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Crafts CouncilDirectoryKaren Thompson

Farm World

Karen Thompson

Scarborough, England


Earth to Earth, Karen Thompson - with thanks to Webb-Ellis

A mixed media composition of plastic farm toys, dead honey bees and a porcelain chemical barrel. This piece is commenting on the use of pesticides and the effect they have on the environment.


The GM Reaper, David Chalmers

A contemporary modern day Grim Reaper, commenting on GM crops and the unknown outcome they may have on our health.


A Poultry Life, Karen Thompson

De-beaked and malformed hen egg baskets, this piece takes the historical ceramic egg holders and subverts them into modern day battery chickens, displaying them on a cross between battery cages and supermarket shelves.


The Human Milk Cow, Karen Thompson

This is a drawing for a proposed ceramic piece in the style of Staffordshire Pottery. It is a response to the fact that Chinese scientists have genetically modified cows to produce human milk for infants.


Battery Hen, David Chalmers

One of the battery hens taken from A Poultry Life.

Farm World

Karen Thompson

Scarborough, England


Earth to Earth, Karen Thompson - with thanks to Webb-Ellis

A mixed media composition of plastic farm toys, dead honey bees and a porcelain chemical barrel. This piece is commenting on the use of pesticides and the effect they have on the environment.


The Human Milk Cow, Karen Thompson

This is a drawing for a proposed ceramic piece in the style of Staffordshire Pottery. It is a response to the fact that Chinese scientists have genetically modified cows to produce human milk for infants.


The GM Reaper, David Chalmers

A contemporary modern day Grim Reaper, commenting on GM crops and the unknown outcome they may have on our health.


Battery Hen, David Chalmers

One of the battery hens taken from A Poultry Life.


A Poultry Life, Karen Thompson

De-beaked and malformed hen egg baskets, this piece takes the historical ceramic egg holders and subverts them into modern day battery chickens, displaying them on a cross between battery cages and supermarket shelves.

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