Posts Tagged ‘awards’
Q&A with Abigail Brown
Abigail Brown makes hand made textile birds from her studio at Cockpit Arts and writes below about her inspirations, projects and the support she’s had along the way… Q: What three words best describe your work/style? Nature, texture, colour Q: Who, or what, inspired you to become a designer-maker? Initially I was made aware of the craft world […]
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Q&A with Catherine Hammerton,
Q: What three words best describe your work/style? Eclectic, stylish, British Q: Who, or what, inspired you to become a designer-maker? I think I was inspired by the hours and hours of plasticine moulding and collage making with my Mum when I was small. From school homework, to nativity costumes to overseeing the production line […]
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Laura Long, a designer-maker at Cockpit Arts talks about developing a product for the Tate. How did the knitting kit idea come about? I wrote a how to knit book called ‘Knitted Toy Tails’ which was published last year full of knitting patterns on how to knit toys. This book was more popular than I ever […]
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Textile designer Naomi Ryder launched a product range as part of Southbank Centre’s Bloom initative in May 2010. We were interested to find out more about why she decided to make the exciting move into manufacture. As a textile designer, who is used to very hands-on processes, why did you decide to develop products for Southbank Centre that would require […]
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by Abigail Branagan, Business Development Manager at Cockpit Arts If you ask most small businesses what would have the most significant impact on their business, one of the most frequent answers would be “money”. Accessing money through external funding is a competitive process therefore you need to be really clear about what you actually need the […]
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