Ahead of the Crafts Council’s new gallery opening, Crafts asked Alison Britton to challenge five makers involved in the first exhibition, Maker’s Eye, – Michael Brennand- Wood, Michael Marriott, Freddie Robins, Julian Stair and Esna Su – to define craft’s role in a fast-changing world.

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Maker’s Eye

The Makers’ Eye is an exclusive preview of the inaugural exhibition at the new Crafts Council Gallery, opening March and looks at the Crafts Council Collection through the eyes of those who have contributed to the shaping of modern British craft. Spanning disciplines and decades over 100 craft objects acquired for the nation over the last fifty years have been selected by 13 makers. Crafts Council’s Head of Exhibitions and Collections, Annabelle Campbell, brings together three of these makers, including Freddie Robins and Michael Brennand-Wood, to discuss how they went about bringing their unique perspective to their selection, how the selection reflects a personal view of craft and the impact of having their work included in the Crafts Council Collection.

Collect 2020 Talk: Maker’s Eye, Maker’s Voice – Talking about Craft
Friday 28 February 2020
3.00 – 4.00pm
Collect: International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design 2020
Somerset House
London WC2R 1LA

Free with Collect admission ticket

Collect 2020

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The All The Time Gloves are a collaboration between Freddie Robins and designer, Donna Wilson. Freddie was Donna’s tutor at the Royal College of Art and has been a huge supporter of her work ever since.

100% lambswool, knitted in Scotland.
Available in three colourways – burgundy, orange or caspian blue
£35.00 per pair.

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An ongoing dialogue between artists from China and Britain
A Yantai Art Museum, China initiative with Original Projects Great Yarmouth and University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK.

Between Us: Biennial Conversations and Exchanges Is the second part of a new Sino-UK Biennial of contemporary visual artists and project Where Suns Rise. The inaugural exhibition took place in Yantai in September 2018.

The project supports long term exchange between two visual art communities on two very different continents. It brings together contemporary visual artists in particular connecting the geographies of East of England with Yantai, Shandong province on the East Coast of China. This year in 2019, the exhibition is presented concurrently in both Ipswich and Great Yarmouth and presents the work of almost 50 artists.

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