Artists and designers in residence
Artists and designers in residence
Find out what happens behind the scenes of the V&A's Museum Residency Programme which brings together designers, artists, makers, musicians, writers and all kinds of artists in the creative industries collaborate with V&A's world-class resources, including the extensive collections, curatorial and conservation expertise, practical art, design and digital media workshops and experienced educational and outreach staff, to create exciting new projects, research and events for Museum audiences.Discussions collected here come from a rich and diverse number of individual practitioners.
Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 08:00
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Stick brown canes in clods of earth lined up in buckets take refuge in my hall, the ground outside still frozen and closed for business.I dug them up before Christmas. Hurriedly, passionately, with vigour and intent, quite desperate and determined to retain a small fraction of the raspberry tradition of No.28, my childhood family home in Derbyshire. It would soon be gone from us; it felt...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 09:17
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SOFA New York 2012: The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art, Park Avenue Armory.A pair of lead textile pieces informed by V&A research were featured in the VIP Lounge at SOFA New York in April.browngrotta arts presented my work . On the booth they showed the tapestry ‘Line’ (first exhibited at the V&A in 2005), ‘Calculus’ + two new...
Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 11:31
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The route to museumaker and Killhope can be tracked back to early research in the fabulous stores at the V&A. Heavy Metal, Leaden, LEAD Too, And even before that, to the Bankfield Museum in Halifax when I trialed the very first woven lead sample. A short film by Jess James Hutchinson: Make it Work describes a part of that explorative process.
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 12:44
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I was handed a hammer and encouraged to whack the rock hard. In an instant a startling starburst flash of light glanced from the interior as it fell open. This was Galena, the ore of lead.
I was standing with a bleak windswept vista over the wild moors at the head of Weardale in the heart of the Northern Pennines: Killhope Lead Mining Museum.
My humble piece of rock to the left and a perfect...
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 23:00
The first 10 weeks have past and now I am turning to the last few months at the V&A to understand what I do with the journey I have been on. The first 10 weeks focused on understanding parts of the collection, maybe the next 10 weeks will allow me to react to the collection.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 22:37
Teacup Place of origin: Nagasaki (made)Date: about 1979 (made)Artist/Maker:Mori, Masahiro (designer) Hakusan Porcelain Company (manufacturer)Materials and Techniques: Porcelain with underglaze blue decorationCredit Line:Given by the designer through the manufacturing factoryMuseum number: FE.106C-1981Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 23, shelf 5
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 21:00
Vase Place of origin: United States (made)Date: 1983 (made)Artist/Maker:Morrison, Jens (maker)Materials and Techniques: EarthenwareMuseum number: C.174&A-1984Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 46, shelf 4
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 20:33
Vase Place of origin: Copenhagen (manufactured)Date: 1982 (designed)Artist/Maker:Manz, Bodil (designer) Bing & Grøndahl (manufacturer)Materials and Techniques: Porcelain with relief moulded and underglaze painted decorationCredit Line: Given by the makerMuseum number: C.142D-1987Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 42, shelf 5
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 19:31
Coffee Pot Place of origin: Staffordshire (made)Date: 1957-1968 (made)Artist/Maker:Seeney, Enid (decoration, designer) Arnold, Tom (shape, designer) Ridgway (manufacturers)Materials and Techniques: White earthenware, glazed and printedMuseum number: C.179:1, 2-1991Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 41, shelf 5
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 18:28
Plate Place of origin: Meissen (made)Date: ca. 1765-1775 (made)Artist/Maker:Meissen porcelain factory (manufacturer)Materials and Techniques: Hard-paste porcelain, painted in crimson-purple and giltMuseum number: 1979C-1855Gallery location: Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 23, shelf 3