By Stuart Frost Since February 2008 one of the most enigmatic objects in the V&A’s collections, and one of the earliest acquisitions, has been the focus of a remarkable...
I like exhibitions showing a whole body of work from a single artist. I like being immersed in the unique vision. I like for that vision not to be interrupted or diluted by that...
I'd taken so many photos. Now I had boxes of them, pictures taken in and around Green Street, E.13, images of the shops and houses; and many also from the South Asian Textile...
By Stuart Frost I have been posting a new blog entry here every two weeks since October 2006. The gap between this posting and the last one is the longest that there has ever...
I’m so excited that the V&A have provided so big a space for me. Also I need to thank HSBC who sponsored this residency and gave me the chance to be here. Thanks to the nice...
My intention before I leave the studio in two weeks is to make various props for the film, including one giant glove 4 metres high, resolveGlover's mask, make a few reptilian...
Tapestry, tapistrye, tapesserie… beautiful words to get your tongue around and all derived from the Latin ‘tapetium’ but it was the description...
These words were written by Claudi Casanovas, the Catalonian artist working with ceramics and whose work I admire enormously. I quoted them at the beginning of my talk in York....
Working at the V&A recently, I managed to snatch a few moments to call by the new Sackler Centre to meet Dorothy Hogg, jeweller and inaugurating artist in the Museum Residency...
Guest posting by Frances Rankine, Curator, Word & Image Department‘I was fortunate enough to be in the Daiwa Foundation gallery on my own when I went to see Sian’s...
I was fascinated by engravings for black and white enamelled miniature cases by Jean Toutin who worked from 1618 to...
During the York Talk I spoke about my work and collaboration with the V&A including, of course, the World Beach Project. Many of your fabulous entries were highlighted in the...
I am a student every Tuesday taking part in the History of Jewellery Course run by Dr.Beatriz Chadour and the curators in the jewellery and metal department. It is a rare...
Madeleine from the Crafts Council has responded to the challenge with an elegant marsh grass...
Over the weekend I also had open studio sessions and was delighted by visits from jewellers of note who also came to make a charm, Susan May, Daphne Krinos and Alison Flanders...
The idea for the chain came out of a question I was asked at the interview for the residency, 'What would you do with 4000 parents and children coming to the museum over a...
After weeks of discussion and preparation the Chain of Talent project finally took off.V&As Heather Whitely managed to sort out all the health and safety issues and put up...
I had a surprise visit from fellow blogger Sue Lawty who was a textile artist resident at the V&A. We talked at ninety miles an hour about our residency experiences and it was...
Stephen Bottomley organised a visit to my studio of the Edinburgh College of Art Jewellery and Silversmithing Department and we also rushed round the V&A jewellery gallery. ...
I visited the Knit and Stitch Show at Alexandra Palace and found the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef had migrated there. It is a huge show with suppliers showing all sorts of...
I enjoyed both weeks of Craft Council organised Origin and the bonus for me was meeting lots of Edinburgh graduates who were exhibiting their work. I advertised the event on the...
By Stuart Frost and Elin Simonsson I posted a blog entry about a conservation work on an eighth century tunic in the V&A’s collections in June 2007. A great deal of work...
There is so much to see that is visually stimulating in London, the entire V&A collection of course and diversity of architectural styles to be discovered just walking about,...
I have been very fortunate to find the perfect red head models near at...
My visit to the Dents Factory and Museum in Warminster felt like a step back in time. John Cundick (Quality controller at Dents) showed me the glove collection, and presented me...
I have been invited by the York Artworkers Association to give a talk at the Tempest Anderson Hall, York Museum. It is next Monday 3rd November at 7.30pm. The York Artworkers is...
Stuart Frost On any project there are significant milestones, key dates by which critical stages on the road to completion have been reached. For the Medieval and Renaissance...
My second site for this practice-based research is the South Asian Collection at the V&A, particularly the textiles collection. Buildings tell their own stories just as...
Having the studio open to the public has changed my working process and I have laid the space out to engage the public in an educational way. There are my test pieces and samples...