Monday 31 October 2011
Busy busy!
I love our personal spaces, I'm always snooping around them first thing in the morning before anyone gets into the building! We are well into the first semester and the work is building up quickly, I though I would share some images of some of these desk spaces of our third years.
Monday 17 October 2011
Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen’s summer show
Simon Bushell was awarded the prize for most outstanding graduate work exhibited at the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen’s summer show worth £500. It was awarded by the chairman of the Gordon Russell Foundation, Ray Leigh, with help from renowned furniture designer John Makepeace. It was awarded for the truly original design matched with quality of thought and execution. They were both full of praise for all the work from HCA and found the choice a tough one to make.
The recent graduates were selected by the Guild’s Chair, Mary Greensted and included Artist Blacksmiths Ed Duggan, Ed Blower and Nick Wolstencroft, along with Contemporary Applied Artist’s Beryl Morgans, James Baker, Anna Backman, Sara Rhys and Abigail Wallis (who sold one of her furry ceramic sculptures for £390).
The Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen was founded in 1933 making it the oldest existing craft guild.
Two photos from the exhibition: Simon’s winning bench and Ed Blower’s barbecue and candlestick with Beryl’s glass on display.
Friday 7 October 2011
Getting your ideas together
This week we have launched quite a few modules, there has been a lot to talk about and lots to think about. Some of the students are already thinking about how to approach their ideas!
I popped into my second and third year Blacksmithing studio this afternoon to see John Bull, third year, busily setting about getting his ideas together for his Conformation of Practice module proposal. This module is the biggest module they have worked on so far, and may of the pieces that will be created in semester one will form part of their final show, so there is a lot of pressure!!
I popped into my second and third year Blacksmithing studio this afternoon to see John Bull, third year, busily setting about getting his ideas together for his Conformation of Practice module proposal. This module is the biggest module they have worked on so far, and may of the pieces that will be created in semester one will form part of their final show, so there is a lot of pressure!!
Rituals of Making symposium 25th October
symposium called Rituals of Making (the interface of materials & process) on Tuesday October 25th. The symposium is an internal event for Level 4 HE students & staff across the Art & Design programme and is focused on how we select, use, interact with and manipulate materials in a creative practice.
Speakers at the symposium include;
Sue Lawty who is a practitioner of traditional tapestry but who also now works with found materials such as stones and lead. Sue exhibited at the Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2010 and has work in the V&A Collection amongst other notable activities.
Sue Lawty’s work has been described as
‘a deeply contemplative experience….
meticulous… minimal… spiritual…’
Work is rooted in an emotional, spiritual
and physical engagement with the land,
particularly rock. It draws upon direct
experiences of remote, raw, edgy,
landscape and an increasing interest in the
fundamental impact of geology.
Constructed pieces (often woven) and
drawings in two and three dimensions use
a range of materials including hemp, linen,
lead, tiny stones and shadow.
Matthew Harris is a graduate of the textile course at Goldsmiths College and has been working with textiles since 2000, having for the previous ten years made and exhibited drawings and works on paper. He has shown in a number of group and solo exhibitions throughout the U.K, Ireland and Japan. Matthew also took part in the Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution Exhibition in 2010. He recently had a major show with Cleo Mussi at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, a solo show called Trace Elements at the Black Swan Gallery in Frome, Somerset in 2009 and has consistently exhibited at delivered lectures at the Stroud Textiles Festival. He was commissioned to create an installation depicting a graphic score at Colstan Hall in Bristol in 2006-08.
www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk
Amy Twigger Holroyd is a designer, maker and researcher specialising in knitting, participation and sustainability. Amy's diverse craft activities take place under the umbrella of her 'slow fashion' knitwear label, Keep & Share. Each piece of Amy's knitwear is designed to satisfy over time, and is lovingly machine knitted using an array of manual techniques. In recent years her work has naturally developed to include knitting workshops, hand knitting kits and communal knitting projects, along with a new, more conceptual body of work exploring issues of authorship and longevity. Alongside her practice Amy is studying for a PhD at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, investigating the impact of making on fashion well-being. She received the Crafts Council Development Award in 2005, has exhibited and lectured widely, and has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, The Observer, The Telegraph, Fashion Theory, Fiberarts and Blueprint.
www.keepandshare.co.uk
Speakers at the symposium include;
Sue Lawty who is a practitioner of traditional tapestry but who also now works with found materials such as stones and lead. Sue exhibited at the Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2010 and has work in the V&A Collection amongst other notable activities.
Sue Lawty’s work has been described as
‘a deeply contemplative experience….
meticulous… minimal… spiritual…’
Work is rooted in an emotional, spiritual
and physical engagement with the land,
particularly rock. It draws upon direct
experiences of remote, raw, edgy,
landscape and an increasing interest in the
fundamental impact of geology.
Constructed pieces (often woven) and
drawings in two and three dimensions use
a range of materials including hemp, linen,
lead, tiny stones and shadow.
Matthew Harris is a graduate of the textile course at Goldsmiths College and has been working with textiles since 2000, having for the previous ten years made and exhibited drawings and works on paper. He has shown in a number of group and solo exhibitions throughout the U.K, Ireland and Japan. Matthew also took part in the Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution Exhibition in 2010. He recently had a major show with Cleo Mussi at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, a solo show called Trace Elements at the Black Swan Gallery in Frome, Somerset in 2009 and has consistently exhibited at delivered lectures at the Stroud Textiles Festival. He was commissioned to create an installation depicting a graphic score at Colstan Hall in Bristol in 2006-08.
www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk
Amy Twigger Holroyd is a designer, maker and researcher specialising in knitting, participation and sustainability. Amy's diverse craft activities take place under the umbrella of her 'slow fashion' knitwear label, Keep & Share. Each piece of Amy's knitwear is designed to satisfy over time, and is lovingly machine knitted using an array of manual techniques. In recent years her work has naturally developed to include knitting workshops, hand knitting kits and communal knitting projects, along with a new, more conceptual body of work exploring issues of authorship and longevity. Alongside her practice Amy is studying for a PhD at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, investigating the impact of making on fashion well-being. She received the Crafts Council Development Award in 2005, has exhibited and lectured widely, and has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, The Observer, The Telegraph, Fashion Theory, Fiberarts and Blueprint.
www.keepandshare.co.uk
Thursday 6 October 2011
Freshers week and spagetti bridges!!
Well things really have got going here at Hereford, we have had all the students in this week, first years arrived on Monday and then all our second and third years arrived yesterday .. ............all be it very hungover!!! There was a pirate night organised by the studens union and everyone was in quite a state by the morning, so there was a lot of coffee and chatting to start the morning off!!
As a bit of an ice breaker (like the pirate evening wasnt enough!) all the first years were tasked with creating a spagetti brige in a team. it may sound quite straight forward but we ended up with some very complex designs, there were helicopters and suspension bridges!! The aim of the game is to create the strongest bridge which streched over the river (a tin foil strip) which was teasted for its strengh by Ambrose, who is our Blacksmithing tutor, using anvils and steel stakes!
There were prizes for the best design, contruction and of course, a prize for the bridge that lasted the longest under pressure!! quite a full day! and this morning they have all gone to Attingham park today, more of that to follow......
Kate
Sunday 2 October 2011
Wesley - Barrell Craft Awards
Worthy winners....
The third Wesley-Barrell Craft Awards are now firmly established in the craft world calendar and Wesley-Barrell is delighted to announce this year's winners. Triumphing over 250 entries furniture maker David Gates and ceramacists James and Tilla Waters are the recipients of this year's awards.
See link in 'things we thing are interesting' on the side bar for full story.
The Power of Making - exhibition
6 September 2011 – 2 January 2012. Power of Making celebrates the role of making in our lives by presenting an eclectic selection of over 100 exquisitely crafted objects. Curated by Daniel Charny, the exhibition is a cabinet of curiosities showing works by both amateurs and leading makers from around the world, presenting a range of skills with imaginative and spectacular results.
Jerwood
The Jerwood exhibitions are and amazing insight into the word of where craft and art are brought together. Within the Craft Cluster courses we deliver a module called Design Crafts Discourse which is all about investigation, interrogation and discussion of the word of art and design as it exists around us. Over at the Jerwood Blog ( which is featured on the right hand side of this blog ) there are a wealth of really thought provoking discussions that should be interesting to any art and design student.
My favourite thing about this particular blog is that they have a 'post it quote' from all types of artist makers, really make you think about some of the questions that are frequently asked about craft and art.
Kate
My favourite thing about this particular blog is that they have a 'post it quote' from all types of artist makers, really make you think about some of the questions that are frequently asked about craft and art.
Kate
Saturday 1 October 2011
Second year jeweller exhibition at The Court Yard
Our second year jewellers organised their own exhibition at The Court Yard in Hereford. This was an exhibition of the work they produced during their last module which explored batch production. We have a very diverse group of jewellers who work in everything from sterling silver, to flocked acrylic.
Graduate portfolio
Edward Blower has won many prizes and awards for his work over the years, as well as the award for the most outstanding student at his degree show.
Graduate portfolios
Simon Bushell has won an award for best portfolio over at Arts Thread. Simon graduated from Artist Blacksmithing this year and his work displays a beautiful illustrative quality.
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