award will help rebuild a healthy economy in the studio. Ceramics Studio Co-op will carry on running pottery classes, provide open-access workshop for hobby potters and sculptors, continue kiln firings and maintain studio space services for ceramics artists.

    Over £800 million in grants and loans has already been awarded to support almost 3,800 cinemas, performance venues, museums, heritage sites and other cultural organisations dealing with the immediate challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

    The second round of awards made today will help organisations to look ahead to the spring and summer and plan for reopening and recovery. After months of closures and cancellations to contain the virus and save lives, this funding will be a much-needed helping hand for organisations transitioning back to normal in the months ahead. 

    Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, said:

    “Our record breaking Culture Recovery Fund has already helped thousands of culture and heritage organisations across the country survive the biggest crisis they’ve ever faced.Now we’re staying by their side as they prepare to welcome the public back through their doors – helping our cultural gems plan for reopening and thrive in the better times ahead.”

    Anna Baskakova, Co-director, Ceramics Studio Co-op said:

    “We are delighted and welcome this support from Arts Council England. This year we faced many challenges, the grant will help us keep our doors open for everyone. The recognition of the importance of the work we are doing here in Lewisham shows ceramics is a valued field for the arts.”

    Young woman wearing blue overalls smiles

    Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair, Arts Council England, said:

    “Investing in a thriving cultural sector at the heart of communities is a vital part of helping the whole country to recover from the pandemic. These grants will help to re-open theatres, concert halls, and museums and will give artists and companies the opportunity to begin making new work. 

    We are grateful to the Government for this support and for recognising the paramount importance of culture to our sense of belonging and identity as individuals and as a society.”

    The funding awarded today is from a £400 million pot which was held back last year to ensure the Culture Recovery Fund could continue to help organisations in need as the public health picture changed. The funding has been awarded by Arts Council England, as well as Historic England and National Lottery Heritage Fund and the British Film Institute.  

    Arts Council England is the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Let’s Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision. www.artscouncil.org.uk

    Following the Covid-19 crisis, the Arts Council developed a £160 million Emergency Response Package, with nearly 90% coming from the National Lottery, for organisations and individuals needing support. We are also one of the bodies administering the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. Find out more at www.artscouncil.org.uk/covid19.

    At the Budget, the Chancellor announced the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund would be boosted with a further £300 million investment. Details of this third round of funding will be announced soon. 

  • Please use a face covering when visiting

    Use of a face covering is compulsory in the studio to all users to make sure 1m+ distancing advice can be maintained. Unfortunately, not all areas of the studio have space to keep 2m distance. We decided in favour of using a face covering with advice of The British Medical Association, and we ask all members to adhere to this decision.

    If use of a face covering is problematic or not possible, we will ask members to postpone the return to the studio, and firing service customers to delay their visits until this rule can be relaxed.

    Thank you for your cooperation. It is greatly appreciated.

    Ceramics Coop

  • Bookings for People’s Pottery Spring Term 2020 now open!

    We are excited to start taking bookings for classes running in the new year. You can click on the classes icons to find out more about each class and make your booking.

    If you are keen to join longer and more in-depth session, Thursday mornings are best for you. It is our longest class of 3 hours!

    If you are unsure about signing up for 12 weeks – join Friday mornings, which can be booked in half-terms, so you can see if you like it before committing for couple of months.

    All our classes have structured introduction into pottery techniques that will allow you to build understanding of ceramics and make your own special pieces.

    If you have any questions about the classes in the upcoming year, do get in touch.