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Lucy Cobb
Lucy Cobb studied Sculpture and Ceramics at Edinburgh College of Art.
She then established ‘Radio’, gallery and project space in Berlin.
She apprenticed at North Street Pottery, where she joined the production team making for Michelin star restaurants and for their shop.
She has taught at Clapham Pottery, Shoreham Pottery, Chestnut Grove Academy and is currently teaching at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation, Heatherleys School of Fine Art and Eastbourne Studio Pottery. She is currently working from her studio on the south-east coast of the UK.
Describe your approach to teaching:
I believe in the importance of passing on the skills of technique. This is my starting point and from there it's an organic and creative process.
What inspires your work?
I am constantly inspired by the natural world, the passage of time and the elemental force of life. The alchemy of firing clay. Maps, Oceans, sounds, erosion and growth.