Potstop and the 3 Wheelers, A Journey in Time
Potstop and The Wheelers will push a potters’ kick wheel along the Railway Path crossing the border between Bristol and Bath. They will leave Bristol on the 10th of June and arrive at the Time Machine in the early afternoon on the 11th. This processional journey will be marked by clay Time Vessels, which will be made and left along the route. Potstop and the Wheelers will document the experience as they travel, using film, poetry, sound, drawings and social media and relay this journey in real time to The Time Machine in Bath, where an installation will anticipate their arrival.
Once at The Time Machine they will continuously make vessels and invite the public to participate by hand building forms and to contemplate the concept of borders and borderless-ness in response to the global migration crisis. Each Time Vessel will symbolize a talisman of hope for an unknown journey. At the end of the day these vessels will be released into the River Avon to flow away along the current of time.
Potstop is a small pottery school situated in the heart of Bristol’s harbourside, run by two potters Neil Whitehead and Lou Gilbert Scott. Lou’s practice is embedded in the landscape through the act of making and walking. Using the simple craft of pot making from the clay beneath her feet she maps both the physical landscape and human experience.
Once at The Time Machine they will continuously make vessels and invite the public to participate by hand building forms and to contemplate the concept of borders and borderless-ness in response to the global migration crisis. Each Time Vessel will symbolize a talisman of hope for an unknown journey. At the end of the day these vessels will be released into the River Avon to flow away along the current of time.
Potstop is a small pottery school situated in the heart of Bristol’s harbourside, run by two potters Neil Whitehead and Lou Gilbert Scott. Lou’s practice is embedded in the landscape through the act of making and walking. Using the simple craft of pot making from the clay beneath her feet she maps both the physical landscape and human experience.