Making Space:Sensing Place: Metal

Making Space:Sensing Place

In October 2009, along with artist Thurle Wright, I was awarded a Making Space:Sensing Place Fellowship; part of the HAT: Here and There International Exchange Programme, managed by A Fine Line:Cultural Practice. The Fellowship includes residencies with Britto Arts in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with Arts Reverie in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, with The V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London and with The Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire. Working and collaborating with artists and craftspeople from the UK, Bangladesh and India, responding to the collections and spaces we encounter and sharing these experiences through a touring exhibition and educational workshops.

This blog, which is still developing and being added to, is a record of my experiences during the MS:SP Fellowship. Steven Follen.
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Sunday, 4 September 2011

The Power of Making

The film of the metalsmiths in Bangladesh has been included in the Crafts Councils exhibition: The Power of Making.
The show; in the Porter Gallery, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; runs from the 05/09/11- 02/01/12.

Saturday, 18 June 2011

The Harley Gallery

The show 'Sensing Place' has moved from the V&A Museum of Childhood and has now opened at the Harley Gallery, on the Welbeck Estate, in Nottinghamshire.

The show runs until 7th August 2011.

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Metalsmithing in Bangladesh

An article about the metalworkers I visited in Bangladesh during the MS: SP Fellowship has been included in the Craft Revival Trust Website. The website is "a constantly expanding Encyclopedia featuring information on the makers, the techniques, processes and vocabulary of the intangible cultural heritage of South Asia".

Monday, 20 September 2010

Work in Progress

Inspiration from the flower garlands in Bangladesh, the decoration on the rickshaws, the repetition and pattern in the textiles at the Calico Museum, the decorated surface of the houses in the Pols, the metal foil makers, the.....the.....