Thursday 27 December 2012

GRAVITY .. A busy few weeks

It's been a busy few weeks for our series of visiting lectures and in the last few weeks before the Christmas break we had ....

Wally Gilbert
Michelle Griffiths
Paddy Hartley

All of whom gave talks about their practice and tutorials to students , it's great to implement Gravity this year and see the impact on the students we've had a rich and varied range of practitioners and there's more to follow in the New Year - more blog posts to follow ...



Made in the Middle .. Exhibition and Artist Talks

Just before Christmas Imogen Lundy and Jennifer Collier who are exhibitors in the Made in Middle exhibition which is currently on tour and showing in Hereford Museum - came into college to speak to our students about her work, she uses the laser cutter to make things from a table, to china plates and cake stands.

“Made in the Middle is a triennial exhibition originated by Craftspace and this year developed in partnership with mac birmingham and The National Centre for Craft and Design. The open selected exhibition features work by makers of various disciplines in or affiliated to the Midlands.

The periodic nature of Made in the Middle offers Craftspace the opportunity to build on previous shows to examine what is happening within the craft sector nationally. In light of the changing climate and recent closures to University applied arts courses, this Made in the Middle explores 'Pathways to Craft'.

The aim of the exhibition is to demonstrate different routes into a making career, through the exhibitors selected and once there how makers can develop a sustainable business through a portfolio of roles. So Jennifer and Imogen have been invited to come to talk, not only about their practice but also the other activities they do as makers to maintain a viable career.”

The talks were informative and inspiring , if you get chance go and see the exhibition ..

















Jack's busy Christmas

Jack Shaw is one of our second year Blacksmiths he's been busy this Christmas holidays gaining lots of experience and getting paid , well done Jack ...

" i worked at ridgeway forge with Andrew Renwick, i did a pile of shepard crooks for a large wedding and a renovated a couple of gates"

Sunday 2 December 2012

Made by Hand - Nic's first sale

Today is Nic's birthday and as well as having her work exhibited she has also made her first sale to fellow exhibitor Jed Green , there's nothing better than selling your first piece of work especially to a high profile maker like Jed who fell in love with Nic's whittled spoon as soon as it came out of the bubble wrap on the first day we were here.

Congratulations Nicola what a great birthday and I'm sure they'll be plenty more sales to follow .. There's been lots of interest in her work all weekend ..








Friday 30 November 2012

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 .















Friday 23 November 2012

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

Friday 16 November 2012

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