Fresh Air Presentations

This year we were invited to participate in ‘Fresh Air’ which is an established exhibition and the Quenington Sculpture Trust is run by Lucy and David Abel Smith who are collectors of art and contemporary craft and supporters of young artists/makers through providing bursaries.

13 of our second year Crafts students chose to get involved and today they were presenting their ideas so far .. The great news is that all 13 were selected to participate in the exhibition.

EXHIBITION DATES

Exhibition dates are June 16 - July 7th 2013.
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This was the brief the students were given:

Make work appropriate to your practice, and relating to the environment of the Quenington Old Rectory, of materials robust enough to stand outside for 6 week minimum and eventually be sited permanently outdoors. We are looking for imaginative and experimental ideas and quality of design and craftsmanship. Ideally, works would be for sale or could be made to commission.

More " Fresh Air " blog posts to follow

GRAVITY- Chris Porcarelli

Great Gravity Lecture and Sound workshop the following day from American Blacksmith Chris Porcarelli who's recently finished his Masters at Steneby ..

Design development hand in

Well today has been another say for assessment hand ins, today its for design development, which started way back with a visit to berrington hall! So heres a sneak peak at the wide variety of responses that have been created by out second year crafts studnets.

Lawrence Brand - L5 CAA

In this module Lawrence was inspired by the gears cogs and mechanical devices he saw at Berrington Hall and chose to make boxes.

This box is made from black walnut and such elm and lined with goatskin suede . The lid is lifted using a key operated rack and pillion system and locks using a screw thread ...

Exquisitely made Lawrence well done !!

Jai Cove - L5 AB

This is Jai's work for his Design Development Module , it all started with a visit to Berrington Hall a National Trust property at the beginning of the module and developed into these forged musical boxes inspired by bird and insect wings ...

They make a great sound and look fabulous ..

Robyn Golding - L6 JD

I really enjoyed assessing Robyn's work today quirky numerous and exquisitely made ...