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Misshapes: the Making of Tatty Devine

Crafts Council exhibition available for hire


  • Jewellery
  • Crafts Council exhibition

Misshapes: the Making of Tatty Devine exhibition installation, London. Photo: Inge Clemente

Tatty Devine's founders Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine set up a market stall in Spitalfields Market in the late 1990’s. Together they challenged jewellery conventions and in 2001 a trip to New York led them to discover laser cut acrylic. At that point a disruptive technology - laser cutting - unleashed a whole new set of creative possibilities and ideas.

On their return to the UK they invested in a laser cutting machine, going on to create personality-packed jewellery much loved 20 years on. 

Their DIY, unknowingly anarchic approach resonated with an industry and public who were hungry for something different from the commercialised, mass produced products on offer. Turning throwaway disposable objects like scraps of leather and guitar plectrums into jewellery not only landed the brand in Vogue magazine but also in the hearts of loyal fans all over the world.


  • Misshapes: the Making of Tatty Devine exhibition installation, London. Photo: Inge Clemente

  • Misshapes: the Making of Tatty Devine exhibition installation, London. Photo: Inge Clemente

Their work and collaborations have become markers of the time they were made in. Tatty Devine has always worked closely with musicians, artists, designers and brands from Gilbert and George to Belle and Sebastian - all people that they feel a connection to. Creativity, self-expression and hand making are at the heart of everything they do.

Misshapes is the first solo show about Tatty Devine and will explore entrepreneurship, innovative British making and the power of creativity. Jewellery, sketchbooks, photos and flyers alongside two newly commissioned films will all tell the story of this creative duo.

The exhibition launched at the Lethaby Gallery at Central Saint Martins, London in Summer 2019, and will go on a nationwide tour. See our What’s on section for venue details and dates.


Acid Blossom Set, Tatty Devine, Acrylic. Photo: Tatty Devine

Offer:

  • Approximately 100 objects
  • Objects, build and interpretation included
  • Education materials
  • Designed by Fraser Muggeridge Studio

Requirements:

  • Full exhibition 250 square metres display space
  • Grade C secure/ Alarmed by night, invigilated by day
  • Hire period, minimum of 12 weeks with 10-week display
  • Hire fee £3,000

For more information contact the Exhibitions team.


  • Rosie Wolfenden and Harriet Vine, co-founders Tatty Devine.

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