View Through a Hole

Ceramics by Alison Waters

with photography by Dylan Barker

Alison’s hand-built stoneware ceramics are inspired by her hometown of Stockport, where modernist, industrial, and contemporary architectural styles stand side by side. The diverse shapes, colours, and materials of this urban landscape captivate her visually. This collection, ‘View Through a Hole,’ is inspired by the modernist car park screen designed by sculptor and public artist Alan Boyson.

In this exhibition Alison has partnered with nephew and photographer Dylan Barker to celebrate Boyson’s car park screen, its modernist shapes and the views beyond. Dylan is currently studying photography and 3D design, the two subjects aligning in this exhibition. “A View Through a Hole’.

"I was exploring Stockport’s shopping centre and car park area with my nephew while he was taking photos for a school project on modernist architecture. I became fascinated by the slice of urban landscape visible through the holes in the car park screen; it was like looking onto a miniature landscape—a snapshot of the town’s architectural heritage, with Victorian, brutalist, and contemporary buildings all contained within a modernist shape.”

10.01.25-01.03.25

at the modernist
58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ
open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday

All works are for sale.