An artist whose latest exhibition is taking place this month stresses the importance of protecting creative hobbies even during the cost-of-living crisis.
Neha Nandedkar, an architect and lighting technician, will be holding an exhibition from 3 – 12 of November at the Holy Gallery in Shacklewell to showcase her works from attending pottery classes at the Islington Arts Factory in Holloway.
Ms Nandedkar spoke of the difficulties artists face such as day-to-day financial worries. While acknowledging that pottery is “an expensive hobby”, she said it helps her “during bad times of mental health”.
“When you do something you like, you meet a lot of like-minded people”, Ms Nandedkar said, “it’s an amazing social network as you get to share ideas or worries, learn interesting things, and knowingly or unknowingly it rubs off on you, this energy…you feel a part of something.”
“To me it’s vital to protect things that make you happy, even during a time like the cost-of-living crisis,” she said, “I ensure I try to do my best in whatever I do.”
“I put a lot of effort in terms of saving up money and investing in things I feel need investment, like my canvases or exhibitions,” she added, “and eventually, hopefully the art will speak for itself.”
Pottery classes organised by Kayley Holderness open to people with an intermediate skill set in pottery and run every week on Tuesday evenings and Thursday afternoons and evenings.
