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...Canadian potter John Reeve created a community of Mingei-style potters in Canada, while New Zealand potter Len Castle, who had worked with Hamada in Japan, pioneered his country’s studio pottery movement...
...Lucy Wood, a former senior curator of furniture at the V&A, has recently overseen a project to restore two chairs designed by the 18th-century architect William Kent....
...and Serbia 200th day of the Hamas-Israel conflict after Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7 last year UK: 100th anniversary of both the first radio broadcast by a British monarch, George V...
...Last year I did a visual-communication job for Travis Scott’s new album and thought I’d treat myself by buying one. I didn’t know it was possible to love a car this much....
...“In terms of the impact of globalisation and industrialisation, the nadir for Stoke was somewhere between 2005 and 2010,” says Tristram Hunt, director of London’s V&A museum and author of The Radical Potter...
...Players continue to flock to GTA V a decade after it was first released, thanks to a steady stream of new content and add-ons from its developer, Rockstar....
...Corin Mellor, creative director of David Mellor DesignRichard Batterham: Studio Potter by Tanya Harrod and Sarah Griffin This was published alongside an exhibition of his work at the V&A....
...“Edmund is perhaps the potter — and writer — most intimately associated with the iconic material of porcelain,” says Alun Graves, the V&A’s senior curator of ceramics and glass, 1900 to present day....
...His other hand holds the rod with the Hand of Justice made for the 14th-century king Charles V, destroyed during the revolution and remade in 1804 for its new sovereign....
...Burleigh, another heritage potter, is not producing coronation ware at all. But Emma Bridgewater is confident. Royal occasions are a big deal for its customers....
...His Lily of the Valley designs are exclusive to the V&A, as are the giclée prints of illustrations by Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear....
...The best book I’ve read in the past year is Richard Batterham: Studio Potter, which was published alongside a new exhibition of his work at the V&A....
...The house has won prizes at the V&A Illustration Awards, as well as being recognised in the book trade for its bindings, production and indexing....
...‘Richard Batterham: Studio Potter’, until September 26, V&A; vam.ac.uk Follow @FTProperty on Twitter or @ft_houseandhome on Instagram to find out about our latest stories first...
...In 1969, Collingwood became the first living weaver to show at the V&A when a series of his rugs and wall hangings went on display alongside the work of potter Hans Coper....
...She also notes a set of colourful men’s silk waistcoats from the 18th century pulled from the V&A collection....
...As ever, get in touch with Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com) with thoughts for new articles. Happy reading!...
...“When I first started making art I would lead with being a potter more than a conceptual artist. I wore it as a badge of honour. This is a continuation of that making of vessels....
...Silicon Valley is known for disruption, and Uber’s former chief executive Travis Kalanick personified its “ask for forgiveness, not permission” approach to launching quickly....
...The trio of exhibitions stretching from the V&A to the Whitechapel Gallery and White Cube also reveals a fearsome curator....
...Tristram Hunt is director of the V&A and a former MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central....
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...In 2017 the game’s creators handed curation over to artists, asking Frank Ocean to create a radio station for GTA V....
...Most recently the Astroworld tragedy, which led to 10 deaths at a concert by rapper Travis Scott, has cultivated its own mythology too, says Richards....
...Writing in her blog in June 2016, potter Harriet Coles echoed the sentiments of the 48 per cent of UK voters who wanted to remain in the EU....
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