LIVE Mike Dodd Ceramics Exhibition - GOLDMARK.TV

Thank you very much to Goldmark TV and to our fantastic new partner Pottery This is Dyma Pottery with Mike Dodd I'm so grateful to have these people with me today It's going to carry on with us and chat briefly about some of the Pottery in this summer's show e stories the legends available to them Mike that's been work over the past three years but in reality it's far more than that Moreover a great deal of knowledge experience and expertise has been built up for this project Do you remember playing with a Cleo doll a little one about sixty years ago I was thinking I was about 14 years old in school Available from Mr Potter What's been kept what's been kept the interesting and the interesting Some people enjoy playing table tennis I've gone ahead and taken the pot and I was feeling Well the school were having a lively discussion about interesting topics in the middle of school I was developing it one day with Don I was looking forward to winning Don and so was I e found this fascinating in building interesting networks and web-like structures I was eager not to mention looking forward to it on the contrary and I was looking at what the onlookers were discussing about this e paths of the language And the poets were the result of this ew people who enjoy roscs can now do so oping that this bit of interest will spark further interest what makes a leader stand out because if you're a candidate Language is in the language no matter what no matter who You're starting to feel a bit lightheaded you can plan for this feeling just as well as you can plan for this feeling over time a maturation process a curing process Gael know your surroundings for a while and then again and again I believe something you've talked to me about is you'll be doing work that will go from the very beginning of the funding like a plastic envelope The truth of the matter is that this is the way this work is used Indeed the practical aspect and the belief that the funds were indeed legitimate It's all around you You can do anything you want I think there was an American power in the 60s He was using a stirring spoon through the hole then using the pot I'll build it and then I'll just push that out as regular work You know but the thing is you had all of this figured out from the very beginning One part of the crew was building the other and that was his job that was work It's useful so you need to provide it with the appropriate context I met him alone and it was the point of the cle the point e buildings you are using the environment and the way you come the way you go It helps everyone there are so many opportunities in the environment and of course the way you arrive One of the things we'll see in this building is the large number of surroundings You've been working on their development for years and I believe you've told me Before we could see that reflected in some of the pots here in these libraries of mine How do the two that are going forward differ and how did the circumstances you're working on their development Regarding helping choose the most suitable location for an unconventional form of recreation the most suitable spot for flowers Blasig we can see it clearly especially now yes I believe it's good to hear the pots With something of the same kind of ways in a variety of ways without much of interest in the ways I don't like weights being used as a backdrop I like weights that are heavy It's very interesting but people who use printing on weight and things like that It's a good fit the weights aren't any heavier Go on tell me more— were quite intrigued by the weight of that here In the conventional manner we say that this is the conventional way Did you mention how it connects to the Green Belt Penley Stone's glaze has a slightly different appearance in this instance You're connecting the church with another glass the connection being the glass itself That's the one you're putting the hat on the top of the head glaseo'i wasgu'r glase ar allan o ble mae'r glase It's really very difficult to fit the entire house into that small closet That's the most comfortable way I've felt about doing it so far Otherwise if you're getting this sometimes the paths diverge going their separate ways I like the blue part but it's already gone into the way A little but this one works well It's very effective and it's very effective Yes it's very effective and it's also quite elegant The majority of this part Yes and I had to develop another version for that e other interesting aspect of the tomato red is that it contains a significant amount of wildness within it which is Daily I was very interested in using that but I longed to make use of it I was eager to go to Somerset where I was developing from all available resources a crucial wild bag which I first acquired in my 30s or 40s before I made it mine mportant and so I thought well I could put it on the past tense or I could use it as a past participle Making a red face so I'm going to head out now but yes it's making a lovely red That's the only form of calcium that will provide financial benefit It's really impressive We will also see as we move forward that there are many such details We have A great many types are available here You'll encounter a great many types along the pathways Well this is general stuff but I've done some of these before a little bit of this and a little bit of that I was doing this especially because The room was packed with people you know in my opinion and I was thinking well I can't do much more I haven't had much more guidance to start with I was thinking well I'd do some pretty different things so I'd already sent off a key for Different paths and I'd played around a little Well it's interesting these little paths here you're experiencing interesting effects from the pathways from the ash pathways I believe this is the Is this a nuka on the house Yes it's a nuka on the house meaning with the different ways It's interesting each of these is actively campaigning and promoting itself as it offers numerous opportunities The subtle difference between these paths from the slightly good road to the slightly green one In other words I believe we're living far too much in hope because the paths keep telling us about the house at's why we're choosing the house with the routes that matter most and that's exactly what has come to pass Yeah yeah I wasn't sure about it when I first left the house but it started happening to me Yeah I mean I like that I really like the idea of being different you know knowing that you're being yeah We chose this house after all perhaps you could say a few words about it mobilizing something we've already discussed before this ere are many important aspects to your portfolio many of which are building a house that once again helps bring out the best from those shadows Yes I believe perhaps you will meaning the house will be the one to change the road but the art will come from the road yes for example campaigning they're on summer holiday it means putting off and I believe the artist will address that it's giving things In the middle if you're a follower or a seeker it gives you things because I know when you'll beg e latest when you see people starting to paint they do one way on the paint I'll show you the form that one and that one Alright In the meantime you'll receive the book Alright There are many ways that are likely to be similar to the many places you've lived but they're He has been a constant presence for years I'm not sure what you're saying probably Well I remember you saying that most of your first work was at was a comment on what I believe who I am staring into the bowl and looking out the window to see streaks and splashes that kind of thing Alright at first I didn't know what to put in the pot Otherwise he had to come up with any idea at all for me I was living in Sussex at the time and the The majority of the majority of the majority of the rhysgau of the Llanwriaeth Sussex division Oh well I began to climb up the ridge I used the ridge to make most of the journey Well then yes indeed we needed to take a larger share of the work Honestly I believe sharing the pots helps you know it helps to make things like this work That's the most complete form yet I suppose it might be possible And it's starting off very slightly because With you I'm having most of this all year here here's the highlight of the year I'm completely ready to work until old age with just a few years left I was thinking oh about giving me access making some enamel work which you started doing at 30 when you were young and eager I went into the building in Carlisle to cross the border Still nothing in Wales was concerned with how you made enamelwork There were many in Wales the enamel artists of Wales and any matter in Wales and the enameled areas in Wales which are green here I think it's just a bit less than the enamel in Wales Felly onward I've been looking at some websites in Wales elling me that the Welsh Social Enamel They were achieved with 20% success and I thought I couldn't rely on such limited success Felly I've bought a few different kinds of fries I've tried that and I was asking at the University of Social Sciences As I was saying how do you feel about those enamel roads They said oh something between 750 and 1 100 I was saying well that's not really helpful you know what are these so-called rights It's a big part That's what they're saying I mean in any way I've tried all the different approaches around I've been feeling it since around 860 870—whatever that means I had some colleagues from the society I hope they're notified now but enamel colors I've already sent those over I was really into playing with that and to be honest I'd say it felt really tough I joined the right society of the colleges to our paths in truth In truth we've already got some enamel coatings advancing here on this table If you're following us I was first drawn to some of these little collections here It's great for these small things It's giving a little bit of life to Yes well I've done it Just a few perhaps 25 different colors but not all of them are the colors I use so This way and that way are going well together Yes This right feels good I can tell I like these turkeys they're plump and all this is ways the three ways Some people are saying this is the work of the pranksters since they believe this is a joke I also wanted to mention this wonderful coincidence which says something recent Recently In truth there are many good examples following us here That is the house I've used for the first pots we've seen In reality it's out of reach in Wales this house is Allan off the back of the house in Wales and I'm giving about 20% off the price of this home 80% honey 20% cobalt and it gives the honey a beautiful hue I believe the cobal Arferol lately to me This is the house lately More like the past years It's great it's working out interestingly Since the times of the Myng they had a way Based on the streets of the city these little figures are grinning at the end Today of course we have a challenge to rise to But yes it's great In doing this it's the crackle of the slyb that interacts with some of these It's giving a bold striking look I thought that was first but I initially thought it was Jeff Bustery I can't help it I was editing but no I like this That's good about this you can put it on the street bike It's mostly just enough for you to make purchases You must be very good because You know the bus will be arriving in the country and he'll keep it going long enough maybe a minute or something Felly you should do something with this But yes I do like the texture of this Meanwhile I think that's another reason for the blue eyes Yes yes the glassware is broken They 'll have to come in through the doors You know the shops are in the middle of the street And since I'm using it I mean I feel like I'm not really thinking I feel that I'm not doing what so many others do—looking at the world and writing it down as my work I feel like creating things and thinking oh this is writing itself into me from something in the world That is I think this is going to be the core of whatever else you're talking about I think you've already seen the number of forms in this report Much more than that according to us We have a special bowl today tomorrow many more food bowls It's a deliberate choice made during a fresh start and that's precisely the kind of thing that gets accomplished I'm not involved I'm not making an effort This happens over human time That is in any way whenever you are traveling I'm sitting with the pots observing the patterns to see what the paths are suggesting for the next steps There must be a way for me to develop it The paths on these stones are what will guide the next paths We carried out a series of events across Wales with some local volunteers There was a small maze of paths I think oh that's really good I'm working on that and it's by far the best way Felly I know every path is advising something else If you're willing to cooperate with the authorities for a short while that might help things You're open to that Oh I see because of wanting Well the responsibility for your actions lies with you among all the possible paths you could take In ways that others can write and express their feelings You've been trying to fix that forever and just getting a little bit more of it It's impossible isn't it Life had formed 3.5 million years ago Men now have the capacity to write this down They wrote this way in written form just as they did 3.5 million years ago We are likely the only animals capable of doing that That's why Bower's mountains are one of the Paradise valleys that inspire writing across all valleys That is writing for all the years so perhaps we aren't the first We can write our own music very well Painting pottery dancing and singing It helps I believe it helps open people up a bit to new ideas hopefully After all these years is there still no hope at all So when you open the box and see what's come out what's working Anhygoel Yes I believe one is a little impossible otherwise as you know after the period the best way to obtain the period of clarity you can have It's the most effective way of achieving what you want You hope that all the ways you've put your heart into will be rewarded It's not always the case you know it doesn't happen often Whatever decision you make may these past few years be like the years before You're deciding them all out They're exactly what I think of all ways and I believe it's important for the public to feel safe regarding everything they think about in every way I'm doing my best to fulfill what needs to be done publicly especially since you might be sharing it and the event of the work If you carry on here and look at the largest parts you'll find That's very safe I believe is the green Tomoku Well I believe there are around 250 distinct Tomokus in Wales I'd been told this is actually safe from the Thumbria with 10% of paths being paths Hi there It's safe if the temperature is right it's safe I believe that's the same thing It's fairly safe Okay I'm getting a little ahead What's this one This is safe Basalt That's the Basalt That's the same Basalt Isn't that beautiful the idea Yes yes We have also received some of these beautiful decorative flourishes engaged in trying to see various different forms It also I believe is a unity Another one Yes yes And this one It's about the way without you implying it safely I know For many years I didn't want to let them go Anyway I was thinking well that's not particularly appealing to me you know Well I don't think that's quite enough but I was considering what people might think I had shown Rufford one year earlier and they had given that to me in an incredibly generous way I had asked I'm a wheel I'm a wheel of momentum because that's what I use They had produced this incredibly difficult puzzle and when the challenge was complete everyone was exhausted Together I was doing one of those things just showing and I was and I said you know I think people would try this with salt and all sorts of different methods I kept thinking why am I not doing this more often So then I started doing them People love them that's what they say that's what they write—Lizard Skin New Lychin new Lychin I think that's the right name It constantly makes me think of various salt flats or The mud pan is rising and it's beginning to crack It's a bit like a child really One of the differences from a child is When it's over it's over Can you see that You don't realize just how significant this difference is If you've seen yourself doing this part it appears That is you're placing the cylinder and then applying the design onto the cylinder It's clearly different in the other cylinder Then I'll place the clamp over it on the cylinder apply the design onto the cylinder apply the design across the different parts I know there are different technologies available so I can choose the design that best fits Some people use two-tone on it I'm not sure what the design is to achieve different effects I'm using a Chinese clay and a ball clay China's ball is a ball of silk But when it passes through if you feel this They come from these very places so you should feel only the difference and the distinction When you use the design then you can feel unique If you'really pushing it hard everything's going to go sideways so it looks pretty alarming I think that's a bit unfair on your part since you have so muc Different challenges you'll be working with them are coming from these for them make sure things are going in the right direction clearly I think a slight difference Temacus is a tricky one always finding its way You must be very careful when using distinctions Moreover it's important to be inside so the way you behave must be significant I'm really looking forward to your comment aren't you Yes yes I can see this mixture is good It's a grayish blue with specks on the surface Come see some of these lovely ceramic pots on the market I think you were talking about that stone at Penly Water Yes this is water that Bill Marshall gave me when he was teaching me At the college oh my where was he In Cornwall I know the name of the place I was there for a while and I was talking with them I would never have expected to see them again Bob was in his late twenties and I had always loved these conversations I remember him teaching the Cornish language here and when he chose it this way he said there would be those who would engage Well now It was quite something to say about the pot and he said I know the peddwl Here it gives you plenty of good coverage if you grind it to 200 mesh which is very good I think I'm grinding somewhere between 180 and 200 Am I right in thinking this should be in the Further discussion Right further discussion I was going to go on it's a bit it had to be concise between Penzance to Mawsell and now that you're carrying on the cart was on the road I'm not entirely sure this was the right context for this milk at thing and it had been swept out there and left on the floor or something but there was a lot of power was such that wherever there were drinkers they would say as you would be punished if you knew I'm not saying that but I do know campaigns will be launched Anyway I've come across something a chael rhai ac yna a dweud y bydd Peter Swanson yn y cornwall yna oedd yn gallu i mi gael rhai I still have a bit of summer left but there it is Discussing these matters yes I was thinking we could go ahead and for now proceed to take a look That's a big deal since you said you'd completely finished doing this I saw it coming Yeah that was interesting in my job back in 2015 was it not I'm not sure when it's coming Yes I was very interested to see this I'm not sure when the glasses will be ready Yes I like this Are you interested in doing something bigger like this No no It's been interesting from time to time I'm coming in there and then over there So I went into the woods and then I reached out to you Nid that was very interesting Well I've now got my regular routine sorted out Otherwise my health isn't as good as it used to be And I think the interesting part is getting the method right That's not the point Yes I think most of it is being done And more open is the place where these aren't welcome Yes yes and also when you're making glasses In many instances when you share this it's good on the water Yes I think it's good on the door And then you share these next ones I'm sharing the good way upward not forward the good way upward It works well on land but it's difficult on water I was once Richard Batterham and were sharing the same broad paths ahead I was saying what do you have in common I said well I'll have to look after them there for a week I kept saying why Well I was saying you've got to get them in common I'd like you to have that they're through I wanted to share them in common ways I was saying if you share it culturally They're divided if you're dividing them culturally I don't know if anyone else is in the woods but I doubt it That's great—the stylus here is really sleek This one is excellent I was strolling around when I realized it was getting late No I showed it to them I think I think we must know them but I'm not sure Caesar I'm saying it's part of the B Plusager C They're already safe Well that's probably similar to a mummified corpse That is what we are saying at the outset namely that in order for some or such kind of years The work has been at its peak during this period with the load from this process of developing things o access resources that explain how to improve the service I mean that's always what you're looking at Otherwise your feelings aren't changing In reality they are getting more and in reality and yet it means you're seeking first action in your life situation It's yours it's yours we don't have it If you had to find him what would Thomas Merton's contribution be just so you know the week you're out on the road something like this if you're going to make your own way in life He'll know which way is best Well thanks for helping me use some of the items in the show to demonstrate a few things Of course there are many more here than we have been able to show There are around 300 species I believe in this show I hope you'll come and visit please check the meeting Keep going there are some amazing things here More than what we've been able to display today You've been very safe coming here and showing us the way forward Thank you for being here Thank you for showing That's great