with Adele Brydges

• Spanish
• English
• Italian

Ceramic Artist

Adele Brydges’ ceramic creations sit perfectly and harmoniously at the crossroads between tradition and innovation. Her style and artistic projections live in a world that hovers between the tranquil inspiration of classical beauty and a vindictive voice that breaks the rules, whilst voluntarily placing itself in the absolute centre of the eye of a hurricane.

Believing that Art can be therapeutic, pleasure can be healing and sex can be sacred, Adele creates dildos and other erotic toys that are eco-friendly and aesthetically refined, allowing you to explore the art of pleasure through creation. And by learning ancient techniques used to create durable, every day objects and applying them to her pieces made for self pleasure, whilst at the same time staying true to her own tastes and sensual preferences, she has elevated the creation of utilitarian ceramic pieces to a new level.

To be welcomed into one of Adele’s East London workshops is to be invited into her innermost sanctuary, an intimate and sacred space, and the generosity implicit in this inclusive and welcoming gesture creates an immediate sense of gratitude and respect. Whether attending couples workshops, mixed sex workshops, or female – and female identifying – only workshops, your experiences will be enormously liberating, revitalising and healing. They will encourage you to go on a journey that reconnects you with creativity and self-pleasure, whilst helping you recognise that both are intrinsically intertwined and that neither of these life experiences should be seen as a final destination or a specific goal. The pleasure of creating and, in turn, using creation as a means of exploring the erotic self, lies in the journey itself – one of constant and continuous exploration and which is, according to Adele, full of seeds that will readily erupt into flower. It is for this reason that Adele’s stunning pieces are such elegant symbols of power, well-being, worth and beauty that will shamelessly open the doors to pleasure.

Discover, in this interview, the connections between her creations, her childhood and her grandmother, what she feels her most successful collaborations have been and where she feels her future and current challenges lie, in the face of the conservative, patriarchal morality.

And now, enjoy the interview!

Product photography (above) by Ksenia Burnasheva

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This interview was recorded on the 11th of June 2021 and released on the 1st of July 2021

Further Information:

Related Links
Adele Brydges: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Decorate a Dildo workshops: Instagram | Facebook | Bookings

References during the interview
Ceramic Arts 00:44 | Sex Toys 01:03 | Dildo 01:05 | The Spur 01:06 | Decorate a Dildo workshops 01:22 | Mindfulness 03:53 | Creativity 06:14 | Eroticism 07:18 | Patriarchy 07:25 | Bonsai 07:33 | Madonna Whore Complex 07:57 | Coco de Mer 10:29 | IT Infrastructure 11:13 | Project Manager 11:24 | Yin and Yang 12:32 | The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife 16:54 | Glaze 17:20 | Overglaze Enamel 17:25 | Irish Catholic 20:06 | Fine Art 22:04 | Kiln 24:09 | Jay Rose 29:48 | Marie Claire Taiwan 33:35 | Wallpaper Magazine 33:54 | Hedonist Magazine 33:57 | Crafts Magazine 34:00 | Incense 41:21 | Lizzy Jagger 50:00 | Ralph Fiennes 50:03 | Porosity 52:59 | Monologue on Yoni Eggs 53:37 | Rose Quartz 53:46 | Obsidian 53:51 | Slip Cast 56:53 | Porcelain 57:18 | High Fired 57:34 | O-Ring 01:00:19 | Noyau 01:01:09 | Choker 01:01:33 | Butt Plug 01:07:27

Behind the Scenes

Sensual Tools

Wearables & Ritual

Workshops

All images and videos used during the interview by kind permission of Adele Brydges.

Interview Credits:

Production by Carla Tofano & Toby Deveson | Subtitles & translations by Valentina Sarno & Alessandra Greco | Onset artwork: Photography by Toby Deveson & drawing of Carla by Alexandra Veres | Title music written and performed by Maya Petrovna | Additional cameras & Sound kindly supplied by Jim Shannon & Murray Stewart

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