{"id":50646,"date":"2019-11-25T13:54:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T13:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=50646"},"modified":"2019-11-25T13:54:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T13:54:24","slug":"winner-of-fresh-award-toni-de-jesus-chats-about-his-life-as-a-ceramicist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2019\/11\/25\/winner-of-fresh-award-toni-de-jesus-chats-about-his-life-as-a-ceramicist\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Character: Toni De Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winner of the FRESH award at the British Ceramics Biennial 2019 chats about growing up between Portugal and Britain and being a young ceramicist in Cardiff<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1930\" height=\"1447\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1.jpg 1930w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1930px) 100vw, 1930px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1930\" height=\"1447\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1.jpg 1930w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/main-image-cardiff-character-1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1930px) 100vw, 1930px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Toni won a residency at the Guldageraad International Ceramic Research Centre in Denmark, as part of the FRESH Award<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Toni de Jesus, 24, is a British-Portuguese ceramicist based in Canton, Cardiff, whose art isn\u2019t afraid to speak. His desk is surrounded by many pieces of work which display several different shapes, styles and dimensions, but only one personality \u2013 his.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI like to think that I\u2019m quite a sensible person,\u201d he says, as he brings over two ceramics cups, of his own making, filled with warm tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Crawley to Portuguese parents, Toni was recently announced as one of four winners of the FRESH award at the British Ceramics Biennial 2019, for the best up-and-coming ceramics artists.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Airplanes, potteries and hairdressers <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Toni and his family moved back to Madeira, just six years after he was born to give him and his brother the same upbringing as them, he explains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI did all my primary and secondary education in Portugal but then my mum wanted to go back to the UK,\u201d he says, his eyes floating about looking for memories. \u201cThings were very different, we grew up in the countryside, so we had a very different lifestyle in Portugal. We didn\u2019t have phones, computers, but instead we played outside with our cousins and friends and did loads of exploring.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1849\" height=\"1387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1.jpg\" alt=\"Toni makes pottery using a technique called coiling, which is thousands of years old\" class=\"wp-image-50650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1.jpg 1849w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1849px) 100vw, 1849px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1849\" height=\"1387\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1.jpg\" alt=\"Toni makes pottery using a technique called coiling, which is thousands of years old\" class=\"wp-image-50650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1.jpg 1849w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/11\/body-image-cardiff-character-1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1849px) 100vw, 1849px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Toni makes pottery using a technique called coiling, which is thousands of years old<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fourth grade of school, when Toni was 9 years old is not among his favourite memories, a time when he first experienced bullying. \u201cThat was quite a tough year for me, we were starting to think about what we wanted to do in our lives, and I remember I wanted to be a hairdresser, which was kind of a killer for me.\u201d He continues, \u201cI even had a kid telling me that he would kill me if he could.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toni moved back to the UK, when he was about 13 years old with a burning desire to fly airplanes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt that point, I had decided I wanted to become a pilot, so in college I was doing lots of chemistry and maths,\u201d he says, giggling to himself, \u201cbut I really liked ceramics and that college was probably the only one in Crawley where you could do ceramics, so I think destiny kind of picked my path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A young ceramicist in Cardiff<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Toni moved to Cardiff to do a foundation year at Cardiff Metropolitan University and later joined the Ceramics undergraduate degree. Despite not knowing the city well, Toni found Cardiff an exciting place to live and develop his art.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCardiff has a nice community of ceramicists,\u201d he explains. \u201cThe <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"ceramics community (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/active\/open-workshops-aim-to-keep-pottery-alive\" target=\"_blank\">ceramics community<\/a>, in general, is very close knit in the UK and Europe, and if you attend events, even well-known artists start recognising you.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t have phones, computers, but instead we played outside with our cousins and friends and did loads of exploring\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Toni talks about the inspiration for his works as something that comes from anything and everything that surrounds him: another artist, a museum, a video or a pebble on the street. There is one thing he finds most interesting to reproduce in his art &#8211; the questions surrounding ceramics as a craft material.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCrafts tends to be overlooked as a term and as an activity, it\u2019s placed within a spectrum in which fine arts is one of the most elitist, while crafts is often considered as something done by women in their spare time and gets overlooked. 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