Interesting afternoon in Bilston Town Hall on Monday. CraftNet West Midlands in collaboration with the Crafts Council presented an afternoon of talks on Social media and it’s impact on makers practice and public engagement. Great presentations from Nick Booth, Deirdre Nelson,
Anna Collette Hunt and Billy Lloyd on how they use social media.
Archive for media
Potter in the press
Thanks to all the local papers who featured our ‘Twits’ story: Hereford Times, Hereford Journal & Ledbury Reporter
Stop frame clay
Elena’s been busy experimenting with stop frame animation here at Eastnor Pottery. She’s been given free licence to play with our pots, tools and materials to see what she can come up with.
We have been impressed with her ingenuity, creativity and intuitive approach to her film making.
Here are just a few of her initial experiments:
Musical instrument assembly 1,2,3 & 4 are instructive pieces designed to help curators and gallery staff assemble the work I am exhibiting as part of the ‘Made in the Middle’exhibition due to open 11th Feb at MAC in Birmingham.
How to make a pottery coil pot is a lovely demonstration piece on how to make a simple clay coil pot – ‘no hands’!
BBC H&W bigchill photos
Click here to see some lovely photos taken by bbc Hereford & Worcester at last weekend’s big chill.
Social Media on the Internet
I spent a very informative morning at the Longbridge Innovation Centre in Birmingham recently, learning about the marketing potential of social networking on the internet. Business Link West Midlands developed a programme of workshops designed for small and medium sized businesses. This is the second event in as many months that I’ve attended, and I must say they have both been excellent. The first workshop looked at Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). My appetite well and truly whetted, myself and 30 other delegates were treated to a comprehensive presentation on the wonders of Facebook, Twitter, and Linked in – to name just a few of the areas covered. In fact it was information overload, and I came away dazed and slightly confused with the enormity of the task ahead. The workshop was led by Susan Hallam (check out http://www.susanhallam.com/) – a very engaging performer.
