Author Archives: Bridget Macklin

I am an artist working in the field of ceramics creating fragile porcelain pieces which are inspired by the environment or by peoples relationships with the environment and with each other and which often incorporate finds to support their narrative.

Re:Connecting

Habitats, Wildlife, People

I have been making work for this exhibition for months now, playing with new ideas and developing some of the techniques which I developed during my MA. I have also been enjoying working with Alex Potts whose photographs of the wildlife at Blacknest Fields are simply inspirational.

It has been such a privilege to be associated with this amazingly positive and motivated group who have spotted an opportunity to create a project with wildlife at its core but which is about so much more than just that!

Details are at the bottom of this post. Do come along and find out more about the project, the artists and the materials involved in creating work for the exhibition. I will be there for the raw clay workshop and the Meet the Artists events but this is not about me, there is loads going on!

New Work Emerging.

I feel a little bit like a butterfly – or possibly a dormouse – emerging in spring as the weather slowly warms up! I have been making very little since the end of the MA and have found it hard to share what has been going on but, in the quiet of my studio, ideas have been forming and, gradually, things have been starting to developing. At last I am beginning to feel a frisson of excitement about how the work is coming together.

The current project is in collaboration with a wonderful group of people who are working to rewild a small area of land called Blacknest Fields in Hampshire with incredible success. My part in the project is to create work for an exhibition of photographs and ceramics to draw attention to their efforts and to encourage more people to get involved. It is a fantastically optimistic and uplifting project and one that is very dear to my own heart. I will be publishing more about it as the work develops but, for now, here are a few hints to whet your appetites: