The Art Workers’ Guild
The Art Workers’ Guild
Bridget Bailey
Peter Hayes has travelled widely through Asia, Africa and Central America learning how, with limited technology and basic tools, potters in remote villages were able to get such exquisite, beautiful surfaces. He will talk about his travels and how this has inspired his work.
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Carolyn Trant will talk about cartoneras, the Latin American political and ecological street publishing phenomenon. She will discuss their relevance and how they provide inspiration for her own practice and our times.
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Jane Smith has been making hats for films since the 1960s. In conversation with the historian Alan Powers, she will show how they come into being, from initial sketches, choice of shape and materials, to the finished product.
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Rachael Matthews is a textile artist and founder of ’Rag School’ - a studio practice, community project and book in the making, dealing with ways to re-purpose textile waste. Rachael requests an audience with Prue Cooper, (the only Past Master of the Art Workers’ Guild to have a passport to the Free Republic of Frestonia). Rachael asks how we can collaborate in diverse communities, making something out of nothing. A manifesto for the Regenerative Arts and Crafts movement of the Anthropocene is emerging, and we would love to hear your stories. Please bring along a piece of cloth which seems impossible to make anything out of.
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The distinctive lettering of the Workshop is celebrated worldwide. Founded by David Kindersley in the 1930s the workshop continues to thrive today. Lida and Roxanne Kindersley discuss handing on knowledge through traditional apprenticeship and keeping the craft alive for future generations.
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Brigid talks about ’Garden of Making’, inspired by encounters with plants and insects on her allotment. From textiles to fly-tying, and cat whiskers to millinery, this immersive installation has grown from the creative compost of her making life. It demonstrates how techniques and materials combine and cross pollinate and how fresh they can be when rediscovered away from their natural habitats.
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