Can Potters Save the Earth?
Online Session with Yuliya Makliuk
Tuesday 28 November 2023, 10am - 11am
FREE
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Suitable for: Adults, Makers - Ceramicists
A Green Maker Initiative Event
Photo by Olena Angelova
Can Potters Save the Earth? 5 Science-Based Steps to Eco-Friendly Ceramics.
Wondering how we, as potters, can do our part for the planet?
If you've ever felt a sense of responsibility or even a little guilt about the carbon footprint of your ceramics journey, this webinar is tailor-made for you. If your goal is to use your pottery to make a positive impact on the world and its people, don't miss out – sign up for the online lecture now!
There's a worldwide wave of conscious and eco-friendly pottery taking shape. Numerous ceramic artists are exploring cleaner methods for crafting, firing, and selling their pieces. Surprisingly, even the ceramic industry as a whole is undergoing transformation ‒ the British Ceramic Federation has committed to slashing its carbon emissions to achieve Net Zero by 2050. But how do we determine where to begin and which steps genuinely create a positive impact?
Join this webinar and learn about the new research on studio ceramics' environmental footprint and the top 5 steps to do less harm with a pottery practice.
We'll look at inspiring examples and learn practical tips for both new and experienced ceramic artists, covering firing, materials, waste, studio management, and more.
The session will run as a webinar for 45 minutes with 15 minutes left at the end for Q&A.
This event is part of our Green Maker Initiative and is free to attend.
The Zoom link will be provided to the email address you registered with a couple of days prior.
All registered participants will receive a discount coupon for Yuliya's new book 'Potters Save the World: Learn to make sustainable ceramics and help protect the Earth'
About the Speaker
Yuliya Makliuk is a ceramic artist, activist, and author driven by a passion for addressing the pressing challenges of our time: environmental crises, social injustice, and war through her practice.
Makliuk is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of ceramic tradition, actively exploring sustainable approaches and innovative techniques. Her studio, 'Here & Now Pottery,' holds the Clean Green Ceramics certification and is included in the Homo Faber crafts catalogue. Additionally, Makliuk has been awarded the Risktakers and the CEC Artslink fellowships for her work in sustainability and arts organising.
Projects:
2023 'Saving the World as a Potter,' webinars and book on sustainable ceramics, the Risktakers Fellowship, Allianz Foundation and SUPERRR LAB
2022 'Ceramics for the soul,' eco-art therapy, Ukrainian Culture Foundation
2022 'A Bowl for Everything,' ceramic wartime diary
2022 'I Will Sprout with Flowers', ephemeral memorial to those killed in Irpin
2022 'Host a Potter,' an international network of ceramic studios providing shelter to Ukrainian refugees
2021 'The Melting Point,' dedicated to the UN Climate Change Conference
Cooperations:
2023 'Pottery 4 Peace in Ukraine', charitable raffle with the Clay College, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2022 'Fire it!', residence and collective anagama firing, Gudenky's, Zaymyshche, Ukraine
2022 Collection of artifacts of war for Tessa Grundon's 'Library of Lost Places Project,' exhibition 'Fluid Matters, Grounded Bodies: Decolonizing Ecological Encounters,' The Gallatin Galleries, New York, USA
2019 Internship at Anja Slapnicar Ceramics Studio, researching wild clays and glazes,Slovenia
Exhibitions:
2023 'Mini-Tseglyna' collective exhibition, ArtAnkara, Turkey
2022 'Mini-Tseglyna' collective exhibition, TseGlyna Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2022 'Fire Up!' collective exhibition, Ukraine-Japan Culture Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2022 Vasyl Krychevsky Second International Biennale of Artistic Ceramics, Opishne, Ukraine
2021 Ceramic Art Week, D. Hub Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 'Rock to Bowl', Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018 'Where to next?', contemporary eco-art exhibition, Izolyatsia, Kyiv, Ukraine
Publications:
2023 'Potters Save the World: Learn to Make Sustainable Ceramics and Help Protect the Earth,' author, self-publishing planned for October 2023
2022 'A Greener Pottery: A Step-by-Step Guide to Sustainable Ceramic Studio Practice,' author, self-published
2022 'How to Support Ukrainian Ceramic Artists,' Ceramics Now
2021 NCECA Fall Symposium 'Cultivating Community,' lecture on sustainable practices in ceramics
2019, 2021 'Green Values for Everyday Life: Environmental Sustainability, Gender Equality and Participation'. Böll Stiftung - Compiler, co-author
2015 'Beautiful Trouble. Manual on Creative Activism', Boyd and Mitchell. Radical theory and practice - Curator of the Russian edition, compiler, foreword
Education:
2016 Summer Pottery Academy, National Museum of Pottery, Opishne, Ukraine
2013 MA 'Participation, Power and Social Change,' University of Sussex, UK, Chevening Scholarship
2012 MS 'Ecology and Environmental Protection,' National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine