See/ CinBA Live Project Online Exhibition/ 1 March 2012 to 1 September 2013
General Information
In the academic year 2010-2011 the CinBA Project invited course leaders of contemporary craft subjects at Higher Education and Further Education level to become involved in the research through a Live Project opportunity for their students.
The collaboration was facilitated by and developed with the Crafts Council to offer contemporary craft students a unique opportunity to engage with and explore the roles they may play in understanding and interpreting Bronze Age artefacts.
Using Bronze Age objects as sources for their own research-based practice, participating students were asked to design and develop new contemporary craft objects in response to the prehistoric material.
The work of 14 outstanding students is presented in the exhibition. Their work represents several different media, styles and sources of inspiration. Some of the students have drawn upon Bronze Age making techniques, whilst others have found inspiration in the sensual qualities, shapes or motifs of prehistoric objects, and many have been intrigued by the meanings and interpretations of objects from a prehistoric past.
Curator Prof. Janis Jeffries says “The on line exhibition tells the story of how the Bronze Age objects have inspired young craftspeople today. What we can see is a diverse cornucopia o f intriguing, classically produced and hybrid creations that reflect contemporary issues and concerns but inspired by the creative flowering of their experience of European heritage”.
Curator Prof. Janis Jeffries says “The on line exhibition tells the story of how the Bronze Age objects have inspired young craftspeople today. What we can see is a diverse cornucopia o f intriguing, classically produced and hybrid creations that reflect contemporary issues and concerns but inspired by the creative flowering of their experience of European heritage”.
Artists included:
Ann Kelcey MA Art and Design (Ceramics), University of Wolverhampton
Caroline Allen MDes, 3D Materials Practice, University of Brighton
Ginny Puzey, National Diploma, Design Crafts, School of Jewellery, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University
Helen Reeves, National Diploma, Design Crafts, School of Jewellery, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University
Lyn Leadbeater, Design and Applied Arts, University of Wolverhampton
Sarah Bellavia, Design Crafts, De Montfort University
Michele Coxon, MA Ceramics, University of Wolverhampton
Miriam Jones, National Diploma, Design Crafts, Manchester Metropolitan University
Patrick Hiley-Thorne, Craft and Design University of Brighton
Holly Inglis, Design and Applied Arts, University of Wolverhampton
Rini Layden, Design Crafts, De Montfort University
April Wernham, Three Dimensional Design, Manchester Metropolitan University
Rosemary Chell, Design Crafts, De Montfort
