Hatfield, Art in Clay 2011

My stand

After coming back from Hatfield’s Art in Clay, I felt optimistic about my work and my choice to have a career in the art world.

There were ten of us at my stall, all graduates from the Bath Spa BA Hons Ceramics course. However our involvement was arranged by Jo and I don’t think the university even knew we were there. For our display we chose to use the same table tops as we did at New Designers with our names printed on. Many people thought that this was a nice personal touch.

On my stall I displayed a variety of my work including my Unravelled project consisting of my deformed cups inspired by Chinese foot binding. As well as my Natures Design Project displaying my hand decorated cylinders with my own personal designs inspired by the organic world around me. I also displayed my collection of cages and birds that were inspired by the brothers Grimm tale of Hansel and Gretel.

Throughout the weekend I sold quite a few things and was really pleased from the sales. It made me feel like I could actually make a career out what I love to do. As well as the sales I had lots of interest and comments about my work which I found helpful for future work. 

All in all I believe that as well as a success, it was a great experience. It was my first independent sale and helped me to not only assess the market further, but to believe in myself as an artist.