FAME 2009 – Ceramics

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Once my to tower was finished I settled into this nice cool and calm room to work on some ceramic plates. Grottaglie is famous for its ceramic tradition dating back hundreds of years so it only felt right to give it a go, although I didn’t have much luck last year.  I think this room is a million years old. I haven’t seen them since they’ve been fired and anything can happen in a kiln, yikes.

Lucy was working on her ceramics too and she introduced me to some savage new music while we were working . You’ll recognize this Galt McDermott tune from being sampled by Dan the Automator and Gangstarr amongst others. Sexy.

And then there’s this crazy genius Moondog. I’d never heard of him before but I’ve been listening to him loads since. You’ll recognize this one from the Mr Scruff tune.

 

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FAME 2009 – Mmmm Food!

I2First up, how can I start blogging about my time in Italy without a dedication to all the beautiful food I ate? ‘Fame‘ meaning ‘hunger’ in Italian is an appropriate title for the festival as eating was nearly all we did. These cherries were freshly picked on Angelo’s farm and ready for market. Me, Angelo and Lucy spent our first hour together eating cherries from the tree. Nice. All this food (except the gelatos) come courtesy of Gilda (ciao bella), the backbone of Fame and Italy’s best kept secret.

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I12‘The Hand of God Feeds the Hungry Pilgrims..’