For the month of March I have been  in Cobh, Co Cork at St Sirius Art Centre as artist in residence. I did not blog my residency but  attempted to  tweet it so have a look on the tweets on the right hand side.  The work produced will hopefully lead to a return visit and exhibition at the Sirius art centre.



My spoons (made 2008 in Western Australia) are off to Milan for The “Unexpected Guests. Homes of Yesteryear, Design of Today” (11 March-2 May).  Poldi Pezzoli Museum 


''The exhibition  which will feature over two hundred objects designed between 2000 and today by the most ground-breaking international designers and produced by the top industrial companies.  These will be displayed inside the four Milan houses in an attempt to relate, dialogue and echo with the spaces, in perfect harmony yet producing an amazing overall effect. The Milan Historic House Museums, a unique heritage not just for the city of Milan, outstanding examples of domestic life – the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, the Boschi Di Stefano Historic House Museum, the Necchi Campiglio Villa and the Poldi Pezzoli Museum. The inauguration of the exhibition is scheduled to coincide with the Saloni 2010 Press Conference, to be held by Cosmit on 11th February. Over 70 international journalists will attend, thus giving them a prime opportunity to flag up this new cultural project .

The working party responsible for this project (curator Beppe Finessi, graphic designer Italo Lupi, Annalisa Zanni, Director of the Milan Historic Houses, organising coordinator Silvia Latis of Fondazione Cosmit Eventi)''


find out the story behind the spoons here lacy spoons





stroud red

Clearing the studio and a day of photography with photographer friend Ali Bell beginning to document a process of working for Stroud Textile Festival .. The artist residency will be blogged on the website blog   http://sitblog.co.uk/






Image /craft exhibition at Innovative Craft .

My portrait by photographer Shannon Tofts was on exhibit at Innovative Craft . This was created as part of Changing Face of Craft exhibition in 2006 and involved a small collaboration with Shannon in creating a work incorporating embroidery, movement and light 


 






dowry   detail

cotton,goldleaf
made on artists residency n.uist 2008




artists object project exhibition 5th September - 31st October (now finished) but plans are afoot for a possible event where my 9 plates  are used for a blousy cake tea party.......further developing ideas of 'display versus function'   












top of cabinet for 'shift'

made in collaboration with matt hulse and helen kalmijn for 'artist object project'.

fragments of ceramic pieces and coal dust are animated through the force of sound. discreet hidden speakers are fixed under fragments and dust transmitting audible tones and sound waves causing  particles to dance and shift.






shift sound timeline by Matt Hulse

sound recorded at Nantgarw ( A470 traffic sound )






have a look at  artist Keith Harrison and his performance ceramics on the Slowcoast website










exhibition now installed and looking well.. now its time to take time to reflect on the work and the experience of working in ceramics....



artist object project
micheal cousins. catherine bertola.deirdre nelson+matt hulse

artists responses to ceramics from national museum of Wales
5th September - 31st October 2009

brecknock museum and art gallery
captains walk
brecon
powys, wales








coal being vibrated by sound









as he shut the kiln he said 'its in the lap of the gods'









glazing plates with the expert help of Matt Thompson



artists object project news on craft scotland website

http://www.craftscotland.org/Default.aspx.LocID-cftnewkad.RefLocID-cft04e001.Lang-EN.htm
plate by Jule Jenckel


plate designed for arguing couples who want to throw pieces of crockery at each other. already broken so it means you dont have to use your best dinnerware ..


ceramics and superwoofers


I am very lucky to be collaborating with two very talented Matts on the artist object project



In addition to creating 9 plates ....

we will be creating a work with the ......
'intention to animate fragments of ceramic and coal dust through the invisible force of sound... discreet hidden speakers will be fixed beneath fragments.... these will transmit a variety of barely audible tones and sound waves, causing them to jiggle, dance and shift ' words of matt hulse

....so i am stepping from textiles to a whole new world of ceramics and superwoofers which is very exciting but equally daunting in the lead up to the exhibition.

i have been thinking alot about collaboration and found this relating to architecture...

'collaboration is the making of a relationship not an object.. although it sounds obvious to say it, collaboration is about difference, otherwise why bother?. ..acknowledging difference opens up a space to recognise what you didnt know, what you do know and what you didnt know you knew: this is the substance of collaboration far more so than the material outcome that may or may not result'

Build the relationship first, then identify the differences, then create the space




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