Learn/ CraftNet: Leading through Making/ 16 June 2011
General Information
Speakers for the day will be:
Rajesh Gogna, Anna Lorenz and Miranda Sharpe were all mentees on the DMWM ‘Future Forward’ mentoring programme. The three selected mid-career designer makers were supported by mentors to engage in critical discussion, to develop new work and access new market opportunities. Metalsmiths Rajesh and Anna and jeweller Miranda, will be talking about their experiences of the programme, the benefits and how it has influenced their practices.
Tracey Rowledge creates books and wall pieces that explore the line between spontaneity and the deliberately crafted. In 2008 Tracey joined Cape Farewell an expedition visiting the Disko Bay area of West Greenland. The journey was created to instigate a cultural response to climate change and bring together leading artists, writers, scientists, educators and media for a series of expeditions to hot spots of climate change. Three years on Tracey will be reflecting on the expedition and how it has impacted on her practice.
Furniture designer and maker David Gates will be speaking about collaborative working within and across disciplines. This will include his experiences of the Pairings 2010 project, where he worked with Alice Kettle and Jane Webb to explore and engage in each other’s practices, sharing ways of working and exchanging ideas and processes. David is regularly involved in open-ended inter-disciplinary research projects with other practitioners centred on ideas of communication and the notion of making.
Booking is essential as numbers are limited. To book a place please contact Natalie Cole (DMWM administrator) on natalie@designermakerwm.co.uk
CraftNet – leading making /making leaders
CraftNet is an informal network in which meetings, events and exchange can take place to look at and share ways of developing and promoting craft across the sector.
CraftNet grew out of the group of people who participated in the Leadership Programme and Acts of Daring Conference in 2008.
Vision
To be the lead network for professionals representing a thriving, ambitious, high quality contemporary craft sector.
Mission
To reach, support, educate and empower people with a passion for contemporary crafts
To provide a forceful collective voice to bring about change for the benefit of the sector
To empower the sector and provide a forum for debate that will influence the future direction of crafts
To work together to assist makers in developing new work and thriving businesses
To ensure that the unique contribution of makers to UK society and economy is recognized outside the sector
