Crafts Council acquire new work
Lesley by Lina Peterson, Photo: Crafts Council/John Hammond
The Crafts Council has acquired 11 new works for its Collection of contemporary British craft. The Crafts Council has been acquiring craft since 1972 and continues to acquire work twice a year. The collection numbers over 1300 works and is one of the most important collections of contemporary craft.
There are currently 99 objects from the Collection on long and short term loan to museums, galleries and hospitals in the UK. In addition to this there are 30 objects currently on tour in Crafts Council exhibitions. The 11 pieces were selected by the Crafts Council Acquisition Panel. The work acquired includes;
Room Temperature, 2007, by Lin Cheung
Room temperature is a silver engraved wall-mounted thermometer with a rather unconventional scale, ranging from explosive and intoxicating to agreeable and pleasant to bitter and glacial.
Royal Albert, Royal Doulton and Willow, 2009, by Lin Cheung
From the ‘cup’ series these three found period porcelain cups sit on the edge of their flat oxidised silver shadows.
Nap, 2007, by Angela Jarman
Nap is a solid black glass piece with an aluminium insert. The textured surface is derived from multiple repeats of the stigma of the calla lily and the insert creates a point of focus by contrasting with the black glass. Nap reflects Jarman’s long term interest in biology and the natural world.
Dana, Silhouette and Lesley, 2008 and 2009, by Lina Peterson.
Three brooches from Peterson’s signature ‘dipped’ series. Each brooch is a bright flat shape of colour (blue, red and orange) created by dip-coating copper sheets in plastic creating a tactile liquid-like surface.
Orange Neckpiece, 2008, by Lina Peterson
A bold and playful neckpiece made from lime wood stained orange neon supporting a felt disc with hand-dyed wool embroidery applied. This neckpiece was part of the ‘New Organics’ exhibition that prompted Peterson to find material alternatives to her plastic dipped series.
Twisted grey loop, 2009, by Merete Rasmussen
Rasmussen’s ceramic work is hand built using the coiling technique to create one continuous surface. The monochrome grey loop curves in and out of itself creating a bold and harmonious piece.
Smudge, 2001, by Wales & Wales
The 155 cm high oak chest of discrete drawers has a façade covered in horizontal strips of solid wood with a striking scorched detail running uninterrupted vertically down the front of the drawers.
The full Crafts Council Collection including these new pieces can be seen on the Crafts Council online image database www.photostore.org.uk
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For electronic images and further information about the Crafts Council Collection please contact Jill Read, Press Officer, Crafts Council, 020 7806 2549, media@craftscouncil.org.uk
Notes to Editors
• Works in the Crafts Council Collection are available for loan. For more information on borrowing from the Collection, please visit the Crafts Council website or contact Birgit Dohrendorf, Registrar, Crafts Council, tel: 020 7806 2525, email: b_dohrendorf@craftscouncil.org.uk. Images of all objects can also be viewed in our online image library through Photostore on the website www.craftscouncil.org.uk
• Objects in the Collection are available for loan to museums, galleries and universities. Information on our loans opportunities can be found on the Crafts Council’s website www.craftscouncil.org.uk/collection-and-exhibitions/
• For more information on the touring exhibitions available please visit the Crafts Council website or contact Charlotte Dew, Exhibitions Project Officer on c_dew@craftscouncil.org.uk
• The Crafts Council is the national development agency for contemporary crafts. It aims to position the UK as the best place in the world for making, seeing and collecting contemporary craft.
• For further information about the Crafts Council visit www.craftscouncil.org.uk
• The Crafts Council is supported by Arts Council England. Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people’s lives. As the national development agency for the arts, it supports a range of artistic activities from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital art, and carnival to crafts. Between 2008 and 2011, Arts Council England will invest £1.3 billion of public money from government and a further £0.3 billion from the National Lottery to create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.
