http://www.artjewelryforum.org/

Makers who are interested in jewellery might want to keep looking at this site!

Chance favours the connected mind !

http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html

Some of this years graduates have work in the Waterfront Gallery Summer Show 2012 in Milford Haven.  Opens on 21 July and continues until 1 September.

http://www.thewaterfrontgallery.co.uk/

http://www.ted.com/talks/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty.html

Cool maker who has been making for 70 years +

http://www.orielmyrddingallery.co.uk

http://www.naomatsunaga.com

Looking ahead there is an exciting show coming up at Oriel Myrthin Gallery 8 September - 3 November 2012.

Jerwood Makers Open selects five newly qualified makers from over 200 applicants within the field of Applied Arts.  Each of the winners is commissioned to realise their proposal and to feature in this, the Jerwood Makers Open exhibition, which tours the UK.

http://www.edenceramics.co.uk/

Eden is one of the leading makers who have come from the world of ceramics then moved into digital 3D printing. Something Matt and Carl at Cole Sir Gar have been teaching the Ceramic and Jewellery students and myself with some interesting results.

http://www.craigunderhill.co.uk/

check out Craig's work. its interesting to see his sketchbook page on his site.

Stumbled across this ceramic artists work and felt it was worth a link as the work features an interesting mix of colour, form and mixed media.http://www.melissamytty.com/info.html

Visited Aberystwyth Arts Centre to take part in an International Ceramic Festival meeting to plan for the next festival. I also took a look at An Indian Odyssey and Jane Perrymen work in the ceramic gallery.

Jane Perrymen

“Since the 1990s Jane Perryman has travelled extensively in India documenting, filming and collecting everyday pottery from different regions. The experience had a major impact on Perryman’s own development as a maker. The exhibition will feature Indian pottery with documentary photographs and film alongside examples of the artist’s own work.”  

John, Kirsty, Val and Dan at graduation 2012 and no clay on their clothes in site.

A cool site is Pinterest.com covers random topics that enable you to tune into stuff your interested in from buildings to pots and frocks.

http://pinterest.com

http://storiesofhouses.blogspot.co.uk/2007/02/blog-post.html

A house in West Wales designed by Future Systems. This is not a new house but I think its interesting to think about where objects go an live.

A very interesting West Wales potter who is extending the boundaries of ceramics is Adam Buick. Take a look at his site and blog to see the work that he is currently doing.

http://adambuick.com/blog/

Coleg Sir Gar year 2 Ceramics & Jewellery students are currently exhibiting their work at Carmarthen Leisure Centre until this Saturday. The group have chosen this public place to show their work for very good entrepreneurial reasons. The footfall is amazing that included a great cross section of the public. Its really exciting to see the students are connect with new markets and get exposer for their work at this stage of the course.

It was great to see Amy Maggs at New Designers a graduate from Coleg Sir Gar Ceramics dep who graduated 4 years ago. Amy has been working for Boatswain lighting as a production manager creating impressive porcelain lighting.

http://www.boatswainlighting.co.uk/

A gold medal winner at New Designers. One of many very talented makers I spoke to during the week. Joseph is a very articulate and interesting potter well worth a look.

http://josephjameshartley.wordpress.com/

Coleg Sir Gar New Designers Success. The BA Ceramics and Textiles students have just come back from London after receiving lots of positive response about the work, sales and offers of exhibitions. It was a great week meeting new contacts and old friends. It was fantastic to be part of such a vast creative event. If you have not been to New Designers, try and make it next year as it is an inspiring showcase of British talent.