MAKE:SHIFT

I will be in conversation at this important conference. Click on the image above for more details including booking information. Here's the Crafts Council's description:

'The new Crafts Council conference Make:Shift explores how advances in materials, processes and technologies are driving innovation in craft practice 

A surgeon, an expert on robotics in architecture and an inventor of colour-changing fabrics are among the world-leading makers, thinkers and innovators confirmed for the Crafts Council’s first Make:Shift conference this November.

Taking place at Ravensbourne in London from 20 to 21 November 2014, Make:Shift will explore current and future thinking on the role of craft in 21st century production.  

Introduced by keynote speakers Martina Margetts, Ammar Mirjan and Raymond Oliver, the conference will be centered on three key themes: Materials, Making and Tools and will look at how makers are contributing to innovation in other sectors, including science, engineering, technology, manufacturing and medicine. 

Make:Shift is part of our innovation programme alongside Make:Shift:Do, a two-day festival of new making taking place across the UK from Friday 21 to Saturday 22 November.'

Bridging the Gap

This is a new version of my first digital piece, which I created as my final piece at the Royal College of Art back in 2008.

It is a small step forward, as the making of this piece combines the 3000+ year old process of lost wax casting and 'post-industrial' manufacturing.

Over the past couple of years, I have been keen to explore hybrid making techniques as I think there is enormous creative potential in bringing together 'traditional' and 'new' ways of making.

This way of approaching the creation of an artwork also helps to challenge the notion that these making techniques are mutually incompatible.

So I hope that this small Wedgwoodn't Tureen helps to bridge the gap.