AVA are delighted to welcome London based Mexican potter Lucia Ocejo for this academia-industry collaboration sharing. In this talk, Lucia will share her experience with AVA students and very recent graduates who will soon be leaving our well-resourced studio facilities to set up professional studios of their own. In this talk, Lucia will share her experience as a fresh graduate and her struggles to find suitable resources for her ceramic practice and her subsequent recent experience as manager of a London ceramics studio.She will discuss her personal practice and share her process of designing and fabricating an impressive self-build outdoor kiln and glazing station to realise more ambitious work.With a substantial IG following, Lucia will also share her experience and advice on the use of social media to establish and support creative practices. 

Although ceramics will feature substantially, Lucia’s sharing is expected to be of high relevance to all emerging artists and designers in our graduating cohort.