The Ceramics & Glass group are hosting our Autumn Meeting and AGM on 14th October 2023 at the World of Wedgwood in Stoke-on-Trent, the home of British Pottery. If you have time stay an extra day and explore the extraordinary Ceramics Biennial 2023, which showcases contemporary ceramics.
There are a wealth of ceramics related museums to visit while you are in Stoke on Trent including The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, The Spode Museum, The Dudson Museum and Gladstone Pottery Museum. We will be based at World of Wedgwood where the Victoria and Albert Museum manage an extensive collection of World Class Ceramics.
Our 1-day event will include:
• Ceramics & Glass Group’s AGM
• Guest lectures from Peter J. David Emeritus ACR and Gaye-Blake Roberts MBE
• Presentation of the Nigel Williams Prize Award.
• Lectures from the NWP Main Prize winners Tiago Oliveria ACR and Inês Feliciano, and Student Prize winner Marceline Graham.
As part of the ticket, you will be provided with a hot lunch and the opportunity to do a self-guided tour through the Wedgwood Museum and three stores.
The detailed event schedule will be sent to delegates ahead of the event date.
Speakers:
Two Weeks Looking at an Elephants Bottom – some reflections of a life (so far) in Ceramic Conservation
Peter J. David, Emeritus ACR
Peter worked as a freelance conservator from 1982 to 2022. He became an ACR in 2000 and is a former winner of the Nigel Williams Prize.
His clients have included many historic bodies, museums, galleries, and private collectors. In those 40 years, he has seen many changes in materials, practices, and attitudes. His talk will relate some of the wide-ranging projects he has worked on and will reflect upon some of those changes. The elephants bottom will be explained…
Gaye Blake-Roberts, MBE
Gaye will be speaking about Josiah Wedgwood's interest in archaeology and its significance in his ceramic designs.
Conservation of an early 17th century Tiled Stove at Schloss Hellbrunn, Salzburg
Nigel Williams Prize – Main Prize Winners
Tiago Oliveria, ACR and Inês Feliciano
Tiago and Inês will present their project on the conservation and restoration of an early 17th century tin-glazed tiled stove built into the wall of Hellbrunn Palace in Salzburg, Austria. The complexities of the intervention revolved around ethical decisions regarding past restorations, the poor condition of the stove, which demanded an in-depth knowledge of this type of structure and an awareness of the object as a whole and of the surrounding environment, and the challenging working conditions.
The Investigation and Retreatment of an Islamic Glass Vessel at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology
Nigel Williams Prize – Student Prize Winner
Marceline Graham
Marceline will present her project on the conservation of an archaeological Islamic glass at University College London’s Institute of Archaeology. Marceline executed an excellent deconstruction and reconstruction of a vessel composed by nearly 300 fragments and presented an interesting and thorough research into the history and manufacturing of the object, showing strong problem-solving and technical skills.
Gaye Blake-Roberts MBE
