Reactivating the Post-Industrial Landscape of North Staffordshire and its Associated Histories through Contemporary Art Practice

In his Inaugural Professorial public lecture, at Bucks New University, Brownsword discussed his ongoing artistic mediation of the histories of ceramic manufacture in Stoke-on-Trent. The lecture focused upon craft knowledge within industry that remains endangered/unviable for contemporary production, and raised questions surrounding the value of inter-generational skill - as negotiated through his Re-apprenticed project, shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum and British Ceramics Biennial 2015.The lecture elucidated the research journey and context underpinning his practice and Re-apprenticed