Filed under: session | Tags: business, ceramics, handouts, pete moss, voice
PETE MOSS is a ceramacist, he presented the group with ways in which we can develop our own voice and turn our making into a business.
This session was invaluable, he provided useful handouts (mainly lists of ‘to do’ or contacts) and spoke with enthusiasm and passion about getting out there and doing what you love best. A great overview of working for yourself as a craftmaker. I’ll be referring back to this session in future without a doubt.
Maurice Maguire introducd his experiences in public and community art.
The session was really interesting and engaging in terms of how and what Maurice had acheived through his observations of space, community interactions, history and activity.
From a usefulness perspective, much like the sessions towards the end of last year, they raise my awareness of the variety of projects and ways of earning money from art, but I struggle see how, as a craftmaker, I can use these examples to further my own practice and business.
The group met to discuss the practical and operational issues around the Connect exhibition. It didn’t really feel like much work on our part as Maggie Warrn had a list of tasks / considerations to which we had to made decisions. This part of the session seemed to go without a hitch – all of the group agreed on aspects relating to comments books, invitations, timing for the provate view, sales and insurance.
Things became a little more tense when it came to making the model of the gallery and scaling our works down so we could see how it fits in the space. It was at this point we realised how cluttered the gallery was likely to be. Each member of the group had their own requirements: wall space, plinths, lighting, privacy, viewing distance… This was resolved through Maggie overseeing the basic requirements and then negotiations between individuals.
From my perspective, because I remained flexible I ended up compromising and in situation where I feel my work is not in a space that is conducive to what I am trying communicate through the display. I am placed next to work that is large, bright and overpowering, my work is small, detailed and intimate – I just don’t think it is going to work.
I will see arrange to see Maggie before the session next week to see if anything can be done to make this mismatch less obvious.
