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A series of ceramic busts on plinths painted with colourful oil paints.

Award 2025

Award features ten UK-based artists working with clay who have created new work for the 2025 British Ceramics Biennial.

Rare Earth Rising

 Artist Mella Shaw returns to British Ceramics Biennial 2025 with a new work that draws attention to the urgent issue of mineral depletion and deep-seabed mining

The Chimney Princess

For the People & Place Commission, Josie KO explores the importance of diversity in Stoke-on-Trent. Inspired by the city’s iconic bottle kilns, Josie has created a new goddess for the city.

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Raverina’s Dance Floor

Portuguese artist Carolina Garfo presents a sensory artwork exploring the intersection between sound and ceramics.

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Sweet Terrain

Sweet Terrain is a landmark public artwork by designers Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad and Rafael El Baz that connects construction waste, placemaking, industrial heritage and traditional craft.

Fresh Talent 2025

Fresh Talent presents the new work of the five winners of BCB Fresh Talent 2023 which included a residency with a partner organisation.

6 Sep 2025 11:30am–12:15pm / Spode Works

Jane Perryman, British Ceramics Biennial Award Artist 2025.

Artist Talk – Jane Perryman

For Award 2025, Jane draws on the experience of rewilding an acre of agricultural land, fostering native plant life to thrive once again.

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6 Sep–19 Oct 2025 1:30pm–2:30pm / Spode Works

View of the work exhibited in Fresh 2023 at the British Ceramics Biennial.

2025 British Ceramics Biennial Walk-up Tours

Join us for a little peek behind the curtain of the 2025 Biennial. Every weekend we are offering free tours to give you a rich…

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Raverina's Dance Floor by Carolina Garfo

Artist Talk – Carolina Garfo

6 Sep 2025 2:30pm–3:15pm / Spode Works

An interactive, sensory art installation by Portuguese artist Carolina Garfo inspired by the ceramic practices of the Algarve

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Fresh 2025

Fresh 2025 brings critical attention to artists from all over the UK and Ireland at a pivotal moment in their careers.

Clay Films

In its inaugural edition, Clay Films showcases the work of six Global Majority artists of African and Caribbean heritage from all over the world, including Iran, Mexico and South Africa.

Ceramic Cities Exchange

Ceramic Cities Exchange creates international cultural exchange opportunities for young artists to expand their creative practice.

Playscape

Playscape uses rammed earth – a sustainable, ancient construction technique – to explore how clay-rich waste materials can be transformed into a joyful, playful and creative public space.

Playscape Project Space

The Playscape Project Space allows you to get hands-on, experiment and discover the ideas behind building with rammed earth.

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Slip Tales

Slip Tales provides an insight into BCB’s year-round programming. This community project focused on exploring and appreciating the heritage of Staffordshire slipware. Within the…