A Sense of Place and Culture: British and Australian narrative jewellery.
Curated by Professor Norman Cherry, University of Lincoln, in conjunction with the National Centre for Craft and Design, this exhibition of contemporary narrative jewellery explores a sense of place and cultural identity through the theme of Transplantation . A carefully selected group of contemporary jewellery artists from the UK and Australia were asked to create a body of work which would articulate the notion of Transplantation. Each has their own experience of cultural, familial,...
4 counties, 630 miles, 56 days … The South West Coast Path through the eyes of a printmaker Anita Reynolds is a printmaker Associate Member of the Guild. In the spring of 2012 Anita walked the first 280 miles of the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Penzance. She will complete the remaining 350 miles in the spring of 2013. Daily drypoint prints from the first section of the walk will form the centrepiece of this exhibition. Also on display will be collagraphs, monoprints and sketchbooks produced along the way. The exhibition will be an exhilarating collection of small scale and larger...
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Selected by Polly Macpherson (Associate Professor in Design, Plymouth University) a group of the freshest, most exciting emerging makers have been chosen to take part in the Guild’s biennial exhibition aimed at highlighting the best that the South West region has to offer. This is a chance to see new interventions in print, furniture, textiles, glass, ceramics, sculpture, enamel, jewellery and silver.
Exhibitors: Sue Brown, Grace Coombes, Hannah Felicity Dunne, Tracey Falvey, Bethan Jones, Joshua Kerley, Emma Lavery, Sylvia Llecha, Rebekah Lockley, Stuart McFarlane,Jennifer Norris...
