Interview—Claire Partington  Juxtapoz // Thursday, 17 Feb 2011
Our Helen Soteriou sits down with UK-based contemporary ceramic
sculpture artist Claire Partington, who creates unique porcelain
pieces that take an antique process and adds a contemporary
visual.  Have you always been creative?  For as long as I can
remember I’ve always been drawing or messing about with
plasticine. I followed this through to the standard Art School
route, but I totally lost that pleasure and spontaneity so
decided to work in the Arts rather than making Art myself. It
was only when I changed career and worked away from Visual Art
that I got that urge and enjoyment back and I started to make
ceramics, partly because It’s still largely considered a craft
medium and not Fine Art, so I didn’t feel I was having to come
up with some complex multilayered statement.   Do you come from
a creative background?  My parents are both very practical
people, both big DIYers and that's something I've inherited. My
Mum was always busy making thin