Ceramics during Lockdown: The COVID Clay Diary

Tait, Angela

Abstract

COVID Clay Diary – Angela Tait

The clay diary was started in March 2020 on the cusp of the nationwide lockdown in the UK. Every day for 90 days Angela made a cup which responded to her personal experience and some of the wider social, cultural or political events as they unfolded. What transpired was a document of a remarkable time through the medium of ceramics.

Whilst this is an autobiographical account, many of the themes are experienced universally or trigger a familiar response in a viewer; the changing of routine, communicating differently and a new way of experiencing time.

Angela Tait is a sculptor who works primarily in the medium of clay. Her research concerns rhythm, time and daily domestic experience which she explores through the universally understandable form of the vessel. She works at the University of Salford as Academic Fellow on the BA (Hons) Fine Art.

Citation

Tait, A. (2021, July). Ceramics during Lockdown: The COVID Clay Diary

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Start Date: Jul 2, 2021
• End Date: Jul 2, 2021
• Deposit Date: Nov 3, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 4, 2024