http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/ Designed & Made Blog en http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/janet-hinchliffe-mccutcheon-exhibits-for-jubilee Janet Hinchliffe McCutcheon has a new design featured in a juried exhibition organised the Association for Contemporary Jewellery. The show, Diamond Jubilee, features Janet's piece, a necklace in sycamore, ebony, silver and textile titled Jubilee Talisman. The necklace is a commemorative talisman for the Commonwealth countries, and the exhibition opened in March 2012 at the School of Jewellery Birmingham and is touring to: Llantrisant Gallery, Wales dates tbc Goldsmiths Centre, Clerkenwell, London 11 – 16 June SH Gallery, Edinburgh 2 – 28 July North Glasgow College 27 – 31 August 26-04-2012 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/domes-uncovered-by-effie-burns   The ‘Undercover’ series is range of work I am developing at the moment. My first glass dome was inherited from my grandfather and was the starting point for the work. It was then exhibited as part of a group show at Contemporary Applied Arts in London called ‘Remarkable Glass’. A bursary from Designed & Made gave me the opportunity to create more new work for the series and take part in ‘Love Me Live With Me’, which took place during London Design Week.   Last summer I collected over forty large scale antique domes. I wanted to make larger work and these images are the beginning of this process. I like to work with opposites, contrasting rough and smooth textures, the man made and natural, the mundane and the extraordinary. I particularly enjoy things not being what they seem. Effie Burns   15-03-2012 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/a-canvas-for-st-anns Effie Burns has recently completed a glass commission for a joint services centre in Nottingham that includes a library and doctors' surgeries. The work screens the childrens' outdoor play area and the childrens' library. St. Ann's has the oldest and largest allotments in the country with rare breeds of both apple and pear trees. There are also over 300 types of beetle living there. Each element of the pattern is taken directly from some aspect of the diverse community that makes up St. Ann's, from knitted flowers to grafitti stars on the youth club. One story says that the main area ws called The Chase because deer were chased through there in the time of Robin Hood. The work is a jigsaw of pattern that celebrates the lives of a specific community.   28-02-2012 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/a-hothouse-for-talent The Crafts Council’s Hothouse programme selected the brightest new craft talent from across the UK. In September 2011 28 makers were selected to embark on a six-month programme of creative and business support. So what I have gained from my experience? More than anything else, Hothouse has made me sit back and think about not only my craft but also my life. What I have learned? Aside from providing workshops with wonderful speakers on pricing, marketing, networking and much more, I have learned that it's okay to take time off and it's important to enjoy now! Yes, it is important to think about the future of your business, but it’s also really important to enjoy where you are. Before embarking on the programme I’d never really thought about the potential for my business in the long run, but neither had I thought about the knock on effect that having your own business has on your lifestyle. Aside from my newly gained perspective, I have made some invaluable friendships with wonderful people, whose wealth of knowledge and skills have been priceless. I think it’s often easy to get pigeon-holed as a “creative”; mingling in the same circles with the same people, who often do similar things. Hothouse has given me not only more confidence and direction but the opportunity to spend time getting to know people I never would have got the chance to meet. Ellen Thomas 09-02-2012 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/news-from-home Designed & Made member Bettina Nissen recently returned from HOME ("the definitive new trade event for homewares and interior accessories") where she was exhibiting some of her products with the 5ml collective. Here are her impressions of this new addition to the design show calendar: HOME is a smaller show than TENT or 100% Design, but it is a lot more targeted towards home accessories rather than contract furniture. Overall it had a great contemporary feel and I saw a lot of really good quality, well designed products on show, by some of my favorite design brands. I also felt the show was more commercial, by which I mean there were a lot more actual buyers of retail products who visited the show to place orders and a lot of them did. Ilsa Parry and Tom Sutton, who were at the 5ml stand throughout the show, made quite a number of good retail contacts and took orders for the group of designers they selected to show (including our member Bettina Nissen). So although HOME is not the cheapest trade show, it was a great success and definitely a show to keep in mind for next year if you are in the home accessory market. 25-01-2012 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/become-a-member Designed & Made is looking for new members across the North East, North West and Yorkshire regions. We're looking for talented, innovative, challenging designer/makers in ceramics, furniture, wood and metal-working, illustration, textiles, jewellery, glass, printmaking, interior and product design. We work by nurturing, representing and promoting your work in new and imaginative ways. Within our extensive networks we create interesting collaborations and innovative partnerships to produce new commissions, sales of work and exhibitions. We're not overly concerned with the categorisation of creative practice; what really matters to us is that all work is fresh or newly interprets traditional skills. It needs to be new/intelligent/stylish and push at the boundaries of media, concept or narrative. Our guiding principles are: Excellence in workmanship and in the use of materials; sustainability; celebration of diversity in the design, contemporary applied arts and craft sector; support for innovation and experimentation and the development of new audiences for this work. We work with an open mind and are always looking for interesting new members, projects and collaborators. As a member of our network you will receive a newsletter with opportunities, news and industry updates, an online porfolio and invitations to be involved in networking events, exhibitions, product development and opportunities as and when they are applicable. Membership is currently free, and applications will be decided by a panel of industry experts. Applying to become a member is simple. Please send images of your work, and a short biography to info@designedandmade.co.uk www.designedandmade.co.uk 19-01-2012 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/helena-seget-shows-award-winning-torn-notepad-at-ldf D&M member and ceramic artist Helena Seget will be showing her award-winning Torn Notepad at this year's London Design Festival. The piece, which picked up a special award at the MINO 2011 International Ceramics show in Japan, will be on display at the Mint Gallery in the Brompton Design District. Mint has included Helena's piece in its LDF exhibition, which is themed on the ways in which perception and reality do not necessarily match up. The Torn Notepad is from Helena's sustainable stationery range - ceramic pieces created to resemble pages from writing pads, but which, though made from porcelain, can also be written upon in pencil. The London Design Festival, which showcases the best of UK design, runs from 17 - 30 September. 27-09-2011 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/dandm-at-tent-london Eleven designer/makers from the North East will be visiting London in September to exhibit at TENT London. TENT takes place between September 22 and 25, and is one of the largest design trade shows taking place during the London Design Festival each September. Now in its fifth year at the Old Truman Brewery, TENT presents over 200 international exhibitors, showing the very latest in contemporary interior products - furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles, materials and accessories. Taking part for Designed & Made will be Michael Armstrong, Jonathan Aspinall,Sarah Blood, Amy Levinson, Becky McKenzie, Bettina Nissen, Michael Siney, Ellen Thomas, Kate Usher, Polly Westergaard and RASKL.   06-09-2011 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/hothouse-2011 Designed & Made is delighted to be collaborating with the Crafts Council, Design Initiative and Cleveland College of Art & Design on Hothouse 2011. Open to emerging makers of any craft specialism, who are just about to, or within two years of, setting up their own business, Hothouse provides a six month programme of business and creative development support. Open to makers resident in England, Hothouse is a national scheme that will support 30 makers in 2011. The scheme is made up of group sessions on developing business skills, market knowledge and creativity, one-to-one meetings with a mentor from the sector, as well as support from recipients of the scheme from 2010. 06-09-2011 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/northern-print-screenprinting-course There are still places available on a two-day screenprinting course at Northern Print, Stepney Bank, Newcastle NE1. The course takes place on two Tuesdays in March (8 and 15th) from 10am-5pm. The price is £110 / £99 concessions. If you would like to book a place, please contact Northern Print here. 03-03-2011 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/craft-and-environmental-sustainability Craft has an essential role to play in building a more sustainable future, and a recent briefing note from the Crafts Council explores more fully how makers are trailblazing the use of recycled and sustainably-sourced materials and pioneering new, low-impact alternatives.   17-02-2011 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/printmaking-and-screen-printing-workshops-with-theresa-easton Spring Printmaking Workshops at 36 Lime Street with Theresa Easton Working in a professional glass & print studio in the heart of Newcastle’s cultural quarter, participants will be able to create their own original designs onto glass or create a series of hand printed books in the following workshops: Hand made printed books Saturday 10-4pm 26 February 2011 £55 7 places Screen-printing onto glass Saturday & Sunday 11-5pm 5 & 6 March 2011 £140 5 places To book: Payment must be made in advance Telephone: Theresa Easton 07981381830 Email: theresa_easton@yahoo.co.uk for further information about a course, booking and local transport & accommodation details. Theresa Easton online 36 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 2PQ 06-01-2011 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/jessamy-kelly-wins-prestigious-meffan-prize Designed & Made is delighted to hear that Jessamy Kelly has won the noted Meffan Museum Prize for her sculptures Wings (see photo) and Wedge. The 2010 Winter Exhibition at The Meffan in Forfar attracted entries from talented artists from all over Scotland and is a firm favourite with visitors. The judging panel, which included local artist Jim Barclay and artist and curator Kim Canale, selected Jessamy Kelly’s sculptures in the Professional category. Meffan Museum More information on Jessamy Kelly   13-12-2010 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/making-it-big! Article by Helena Seget Making it Big aimed to inspire and equip designer-makers and visual artists in applying for large-scale commissions, running public workshops and creating interventions as part of a portfolio career. The intended aim was to show how makers can develop and use their transferable skills outside of their conventional making practice to produce large scale work for a variety of clients or for community education purposes. The key-note speaker was Helen Marriage - co-director of Artichoke, a leading independent production company. Her aim is to work with artists to “invade our public spaces and put on extraordinary and spectacular events that live in the memory forever”. Working with visionary artist and engineer François Delarozière, director of French theatrical engineering company, La Machine, she spoke about the challenges of convincing decision makers to give permission to dig up or close off roads for the procession of The Sultan’s Elephant; a project which took 5 years to realise. Art consultant Sam Wilkinson specialises in commissioning site specific public art. She seemed keen to see the work of emerging artists and gave examples of practical support given, such as adapting the selection process to give those who may feel overwhelmed by it a chance. David Rhys Jones, a trained ceramicist who also works in different media over a wide range of applications, presented a number of projects that he has been involved in over the past six years. Claire Catterall, Curator for Somerset House Embankment Galleries then championed a new approach to exhibitions, taking ‘curating’ out of the gallery and into the wider world, such as adopting the ‘Village Fete’ theme where the public interact with designers and artists at ‘stands’. The Making’s Education Manager, Simon Taylor, and its Business and Events Manager, Jenny Bethell took the stand to talk through a list of practical considerations related to running public workshops and they then were joined by maker Lucy Fergus who took us through her portfolio of work and some insight into how she runs her workshops. The penultimate speaker was Andy Hazell, film-maker, automata maker and public artist. Andy stated that he was often selected to produce public art works because he works very quickly, will put his hand to anything and will always say ‘yes’. He acknowledged that much of his work is unsightly, adding that it will eventually be accepted by the public over time. Finally, artist Keith Khan, an award-winning artist who works with communities and diverse talent to create world-class art and cultural spectacles, talked about the forthcoming 2012 Olympics - and the need for high quality, well-delivered projects that cross over performance, visual arts and world cultures, and engage all sectors of the community. Click here for more information on The Making  07-12-2010 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/lovemelivewithme-at-design-event We are back....... this time you can come and find us at the Baltic Square on Oct 23rd and 24th from 12 -6pm. We will be exchanging items of craft and design in exchange for your thoughts and words on our blog. We are hoping that Northerners are going to be a little more generous with their words and pictures than our friends in the South who were happy to take free stuff and run away without uploading to our blog..... Listen! 14-10-2010 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/the-star-of-the-show Who would have thought that this little guy would steal the show? But steal it he did. Of course there was something for everybody on the cart but whether people loved it or loathed it this ring made by Janet Alinson from real mouse fur caused a real stir. There was a real range of responses covering hilarity, revulsion and endearment. You can read more about the responses on the www.lovemelivewithme.com . It seems these mice are quite mischievous.... And the best news? We have some left should you wish to come and visit us in the Baltic Square on Oct 23rd/24th from 12pm -6pm. But we are not letting them go in a hurry, you will have to persuade us why we should trust you.... 30-09-2010 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/thank-you-hoxton-square We had a great night in Hoxton Square last night. It was a pleasure to see the cart lit up at night. Thank you also to Carlos for his endearing  photos. But the biggest thank you goes to those visitors who took some treasure and gave us some words and images on www.lovemelivewithme.com. 100% Design tomorrow.... 22-09-2010 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/the-cart-has-landed We are pleased to let you know that we arrived safely and managed to get the cart out with only one small incident... but its still all intact.  Day one outside the Anti Design Festival was great, loads of people stopped, lots of people went away with a bit of treasure but as yet nobody has uploaded a blog to our website www.lovemelivewithme.com, we are looking forward to our first comments.   20-09-2010 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/love-me-live-with-me-is-ready-to-leave-the-workshop-and-hit-ldf   After weeks of planning and building we are ready to leave Newcastle and get to London. Here is the cart after being successefully winched into the van for the first time...... Here love me live with me at london design event come and find our wonder cart. look and rummage take think and talk. drink tea. tell us what you like to live with and why all we ask is that you share your thoughts intrigued? love me live with me.   Love Me Live With Me is a Designed and Made showcase project at London Design Festival and Design Event. We will be giving away multiple items for our wandering market cart. Each recipient will be asked to live with the object and blog about it here. We are interested in the impact that the object might have had on a life for the week is it owned by somebody. We want to see photographs and hear words about the object as it moves around the country. You can find us at the following locations during the Design Festival, come and join us , have a look at what we are doing, a cup of tea and a chat. If you can persuade us that you are the right person we will send you home with something of your own to live with and love... Sunday Sept 19th Anti Design Festival, 12pm -7pm 28 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch Monday Sept 20th Anti Design Festival, 12 pm -7 pm 28 Redchurch Street, Shoreditch Tuesday Sept 21st Hoxton Square 3pm -10pm Weds Sept 22nd Covent Garden Thursday Sept 23rd 9-5 pm 100% Design , Earls Court Friday 24th 9-5 pm 100% Design , Earls Court Sat Sept 25th 11 -6 pm Brick Lane , Elys Yard Sun Sept 26th 11-6 pm Brick Lane, Elys Yard, Director Kathryn Hodgkinson says “This is not a precious project, it is an experiment; an opportunity to interact and ask questions about people’s relationship with objects. In addition to the dispersion of specially commissioned pieces we will also use the cart to generate discussion and debate around the objects that we live with and love. This is also a project about trust and participation, its going to be really interesting to see how far these objects travel a 15-09-2010 http://www.designedandmade.co.uk/blog/we-are-building-the-cart Here is the cart in the workshop almost finished and  getting its lights tested. 09-09-2010