ICF short- ‘Flightlines Small Talk: Ceramics and Horticulture'

Tag : Horticulture

This short film is taken from a longer conversation between artists Claire Loder and Kim Norton as part of the ‘Flightlines: Small Talk’ series. In their discussion they cover the origins of their commitment to raising awareness of environmental issues and ways of being in the world that connect clay, horticulture and the edges of ceramic practice.  The discussion takes place around a table in Claire’s back garden, the site where she co-founded ‘Blooming Whiteway’ to encourage biodiversity on the estate where she lives, to support gardeners in telling personal stories about the mosaic of green spaces that grow there and beyond the estate, to explore how we as humans fit into the commonwealth of life. Her companion in Kim brings different complexity to this. Kim's ‘Soil Library’ was part of the landmark exhibition ‘Soil: the world at our feet’ at Somerset House, along with a collaborative work undertaken during her residency with a group of allotment plot holders titled ‘Kinship to Land’ 2024 measuring soil health and microbe activity.  @bloomingwhiteway @myself__now_includes  @kimnortondesign @natashamayoceramics