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3 - 7 September 2018 Birmingham Cathedral Square
Craftspace supports the Education Manifesto for Craft and Making which calls for putting it at the heart of education. Find out more: craftscouncil.org.uk/educationmanifesto #futureinmaking
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In:Site 2018
A Festival of graduate Creativity In:Site Festival 2018 returns to Birmingham Cathedral Square for its eighth year in partnership with Birmingham Cathedral. It is curated and produced by Craftspace, a Birmingham based charity developing and promoting contemporary craft and applied arts. Cathedral Square is a major city thoroughfare and meeting point with as many as twenty thousand people passing through and spending time in the public space each day. Over five days graduates make bespoke artworks in situ responding to the space, architecture, people and heritage. Some are created with the participation and engagement of the passing public. The festival aims to showcase new graduate talent and develop emerging craft businesses. It provides graduates with a paid early career commission and profile for their CV. Benefits include being able to: enhance skills, test viability of ideas, respond to a public art brief and a specific site and engage with the public at first hand. It presents contemporary craft for all to encounter and experience in an unconventional public setting. The artists have been selected by Jane McArdle, Heritage Manager for Birmingham Cathedral and Craftspace, following research visits to regional and national degree shows. For a second year we have partnered with Jaguar Land Rover’s clay modellers to highlight it as a potential career and to demonstrate the versatility and importance of clay as a material. Showing how it is used expressively by artists and as a sculpting material for design in the car industry. The artwork is continually installed as it is made around Cathedral Square and displayed inside the Cathedral and is on show until Sunday 9th September.
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Chloe Knights cmkdsgn Manchester Metropolitan University 3D Design, Multi-Media Interactive Art Creating a material ‘station’, Chloe will invite the public to make and create in an open-ended way. You can connect, knot, knit, tie, slot and build – anything goes, the main idea is to play and have fun, connect with others and take some time out from everyday life. Libbertine Vale libbertinevale Hereford College of Arts Contemporary Design Crafts Inviting the public to anonymously tell her what they are thinking as they cross the square, Libbertine will transform these thoughts into a large installation using freemotion sewing. Emily Arnold e.arnoldfineart Loughborough University Fine Art Emily will encourage the public to take more notice of their surroundings by working with them to create delicate and atmospheric cyanotypes (or sun prints), using found objects, acetate, writing and drawing.
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Sophie McKinney sophiemckinneyceramics Nottingham Trent University Decorative Arts - Ceramics Taking inspiration from the ceremonial objects and utensils used within the cathedral, Sophie will work with the public to use traditional techniques such as coiling and pinching to create their own objects out of clay. Melissa Payne melissajadedesign Swansea College of Art , University of Wales Surface Pattern Design Connecting the historic with the contemporary through a study of the buildings in and around Cathedral Square, Melissa will create a multi layered piece using screen printing, textiles, glass, polaroid photographs and stitch. Ryan Ashcroft ryanashcroftdesignermaker University of Wolverhampton Applied Arts Inspired by the industrial revolution, and the processes involved in making beautiful objects, Ryan will invite the public to cast forms from pewter to make an installation reflecting the rapid growth of industry in Birmingham. Molly Taylor mollytaylortextiles.com Falmouth University Textile Design Exploring materials, surface and texture, Molly will create an installation piece that visually integrates elements of the buildings around the Square, celebrating how the city has changed in the 300 years since the construction of the Cathedral.
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Nina Brabbins ninabrabbins Royal School of Needlework Hand Embroidery for Fashion, Interiors & Textile Art To raise awareness of environmental issues, Nina will encourage people to contribute to an installation featuring her own large scale hand embroidered sculptures made from plastic waste collected from the city and the sea. Dawn Bache dawnbache.co.uk Bradford College Contemporary Constructed Textiles Dawn creates hand woven artisan textiles using heritage craft skills. Creating a length of fabric made of hand spun wool and recycled sari silk, the public will add writing and drawing to the piece, weaving their contribution into the fabric using a loom. Naomi Clarke NWClarkejewellery School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University Jewellery What does Cathedral Square mean to you? Exploring the history alongside the contemporary uses of Cathedral Square, the public will be able to use enamel and decal jewellery making techniques to contribute their responses. Emma Jackson illustratingemmauk Sheffield Hallam University Design (Illustration) Emma will ask people to draw portraits of each other using a mono-printing technique. As the portraits build up they will reflect the diverse audience passing through the square, and their connection to the area.
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George Hopkins george_designs Birmingham City University Furniture and Lifestyle Products George’s design work explores different materials and their aggregates. He will invite the public to cast their own products inspired by the history and people of Birmingham, using Jesmonite. Marek Liska Marek.Liska_ Cardiff Metropolitan University Ceramics Marek is a ceramic gardener and will create a pop up community garden space, complete with the artist’s handmade tools. The public can get involved through making large or small clay sculptures. Bethan Perry bethanperrytextiles University of Derby Textiles Design (specialising in knit) Bethan’s piece will bring together traditional knitting techniques, with more modern acrylic embellishments, reflecting the modernisation of the architecture surrounding the Cathedral.
Exhibition, 1st - 9th September A showcase display of artworks by participating In:Site artists inside the Cathedral.
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Jaguar Land Rover workshop, 3rd - 5th September Have a go sculpting with clay modellers from JLR. facebook.com/claymotive Birmingham Heritage Week, 7th September Make bone china flowers with Rita Floyd. One of the last fully trained ceramic flower makers working in the Midlands ceramic industry.
This year’s festival is supported by:
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