Elif Aydoğdu Ağatekin was born in Ankara in 1977. She graduated from Anadolu University Fine Arts Faculty Department of Ceramics in 2000. After completing her M.A degree in 2002 at Anadolu University Social Sciences Institute Department of Ceramics she completed her Proficiency in Art Program in 2012 at Fine Arts Faculty Department of Ceramics with her dissertation titled Use of Waste Ceramics in the Art of Ceramics
Iku runs Kintsugi Oxford, alongside of practice of traditional Kintsugi, she has been offering workshops in Japan, Italy, Iceland, Spain and UK using new materials and carries out Kintsugi repairs for private. Website: www.kintsugioxford.com Instagram: @kintsugioxford
Writer’s CV reads like a travel retrospective. Wander-lust is what he says takes him across the world for invited residencies, workshops and exhibitions. Adil is an architect with a Master’s degree in architecture from the University of Houston, Texas. He worked in Bombay as an architect before reaching Golden Bridge Pottery to study ceramics. Since 2000, he is a partner at Mandala Pottery in Auroville where he strik
Image credit: Sylvain Deleu Rich Miller’s activity throughout the festival is generously sponsored by Potclays Shortly after graduating from UCA Farnham in the early 00’s Rich took over Foyle Tiles, a hand producer of high fired stoneware tiles. During twenty years of owning Foyle they carried out a range of prestigious commissions, including the new Pavillion at Tate Gallery in St Ives, The V&A gift
