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by Joshua Rocker, Marketing Intern<\/b><\/p>\n

With its working jukebox machine and colourful collection of
\nrecord covers, I wasn\u2019t sure if the Jukebox, Jewkbox<\/a><\/i> exhibition could be topped by Shaping Ceramics: From Lucie Rie to Edmund de Waal<\/a><\/i>. I had started a marketing and
\nevents internship at the Jewish Museum just as Jewkbox <\/a><\/i>was approaching its
\nfinal weeks, so I realised that much of my work would be on ceramics. <\/p>\n

Having now spent some time researching Jewish ceramicists
\nfor a social media campaign, I am actually really excited about the exhibition.
\nNot only have I found ceramics really interesting to learn about, but I have also
\ncome to appreciate the final product and the stories behind the pots, which
\nmake them so absorbing.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

Joshua in Shaping Ceramics: From Lucie Rie to Edmund de Waal<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n

For example, much of Jenny Stolzenberg\u2019s work commemorates
\nthe Holocaust. For her installations of ceramic shoes, she meticulously
\nresearched real ones from those left in the death camps, with the purpose of
\nreturning an identity to the victims. She is quoted as saying \u201cThe deed was ugly,
\nbut the victims were not.\u201d<\/p>\n

I have also enjoyed studying David Breuer-Weil, whose work feeds
\noff the idea that humans are born out of the ground. Many of his sculptures are
\nliterally larger than life, such as giant feet protruding from the ground. His pieces
\nare fascinating to look at because they are so imaginative, and because of the
\nmystical connotations concerning the origins of humanity.<\/p>\n

At the heart of ceramics lies pots, and while very different
\nfrom the sculptures crafted by Breuer-Weil, still have many stories to tell.
\nWhether these be linked to Janet Haig\u2019s experiences in a Siberian Prison Camp
\nand subsequent move to Australia, or Dan Arbeid\u2019s connection to Israel, I think
\nthat each piece is just as interesting because of its back story as\u00a0it is to
\nlook at.<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/figure>\n

Lucie Rie, Buttons, Courtesy of The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent<\/small><\/p>\n

Three ceramicists I was particularly drawn to were Lucie
\nRie, Hans Coper and Ray Silverman. Rie and Coper were some of the most
\ninfluential potters of their generation, and Silverman was one of their
\nstudents. <\/p>\n

Silverman recalls Rie refusing for nine months to let him
\nkeep the pots he had made. Instead, she would cut through them to see how well
\nthey had been thrown. The first pot he was allowed to take home he gave away to
\na friend, having decided he no longer liked it. It was returned to him 50 years
\nlater, and it will be on display in the exhibition.<\/p>\n

There are many other ceramicists featured in the exhibition,
\nincluding Edmund de Waal, Antonia Salmon and David Jones to name but a few, and
\nI have enjoyed working on this project and learning a little bit about them all.
\nI really recommend having a look at the \u2018Shaping Ceramics\u2019 catalogue, which I
\nused for some of my research. It is very informative and has some interesting
\nessays, including one on Henry Rothschild who has connections to lots of the
\nceramicists whose work is on display in the exhibition.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m really looking forward to seeing the exhibition when it
\nopens and being able to view the pieces live and in 3D, rather than just on a
\ncomputer screen. Ceramics are appealing because of their shapes and textures,
\nwhich you can never grasp fully from a photograph. I hope that what I have
\nlearned will help me contextualise the ceramic pieces and understand the
\nstories which shaped the clay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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