Author: Liz Cooper London
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David Gates’ furniture commission for ‘Beauty is the First Test’
With the kind support of The National Centre for Craft & Design (NCCD), I was delighted to commission David Gates to make five unique pieces of exhibition ‘furniture’ to showcase samples, models, small finished pieces, and photo and sketch books about five makers: Gail Baxter, Stella Harding, Carol Quarini, Margo Selby and David himself. Image…
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Beauty is the First Test – Touring Exhibition 2012-2014
This exhibition explores how knowledge of either contemporary craft practice or mathematics may increase appreciation of both. The title is from a 1940 essay by accomplished mathematician G H Hardy who declared: ‘The mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s or the poet’s, must be beautiful, the ideas, like the colours or the words, must fit together…
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Under the Counter, Smiths Row 18 Sep – 30 Oct 2010
Back in April I mentioned this exhibition, which I’d just invited the maker collective Intelligent Trouble to work on with me. It’s been fantastically realised. All of the Intelligent Trouble collective and particularly Helen Carnac put a lot of thought and energy into it. The theme was jewellery in conversation and we programmed events ans…
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Holland Paper Biennial at The Knitting & Stitching Show 2010
I was invited by Creative Events to create an exhibition based on a curated selection of artists from the Holland Paper Biennial 2010, to be shown at The Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace. This project originated at Museum Rijswijk in a suburb of The Hague, in the Netherlands. Selection and installation were hard…
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European Quilt Triennial at Festival of Quilts, August 2010
The Palatinate museum at Heidelberg always puts together a great selection of work for this triennial, always strongly representative of art quilts, especially European. This gallery returns ot the Festival of Quilts every three years and never fails to please as the standard is so high. It was great to work again with Dr Kristine…
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A New Collaboration: Intelligent trouble ahead
I met Helen Carnac and David Gates yesterday to talk about a new project I am planning for Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery and how we might find a way to work together. I’ve exhibited both David and Helen’s work in successive end of year craft shows at Bury St Edmunds in the last 18…
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