239: New Zealand Week: Cheryl Lucas on creativity as a counterpoint to cultural trauma

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Cheryl Lucas. Throughout her ceramic career she
has worked in many formats including functional pottery,
sculptural installation and architectural work. In 2011 multiple
earthquakes hit her home area of Christchurch, devastating the
city and creating a turning point in Cheryl’s work. She has
reacted to the destruction and subsequent rebuilding of the city
with multiple bodies of work that deal with the events. In our
interview we talk about making art as a way to make sense of
tragedy, transitioning between technical and conceptual bodies of
work, and helping to rebuild the city by making large scale
chimney pots used on historic buildings. For more information on
Cheryl’s work please visit her profile on the International
Academy of Ceramics
www.aic-iac.org/en/member/lilian-cheryl-lucas/.


 


  


This interview is part of a New Zealand series taped in April and
May of 2018. I want to send a special thank you to the Ceramics
Association of New Zealand for their support in making the
series. To join the association, or to subscribe to their journal
Ceramics New Zealand, visit www.ceramicsnz.org.


 


 


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