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A millennium project by potters and tile-makers
around the whole world:
The International
Potters' Path
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PATH MAKERS are the people who help to make THE INTERNATIONAL POTTERS' PATH for the millennium and for the future. No matter what our colour or creed, we are all united in THE PATH!
It is a symbol of a better WORLD for our children and our children's children.
Here are some of the many Path Makers who have contributed to this exciting project:
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All the tiles below were made by Path Makers from around the World for The International Potters' Path in WALES, UK
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THE INTERNATIONAL POTTERS' PATH needs 5,000 potters, tile makers and ceramic artists to make one tile each. The ceramic tile tradition of every country around the World should be represented in The International Potters' Path.
Why build The International Potters' Path?
It is part of a dream. How do you justify that? But dreams start with practicalities, so… Firstly, the entrance must be made safer and more accessible, especially for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
Secondly, a love of ceramics has resulted in The CoA exhibiting high quality, contemporary ceramics. With so much quality clay inside, it was the obvious choice for outside!
Finally, as Internationalists ourselves, we want The CoA to be a place of regional, national and international artistic merit and cultural exchange.
What better than an international CERAMIC TILE project to pave the way?
So, the question is, are you are a potter, tile maker, ceramic artist or clay-worker? Then we need your hands-on help to make The International Potters' Path a reality...
With you and 4,999 others from around the Globe to help, the whole entrance will be laid in ceramic tiles. It is a daunting project to undertake and it took two years to collect the first 500 tiles: enough for the first part and the Official Grand Opening at midnight on New Year's Eve 1999. We now need enough tiles to complete The Path so we need your help.
If you take part -- and we certainly hope you will -- you'll receive a personal invitation to the Grand Opening (if you send your tile by November 1999) and a photograph of your tile/s in the finished path.
If you would like to COMMISSION A TILE for The Path, please take all the technical information below to your chosen maker. You do not know a potter or tile maker? Then e-mail us: we may be able to contact a potter or tile maker who lives near you.
The great variety of techniques, styles and designs is really inspiring and The Path will certainly be interesting to view, especially those tiles where names, emblems and symbols of countries are included. That is the paradox: the more overtly regional the tiles are, the greater the international character of The Path will appear!
Each new arrival is displayed in The CoA separately, with the maker's name & country of origin and any other information sent. This creates great public interest in The Path -- even before it can be walked along! It is also educating the public about using tiles outside the bathroom and kitchen!
Your Tile…
should represent what is unique about you and your country, its people, environment, culture and heritage -- not ours please!
What is special about your part of the World to add to this international jig-saw? Whatever you design, please incorporate your personal seal or signature or name and your town and/or country of origin (written name, map, flag or symbol) on the finished tile.
Remember 10,000+ people will tread The Path each year and for many years to come, looking for tiles from each continent and every country in the World including yours!
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The first tile to arrive for The Path (above)
Made by Jane Crick, Hughes, Australia who imprinted a flowering Wattle into terracotta.
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"Path Maker" Anemone Hartman from Kiel, Germany visiting with family. Young Thara, was born after Mütti made her tile for The Path. They were disappointed that The Path was not yet a reality, but went home with every intention of getting all their potting friends involved!
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Tile 32:
Stoneware with incised lettering and white glaze made by Ingrid Rügge, Wolfsburg, Germany
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Tile 219
by Åsa Andersson, Linköping, who depicted two Swans, the emblem of Östergötland a region in Sweden.
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"Path Maker" Tinus Boshoff who travelled from Bloemfontein, South Africa to deliver his tile in person!
He was the first representative for his country and the whole Continent of Africa!
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Tile 288
Made by Don Prey, Eugene, Oregon, USA - a stoneware tile with impressed design and matt glaze.
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Important! Your tile must be
+ square + impervious + sturdy and tough
+ with non-slip surface so it is safe to walk in very wet weather + but no very deep profile please
Tiles must measure:
10 cm x 10 cm x 1 cm - give or take a mm or 2!
= approximately 4 x 4 inches
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Please make, fire and send your tile now!!
+ pack really well
+ do not forget your name and postal or e-mail address
+ declare as a gift/cadeau if posted outside the European Union
+ include interesting information for exhibition with your tile/s
+ send to The International Potters' Path at this address:
The Chapel of Art - The CoA
8 Marine Crescent
Criccieth LL52 0EA
GB-Wales, UK
Deadline: When 5000 suitable tiles have arrived. Tiles that do not meet the above criteria may not be used for safety reasons.
A personal message...
Eckhard and I also look forward to meeting new artists and makers through this project, so if you visit North Wales, please call and introduce yourself to us. We can always make time for a chat and a cup of tea -- especially with potters and Path Makers!
As each tile will represent well over a million people living on our planet Earth, we really look forward to you becoming a "one-in-a-million" Path Maker, by including you and your work in The Path.
And finally… we do not receive any public funding or grant aid (and never have) neither is this project being sponsored in any way. That is why we depend on your generosity.
Please support us if you can and pass this information on to all the other potters and tile-makers you know at home and abroad. If you know of ceramic associations, college departments and so on, please inform them about The Path too.
Information in Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Welsh is also available on The Chapel of Art web site by just clicking the appropriate national flag on the home page.
As you can imagine, we need all the help you can give to make this unique project work.
Thank you very much for your support!
Best wishes and happy tile making!
Janet Kaiser
E-mail: janet@the-coa.org.uk
Telephone: ++44 (01766) 523570
English and German speaker
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Here are two Kentish "Path Makers" unpacking the tiles at The International Potters Festival in Aberystwyth in July 1999. They are members of the Kent Potters Association, who held a special tile making workshop to make their contributions for The Path.
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Tiles 301 and 302 made by Carmen Llavata-Tamavit, Valencia. Based on traditional Spanish socarrat tiles.
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Tile 446
By Monty Leigh.
This was one of several tiles made by residents at Nightingale House, a Home for Aged Jews in London and by ceramic artist Ruti Benjamini.
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"Path Maker" Naama Amirav was the first to represent Israel.
Here is her youngest daughter four year old Liya, proudly showing Mama's tile.
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Tile 456
Margaret Newton of Midhurst, England, made this charming matt, stoneware tile for The Path and fulfilled all the criteria beautifully.
Please see above for the dimensions and requisites for making a tile.
It is important that each tile shows which country it comes from.
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The International Potters' Path needs many more Path Makers!
Please make a tile and send it as soon as possible. It will become part of this historical site and preserved for many years to come.
And thank you for making a dream a reality.
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The CoA and The International Potters' Path would like to thank Tom Colson for his encouragement by including this information on TILES ON THE WEB - one of our favourite sites!
It is only with the support of Path Makers like Tom and potters around the world, that this dream will become a reality. Please follow The Path! Either visit in person or via The Chapel of Art web site to watch the progress from 1999 on into the 21st. century.
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