Making It

27th February - 28th March 2010

Walford Mill Crafts in Wimborne, Dorset has a proud tradition of offering support to new, developing artists and makers, and the latest exhibition, ‘Making It’ is a fine example of this.

‘Making It’ brings together work by eleven students in the final year of Bournemouth University’s BA (Hons) Applied Art & Design course. Developed as an extension to the two-year FdA, the course is a combination of creative work along with an introduction to working within the Arts & Crafts industry. Students are taught by skilled practitioners and study is project-led, culminating with a final major project related to the student’s specialist area of study, such as metalwork, glass or ceramics. The eleven students have produced a diverse range of work, but with some shared themes such as childhood memories, found and recycled objects and reinterpretation of traditions.

‘Making It’ runs at Walford Mill, Wimborne, Dorset, from 27th February until 28th March.

Simon Brown
Simon’s work is the result of his research into cell structure, and more specifically the evolution of shapes and the structures within. His free-blown glasswork pieces will show the evolution of a shape.

Alysa Freeman
Alysa has had an affiliation with the passing of time throughout her studies. This has developed in her latest series that uses resin and found objects in conjunction with her metalwork skills to create pieces that capture a single moment.

Amanda Heath
Amanda’s sculptures are a combination of copper and hot molten glass, that has been allowed to flow freely and solidify, capturing a moment in time.  An intrinsic element to her designs is light, bringing the sculptures to life and allowing the natural imperfections of bubbles and folds to be revealed.

Zanda Klimenko
Zanda’s ceramic pieces combine intensely worked surfaces with simple forms. In her newest work she has been drawn to old techniques and hand-painted ceramics with on-glaze pigments using calligraphy pens. Inspired by the traditional techniques Zanda has swept away the materials' conservative and quaint suggestions, replacing them with original illustrations, layers of found images and colour.

Susan Linehan
Susan creates site-specific adornment and embellishment. This series of work is focused on “Taking the inside, out.” Contemporary fabric patterns and designs are the theme for this set of beautiful yet functional stoneware.

Jason Miller
Jason makes vessels for displaying dried flowers and plants from found and ephemeral materials.

Caroline Parrott
Caroline works in hand coloured anodised aluminium, creating sculptural forms inspired by childhood and her love of the Dorset countryside. The autumn leaves created for this exhibition have been dyed in vibrant oranges, yellows and browns, marked with batik wax and flocked on one side. They evoke the warmth and contentment of walking through a forest on a sunny October morning.

Perron Phipps
Perron’s free-blown glasswork is inspired by colour and pattern, which are used everyday by animals. These patterns have been taken out of context into a gallery environment, making them striking to the viewer.

Holly Ross
Pushing the translucency of fine bone china to its limits, Holly brings decoration to her pieces through a range of surface techniques and print. Inspiration comes from fairytale findings, nature and being able to spy through to secret worlds. Holly works to create delicate magical pieces that come to life when lit.

Harriet Thew
Using enameling, etching and forging, Harriet has explored the form and texture of copper, to produce work that expresses her memories of imagination and childhood stories.

Julie Winsor
Julie has studied Fine and Applied Art. Working with precious metals as well as found objects, such as vintage chandelier crystals, she creates unique works imbued with a narrative. This series of work is based on Hans Christians Andersen's The Snow Queen. Her work elicits an intriguing response with its combination of precious and non-precious materials, hovering somewhere between artwork and jewellery.

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