Category: Consultancy, Writing and Events
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The RDS Craft Bursary, 2019 and 2020
I’ve been part of the selection panels for the last two RDS Craft Bursaries, at the invitation of the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland. The 2019 winner, announced in February 2019 is glass artist Edmond Byrne, to support him in an exciting collaboration with silversmith Adi Toch. Their new body of work will be…
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Justine Randall: place and time
In late 216 I was introduced to tapestry artist Justine Randall, who was at the time creating a new body of work for a solo exhibition “The Woven Landscape”, shown at the Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art in March 2017. I was honoured to be invite to write the essay for the accompanying publication.…
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Transplantation: touring international jewellery show 2012-2015
One of the larger touring projects I managed for The National Centre for Craft & Design was “Transplantation: a sense of place and culture”, conceived of and curated by jeweller Norman Cherry and focusing on stories of movement and migration. It featured six UK based and six Australian based makers and toured to 15 venues…
Liz Cooper 