The STOKE 2000 invited local artists to collaborate and make creative bottleoven artwork to be part of our circular economy story. Their artwork was applied to the surface of our award winning bottle kilns and displayed across the BID (Business Improvement District) area in Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.
Media included: Painting, Photography, Paper, Glass, Metalwork, Wood (furnishings or decorative), Calligraphy, Pyrography, Ceramics, Jewellery, Floral, Fabric, Weaving and more. The artist selected one of our three templates and we even made bespoke planters on request.
An art trail was organised for the city centre to bring people together and view the artwork. We were excited to help celebrate the City’s pottery, cultural and industrial heritage in 2021, with the support of many local artists.
Click the gallery below to read about each bottle-oven artwork and find more information about the artists.
Below, shows recent creative bottleoven artwork, coursework & some of the artists already involved with our artisan project.
Essential Life Skills
Local school children are also getting involved in our artisan project. They are helping to celebrate Stoke-on-Trent’s cultural and industrial heritage. As part of their studies, 6th form students from St. Margaret Ward Catholic Academy in Tunstall are using their creative skills to design various planters. This is to show that recycling can bring people together through business and enterprise to reminisce, share stories, and help with local tourism within the City.
Below, are some of the examples of work by artists. Some of which in situ at iconic spaces across the City of Stoke-on-Trent.
