Made by Hand - Tredegar House

Today is the first day of Made by Hand and we've bought lots of third years work to exhibit on a Hereford College of Art stand ...

Exhibiting here today -

Penny Allen
Anna Blair
Josh Devenish
Anne Blades
Nicola Peate
Joe Sleight
Robyn Golding
Becca Jones
Charlotte Wright
Carolyn Watson
Jo Kelly
Tom North
Danny Waples
Niki Burns
Genesis Rowley

Well done everyone for getting finished work ready to exhibit , the stand looks great it's rich with variety and even though the event has just opened there are lots of compliments about the standard and breath of practice exhibited ...

More blog posts to follow over this weekend ... here's a few snaps of the stand .

Recommended book! What are you looking at.

yesterday we had a smashing visit from Wally Gilbert yesterday, as he gave us a great talk about his own practice and also talked to us about some of the interesting characters he had met along the way. Wally did however have a fab book to recommend, he spoke rather highly of it and said if your interested in art then this is the book for you. it guides you through on an easy and interesting journey of history.

What are you looking at - Amazon link

so, if any of you are interested in the book that Wally mentioned yesterday, here is a link to the amazon website.

Kate

Anna Blair - L6 CAA

It was great talking to Anna earlier today she's so excited about her practice and is currently exploring ways of making shibori samples that are inspired by lichens , she's got some great source material and drawings and here's some snapshots of her space ...

Josh Devenish - L6 CAA

Josh collects extra ordinary pieces of wood from all sorts of locations and then he makes a series of interventions to the pieces he has collected , his space is full of pieces of wood he has collected that are waiting to be altered alongside finished pieces of work ..

Here's some snapshots of his space ..

Ita Drew winner of the New Exhibitor Award

Congratulations to Contemporary Applied Arts graduate Ita who won the New Exhibitor Award at this weeks Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair.

Ita's mixed media ceramics are inspired by the poems and stories that she writes .... Take a look below :

Exhibiting at Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair

This year we have lots of graduates exhibiting at the Craft Fair including:

Anna Backman
Ita Drew
Leoma Drew
Georgina Fowler
Jo Harvey
Charlie Lindup
Beryl Morgans
Jewels Williams - Peplow
Debbie Marsh

Here are some pics of their stands its great to see so many graduates selected and exhibiting new work , hope they have a good weekend and sell lots ...

Studio cruising

As I usually get in really early I always get the chance to see the studio space in silence, it has been great to see work build up in these spaces as students from second and third year craft spaces.

Kate

GRAVITY NO 2 - Anne Gibbs

Today was our second Gravity Lecture by Ceramic Artist and Printmaker Anne Gibbs , following her lecture Anne gave several third years tutorials and here she is with Becca Jones .

After the tutorial Becca texted :

" her lecture was FAB, and I'm SO, so, so excited right now "

Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair Opens tonight

Just missed my connecting train at Newport !

Still hoping to make it to the Courtyard for the Craft Fair Opening !

Graduate News - Laura Crick

Laura graduated last year and has already set up a studio with her partner and fellow graduate Chris Lawley ...

This week she has been packing up and sending some of her new pieces to Galerie Altena in Gorinchem, The Netherlands, for an exhibition in a new gallery specialising in contemporary ceramics created by emerging European artists. She's also had several other exhibitions over the summer ..

Laura's work was also featured in this months Ceramic Review in an article all about graduates from Arts Schools in the UK ...

Wow ! that's a exciting start to her career as a maker.