The Matter of Life and Death, an installation by Julian Stair

9 January 2025

The Matter of Life and Death, an installation by Julian Stair

Potter and writer Julian Stair talks about his thought-provoking new installation at York St Mary’s that places his work alongside examples selected from York’s ceramics collections.

About Julian Stair

Julian Stair

Julian Stair (b.1955, Bristol) is one of the UK’s leading potters with an international reputation and his work is held in over thirty collections worldwide. Born in Bristol to a family of artists and writers, Stair took up pottery at the age of sixteen and went on to study at Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London, graduating in 1981.

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