Friday, 17 February 2012
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Significant Objects
Thanks to the inspirational Deirdre Nelson for introducing me to the Significant Object project via twitter.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Power Objects and Walking in Circles
I have been trying to revisit power objects within a project ever since but I was worried I would be walking on already well trodden ground, but my visit to the museums store made me realise there was many facets yet to discover and new agendas to explore.
A small fraction of the William James Clarke collection I photographed at Scarborough Museums Trust below..
Part of Edward Lovett's collection is being exhibited as part of Charmed Life at the Wellcome Collection where photography is strictly prohibited, hence the scrappy drawings and rabid notes. It turns out I've been on Lovett's tale for a while, another part of his collection is held at the small but beautifully formed Cumming Museum.


To add to all this I am taking part in an exhibition called Donning Oxford this summer, which will take inspiration from Pitt Rivers and their Sympathetic Magic collection. It's reassuring to know that as I bandy between inspirational collections I find common ground, unfinished threads and new avenues to make new work.
Monday, 9 January 2012
Charlie and friends
Charlie's Pipe Dream, silver and found ceramics.
Charlie, Divination Pins and jewellery pieces are off for a short break at The Platform Gallery in Clitheroe from 21 January - 17 March. More information here, I will be running a found object workshop at the gallery on Saturday 26th February of which further detail will be available soon.[Update] New newsletter with showcases for 2o12 here or click Exhibition 2012 on my blog header.
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Workshops
In December I worked with Jenny Walker on a jewellery workshop at Ruthin Craft Centre with 15 A-Level students taking part in the Raising the Bar programme in partnership with the Manchester School of Art. The programme offers selected students access to advanced techniques in applied art and design and engages them with contemporary practitioners. During the day we worked with wire, sheet and mixed media in response to selected objects by interrogating their aesthetic, sensory and thematic qualities and exaggerating and exploiting these in order to create new designs. The finished work by the students will go on exhibition at Ruthin Craft Centre later this year.
My teaching at Lincoln University on BA (Hons) Jewellery and Object has almost come to an end for the academic year, something that seems to have gone awfully quickly. The first year group have fearlessly accepted my brief to explore the idea of "chain" and I'm looking forward to seeing what they come back with when I see them next week.
In the forthcoming year I am running jewellery workshops for adults alongside showcases at Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, on Saturday 25th February, and at Scarborough Museums Trust on Saturday 12th and 26th May in response to their Fears, Foes and Faeries exhibition (but more about that later.)
The last year has certainly given me opportunity to develop my teaching experience and I'm looking forward to taking this further this year alongside a couple of the usual interesting (mad cap) projects. Thanks for following my blog in 2011, here's to the next 365 days.
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
My dad's camping kettle..
Saturday, 26 November 2011
Sunday, 20 November 2011
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