He started potting during his degree at Manchester. He's struggling now, as Goldsmiths has a poo ceramics facility.

It's the prime swaggage: high Victorian gothic hall chair from my twue love, Charlotte the Harlot.

I was wondering about that, because it's not even listed as a program or studio at Goldsmiths.

I totally got the wrong end of the stick reading that. I thought you meant Goldsmiths had a ceramic facility where poo was the exclusive medium of choice.

From what I know about Goldsmith's, that's a definite possibility.

No, he meant they make ceramic toilets.

I skimmed over this and initially read that he'd started potty training during his degree at Manchester - which seemed a bit late!

The mentioning of "poo" in the second sentence didn't help...  :-$

You've got to read around the poo.

His MA is in (I think) Design: Expanded Practice. It's taken him in directions he wasn't initially hugely confident about including some performative stuff. He's not showy and prefers, like me, to hide behind his work a bit.  But he's settled in now & seems very happy.