To celebrate the launch of FiredUp4, Kate Malone was in conversation with Kit Kemp, interior designer and Founder and Creative Director of Firmdale Hotels, at Ham Yard Hotel, alongside interior designer Nina Campbell and chaired by Design Writer, Editor and Podcast Host of Material Matters, Grant Gibson.

The panel discussed the benefits of ceramics and creativity, the importance of craft and championing craftspeople, as well as exploring how to live with and collect ceramics. The event marked the launch of the campaign and the start of an online auction hosted by Maak, the leading auction house dedicated to ceramics, which concludes on 19 November.

All ticket proceeds will go towards equipping two pottery studios and training and supplying staff for one year, in two Youth Zones in the North West. Eventually, the hope is to raise enough funds to reach as many young people as possible.