Hamburger Bahnhof , Berlin

The sound of material . Beautiful installations by the late Rolf Julius and swedish artist Nina Canell . 'LAUTLOS' at Hamburger Bahnhof until April 21st .

EnglishEccentrix

Interesting statement the Royal Stafford puts out there on their website . The outcome can be viewed at the EnglishEccentrix booth at upcoming Ambiente in Frankfurt, end of this week !

Gardiner Museum , Toronto

on NOW at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto

Marsden Woo Gallery , London

John Rainey is a recent RCA graduate whose mixed-media sculptures question our very existence . however, to me they are mainly playful and refreshing to look at .  To see and experience from February 7th at the Marsden Woo project space .

Hetjens Museum

The Hetjens Museum in Düsseldorf presents 'clay display', a show about ceramics                                and graphic design . The exhibition has been curated by keramici, an initiative of young    professionals that set out on a mission to share their affinity for ceramics and the applied arts .              (Image left: Katherina Pawlaschyk & Britta Rübenach, “Alltag Fukushima” , photo by Volker Nünninghoff) .  

Keramik-Museum Berlin

There are two exhibitions at the Keramik-Museum Berlin, you shouldn't miss: "Form - Funktion - Ideologie. Keramik in Deutschland 1933 bis 1945" shows an exceptional overview on ceramic production during the Nazi regime. Unfortunately, this one ends tomorrow. "Gertraud Möhwald und Umfeld der Burg Giebichenstein" has been extended to May 6th, focusing on Möhwald's early work within a selection of works by former students of hers and other makers out of the academic environment of Burg Giebichenstein Art School.

Julian Stair ‘Quietus’

Londoner ceramicist Julian Stair's latest project 'Quietus : The vessel, death and the human body' is a lottery funded commission for mima, middlesbrough institute of modern art www.visitmima.com , now moving to the National Museum Cardiff www.museumwales.ac.uk . I have assisted Julian for a few weeks on the project and published an interview with him in the New Ceramics Magazine , Issue 6/12 !