2018 POTCLAYS AWARD WINNERS
Posted on - 29th March 2019
The 2018 Potclays Graduate Award winners' interviews received to date are now published.
This is our fourth year of awards and we've supported a total of fourteen universities in 2018.
The winners of the Potclays Graduate Awards are selected by each institution's course leader for demonstrating exceptional skill/concept and a thorough understanding of the material.
The 2018 Potclays Graduate Award winners are:
FAYE HADFIELD | BA Hons Contemporary Art Practice | Bath Spa University
MORGAN REES DOWDALL | BA Hons Ceramics | Cardiff School of Art & Design
HOLLY BURTON | BA Hons Design Crafts | De Montfort University
JOKA VAN WIJK | Morley College
NATALIE BELL | BA Hons Decorative Arts | Nottingham Trent University
BETHANY ANTLIFF | BA Hons 3D Design Crafts | Plymouth College of Art
CAITLIN WINSLOW | BA Hons Designer Maker | Staffordshire University
CAITLIN DARBY | MA Ceramic Design | Staffordshire University
EMMA MOUNSEY | BA Hons Applied Arts | Wolverhampton University
NAOMI STELLA | MDes 3D Design & Craft | University of Brighton
LEWIS RUSHTON | BA Hons Ceramic Design | Central Saint Martin's (UAL)
LOUISA DANIEL | BA Hons Fine Art | Loughborough University
NATALIE MOON | BA Hons Three Dimensional Design | Manchester School of Art
ALICE WALTON | MA Ceramics & Glass | Royal College of Art
Congratulations to all of this year's award winners.
- Potclays are committed to promoting ceramics in our schools, colleges and universities. We offer financial, advisory and technical support to promote ceramic practice in education.
- Each year we provide graduate and postgraduate awards to further education courses offering ceramics in the UK. We're wholly committed to supporting ceramics in education and all the wonderful talent it nurtures. Click here to read the interviews with the award winners - some of the UK’s rising stars in ceramics.
- We sponsor the Emerging Makers Award at the International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth. Read the interviews with the most recent finalists here.
- We sponsor the CSADceramics Excellence Awards at Cardiff School of Art & Design.
- We are keen supporters of the Crafts Council's education manifesto and work closely with them on a variety of projects devoted to increasing the profile of ceramics
- We are proud to be in partnership with the British Ceramics Biennial: We are the Education Sponsor of the festival, and are committed to supporting their on-going educational projects.
- We support and work closely with the NSEAD(National Society for Education in Art & Design)
- We are BBC Get Creative champions