Using various processes from printmaking, slip casting and working in bronze my composition is a visual poem mixing art with story telling. I find allegories in my work everywhere through looking at the world around me, and listening to voices, I connect the past with...
Using materials for a purpose they weren’t intended for is an element of design I find fascinating, this involves taking a material and seeing how far I can push its properties within products. I am also interested in space saving and collapsible objects, as with...
I’m a Welsh artist who joined the Maker team last year after changing direction from textiles, as I always wondered, how do things work and how are they are made. Working primarily in glass I have developed skills in glass moulding, using this process to create pieces...
My ceramic vessels are active objects in the sense that a range of them were designed to rock and move in response to their environment. Interaction through movement changes the traditional dynamics of an active man and passive women, as only the female forms are free...
My ethos centres around humour, play and satire, with the aim of capturing the spontaneity and sincerity of humanity and society. I believe that ceramic artefacts can represent the often unnoticed social and cultural expression of the everyday. I also believe that...
Art is a tool through which we, as human beings, can engage better with our sensorial capacity, thus bringing us not only closer to ourselves, but also to the world we inhabit. Developing a better ear for the chattering dialogues which exist beyond the human...
What drives my work is the celebration of nature, working with wood in innovative ways enables me to preserve that nature in time, compelling the viewer to question the very materiality of nature itself. I strive to promote a different way of seeing a material that...
Many people think of plastic as utilitarian, used to package food, and other products then thrown away. How could it be used for art? It has been my goal to explore the applications of different types of plastics in an artistic context, particularly in lighting....
I believe that we can investigate culture, the environment, our impact on it and our own subconscious through design and making. It therefore follows that the objects we create not only embody our ideals and tastes, but provide insight into what we desire and why....
My work is a combination of hand sculpting and press moulding, as well as contrasting elements of three dimensional form in ceramic and ornamental illustration in liner pens. My installation consists of large birds of prey wall mounted watching a gathering of smaller...
As a maker, it is my belief that objects should invite people to touch them, to play with them, to engage and experiment. I enjoy creating interactive, kinetic pieces of tableware, where form is important for pleasure of touch and to produce enjoyable silhouettes....
As a Maker, I combine what I see as old and new craft. The driving principle of my work is the use of traditional materials informed by contemporary processes to enhance our understanding of materiality. I explore materials such as bronze and ceramic to achieve...
I strive to make work that speaks of fleeting moments of time, and explores the relationship between human existence and the environment. I make to express the frictions between movement and stillness, and the beauty of the naturally formed, the organic and imperfect....
I believe that Making is one of societies’ last remaining connections to the more than human world; the wilderness of animals, vegetables and minerals. In Making we learn to go with materials, and in time begin to learn their immanent and gestural languages, affording...
Ambiguous Line Ambiguous Line investigates drawing in space with line and light, questioning its interaction with the spectator and formulating a visual relationship between the viewer, the overlapping lines and fields and the space, thus creating a sense of motion as...
Oriented Strand Design In my final year at university, I have become interested in understanding art and design through the relativist and formalist paradigm; to which the latter describes my practice. As a formalist material properties are very important to me. This...
The Walnut Collection I am a furniture maker working predominately in walnut- subsidized with other materials like textile, metal and ceramic- to produce bespoke pieces with eccentric twists, driven by the key contemporary trends. My current work is inspired by...
Hard/Soft/Constructs My background in textiles has given me a real interest in how soft and malleable materials can be manipulated, stitched and folded to create form. In this collection called Hard/Soft/Constructs, I was keen to reverse key material properties by...
Stride Every cloud has a silver lining - Each storm has its rainbow A space to experience light, colour, shadow, reflection, fragmentation, mindfulness, embodiment and connection. Pulling back the curtain to look into the space, the viewer is greeted by a warm light,...
Wearable Narratives First and foremost, there is a story to tell. Each wearable object is based on a proverb or phrase, with a world and a character. This results in an interesting relationship between functionality and futility; functionality allows the viewer to...
Forms From Other Worlds The Planet collection questions how form can be structured, from information, data, and systems. The pieces are born through algorithmic generation using planetary data as the defining constraints of the form. Consequently, each piece is unique...
(Dis)comfort As a craftsperson, I work in various mediums, though reused materials will always be the starting point for my projects. My work currently focuses on combining the craft of upholstery with the human form, taking inspiration from surrealist art. The aim is...
Light Trails As a designer, I work with contemporary lighting products and have an interested in increasing the interaction between the user and the object, therefore as my lights are handled by the user my material choice and craftsmanship are key elements of my...
Back Of The Cupboard Amy is a hands-on maker who prefers to produce work using as much traditional crafting techniques as possible to achieve bespoke handmade outcomes. A physical connection with materials is important to Amy as it creates a flowing exchange of the...
Silver Lined Stories Driven by an interest in storytelling, I design, illustrate and handcraft bespoke jewellery and prints. My designs are based on fables, as well as stories from my own life experiences. I use a combination of both traditional and contemporary...
Ephemeral Nature My current work explores the landscapes of nature and in particular the form of the leaf. It captures colour, shape and texture through the use of clay imprinted moulds. These moulds combined with coloured glass frit create beautiful and unique...
Spin Hannah is a contemporary artist whose work focuses on textiles and in particular, thread. She has an interest in traditional techniques such as weaving, stitching and knitting which she applies with unusual materials to create pieces of art. Her current work...
The Miners' Commandments Taking inspiration from the history of a material or object, my work develops as I research and uncover links which form a narrative. I work by hand to create curiosities, from a small Wunderkammer inspired by a trip to Rhoose Point to a...
97,000 Approximately 85,000 women and 12,000 men are raped in England and Wales alone every year; that's roughly 11 rapes (of adults alone) every hour. These figures include assaults by penetration and attempts. I have created this collection to raise awareness of...
Midas I am a figurative sculptural artist working mainly in ceramics. My work is heavily influenced by classical works of sculpture but the Midas project's focus is more on how people automatically project onto realistic pieces of sculpture. I am interested in how...
The Geo Collection The GEO collection was inspired by the art and architectural movement constructivism. The way I designed each product was to appear to be completely different forms at each elevation. The making process of the collection is a combination of handmade...
Woodland to Wearable As a maker, I am a firm believer that no materials should be left unutilised. Therefore, I found that using waste materials that others had discarded, I could not only create beautiful pieces of jewellery but also benefit the surrounding area by...
The Illustrators Mind My ceramic pieces have been influenced by my self-perception. Through illustration I have explored visualising my own thoughts with regards my emotional state. I have created ceramic vessels as a metaphor for my identity in which these...
Contoured Dinning I design and produce slip cast table ware for the fusion food market. These forms have been inspired and informed by different cultural traditions and contexts for dining. I use digital modelling to produce the designs which are then fabricated...
The Pant y Celyn Tablecloth My work focuses on people-centred projects and my pieces explore how new materials and technology can help people express themselves. I work with live briefs so each project has a different set of needs. This work is the outcome of a...
Your Wearers Trace I am a process driven maker who has a passion for working with leather. Leather has the ability to become more beautiful with age, so I have chosen to combine old and new leather in my work. My designs utilise leather and bit pieces from shire horse...
Bits and Bugs Bugs, insects and creepy crawlies have always intrigued me. Their leg articulation, systematic ways of living and somewhat startling characteristics have only drawn me closer; this small collection of insect-like outcomes display these attributes. Two of...
Green In Seasoned The material of choice for me is wood, responsibly sourcing it, I find it an interesting material to work with due to its durability, strength and aesthetic. The types of hardwood I favour are; Oak, Chestnut, Lime and Cherry. Fruit woods are better...
Vessels I create sculptural pieces for the interior space. Connecting contrasting materials together enables me to create different textures and visual effects. The statement pieces of glass vessels placed in bases finished with handmade stoppers enhance an interior...
Within Nature Amanda's jewellery encapsulates natural forms in resin to emphasize and distil the inherent beauty of each artefact. The process of trapping a piece in clear resin places a special significance on it, as though each one is contained in a miniature museum...
Wood and Wire Enjoying both the intricacy of wirework and the precision of woodwork, Jennifer Finnigan combines the two in her furniture and accompanying pieces by hand inlaying wire into various hardwoods. These pieces incorporate mid-century modern design principles...
Intersecting the Everyday Hannah Thompson has used an appreciation of form and material to develop a range of objects which endeavour to differ from everyday tableware. Her use of intersecting line and materials create a collection in which all the objects originate...
Functionality and Beauty The CNC milled wood components of these pieces are informed by the study of, and the digital scanning of the smooth peaks and dips seen in the growth of moss. The intention was to create a subtle, yet familiar sense of nature within the home....
In Motion Andrew's 'In Motion' is a collection of anthropomorphic forms of human movement. They render the ephemeral nature of movement tangible through the use of 3D printed objects that express it. These signify the past, telling the story of a human being within...
D'arc Design I refer to my work as "creating the Modern Gothic", influenced by the original Gothic period, the Victorian Gothic revival and the Gothic music and fashion culture that manifested itself in the early 1980's. I started making Gothic influenced furniture...
Viktoriia's sculptural work questions the human condition, and is concerned with the subject of sexuality and the representation of the human body. The grotesque, provocative nature of the work is based on the concept of the boundless complexity of the body. In her...
Pipeline Projection Lamps Designing, creating, making, drive me on a daily basis. When creating a piece of work, I love the challenge of the search for the perfect resource, preferably recycled. I believe when a material has been subjected to use it has a character...
Perspective in Cobalt Lauren O'Garra uses Traditional Chinese Blue and White Porcelain to inform her illustrations on ceramics which employ contemporary cylinder designs as vessels to carry her decorative brushwork. The main materials she uses are earthenware, cobalt,...
Solar Rhian Morris' current work is based around the idea of space, the galaxy and the solar system. 'Solar' is a range of jewellery inspired by 'Space'. When molten pewter is poured onto cool acrylic a reaction takes place, and a unique surface is created on each...
In Pursuit of Form Bryn Richard's work explores structural systems using a formalist approach to sculpture with a focus on surface, line and volume. The forms produced are governed by a set of rules such as those that must be followed to compose an equilateral...