Posts Tagged ‘makers’
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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Our seminar, Making It Branding at New Designers was a popular one with the show’s visitors and exhibitors. Cockpit Art’s Ellen O’Hara chaired the event which brought together two well-know designer-makers: Angie Boothroyd and carreducker and branding agency Felt to speak about establishing a successful brand. The speakers covered a range of areas including understanding your audience, […]
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Who’s your inspiration?
Just read a really nice interview with Timea Sido on the Seek & Adore website. Who first inspired you to be a maker?
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Making It: Heritage
Over the last few years there’s been a significant increase in the number of creative businesses working in partnership with the heritage sector. There is a wealth of projects taking place across the country from large-scale installations to special ranges of retail products. For the heritage sector, working with designer-makers enables fresh interpretation, bringing the […]
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By Glass Artist Delia Scales Delia Scales of Apollo Stained Glass based at Cockpit Arts in Deptford was commissioned by Discover Greenwich to create four stained glass pieces depicting the Thames barrier, Tower Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and the Millennium Bridge. We asked her about her experiences of delivering a commission: Q: Please tell us about […]
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Making It
Helen Steel is a designer-maker that has taken part in several Making It workshops and seminars which are attended both by studio-holders and other designer-makers. Although Helen does not as yet have a studio and works from home, whilst developing her business she has found attending these sessions inspirational and helpful so we asked her more […]
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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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Interview by Ellen O’Hara, Head of Business Development at Cockpit Arts During Collect 2010, I took part in a panel discussion organised by Crafts Magazine. The theme was ‘Crafting a Career’. Also on the panel was ceramist Jacob van der Beugel, who touched on a theme close to my heart – the important relationship between pricing, value […]
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