Whilst in Japan working on The Cherished Things Project, I also looked at what I called ‘invisible objects’. I asked the local noodle restaurant to save their used chopsticks, which I collected daily and took back to TWS to wash and dry and experiment with in the studio.
The Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China Makers Residency Programme: August 2011 Lecture: 19.08.2011 The Eduction Centre, The Sculpture Factory, Jingdezhen Jingdezhen is situated in the Jianxi Province and is better known as ‘The Porcelain Capital’ of China. The city has a 1700 year history of porcelain production, there is an area of the city known as [...]
JINZHEWENHUA GALLERY, 798, BEIJING, CHINA August 2011 I was in Beijing for five weeks and asked people to share with me the story of their most cherished object. A selection of these stories and photographs were displayed as part of the Eleven Exhibition at Jinzhewenhua Gallery in the 798 District of Beijing. the three yuan [...]
FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS April-Sept 2011 Royal Festival Hall London Fabiane Lee Perrella from FLOUR and I were invited to be part of the celebrating for the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Festival of Britain. Our work formed part of the the Avenue of Portraits which celebrated The People of Britain through a [...]
THINGNESS Exhibition & Symposium and Limited Edition publication April 2011 Maiko Tsutsumi and I were invited to propose an exhibition for The Camberwell Space Featured Artists: Neil Brownsword /// David Clarke /// Michael Marriott /// Gareth Neal /// Jasper Morrison The Question: What role does ‘the materiality of things’ play in our relationship to the [...]
CURATED EVENT : AN EVENING OF HEAVY METAL, Tue 19 April 2011, Sackler Centre V&A London The contemporary metal design and making industry were discussed with like-minded creative practitioners, students and professionals. Tickets were available through the V&A website. The evening consisted of: An overview of Galvanize Sheffield by Sara Goodwin, Festival Director: A festival [...]
EAGLE WING BOWL Pewter Live 2011, The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, Pewterers Hall, The City of London, UK Pewter Live is a yearly event held at Pewterers Hall in The City of London, Michael Hurley and myself exhibited designs along with the 3D Design Camberwell students. This project was in collaboration with Wentworths in Sheffield, we [...]
DIP AND GROW-CRAFT LAB – ORIGIN 2008 Collaborating with Fabiane Lee Perrella of FLOUR Dip and Grow- Craft Lab was an evening of experimental mass participation at Origin, Somerset House and commissioned by the Crafts Council. People were invited to take part in a dip coating lab- kitchen to transform blank objects into vibrant, colourful [...]
TATE TAKE OVER: 600 PERISCOPES We (3D Design) were invited by Raw Canvas at The Tate Modern to create an evening of design for people to participate in, celebrating making, here’s what happened: here’s a film of 600 periscopes the whole Tate Takeover event 2008 Tate Takeover 2009
10th April 2008 PhD Research Exhibition and Symposium in the Gallery of the Bartlett University College London featuring a selected objects from the Galton Collection, 600 persicopes and a film of 600 periscopes in use at the Tate Modern Tate Takeover Inspired by a story I was told about Galton who used to carry a [...]
