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Above: Lisa Ghiggini / Lulu Harrison / Samantha Sloane / Viki Benwell / Parneet Pahwa / Shannon Baker / Helena Birdie / Harry Chadwick / Ömer Öner / Shakhina Mirjonova / Guy Howe Conners The 24 creatives chosen for the Rising Stars 2023 exhibition of contemporary craft have been chosen! A total of 113 designer makers applied for Rising Stars 2023 and were selected by a panel of judges including Dan Goode (Making Goode), Dr Outi Remes (New Ashgate Gallery) and Sharon Ting (University for the Creative Arts,Textiles). This year’s selected Rising Stars are: Jiro Ametani, Shannon Ellis Baker, Jarrad Belton, Faye Bentley, Viki Benwell, Luciana Bohm, Harry Chadwick, Guy Conners, Lisa Ghiggini, Amy Findlay, Lulu Harrison, Ismail Kamran, Nancy Main, Celia MacPherson, Natalie McCormack, Shakhina Mirjonova, Helen Munday, Chris Murphy, Parneet Pahwa, Rachel Peters, Helena Roberts, Samantha Sloane, Gow Tanaka and Ömer Öner. Lisa Ghiggini and Lulu Harrison and Samantha Sloane, who shortlisted in our Global Design Graduate Show 2022 in collaboration with GUCCI, will be showing their work. Lisa Ghiggini has a background in Fine Art and her work evolved into digging for clay in her local landscape. Manipulating local clay enabled Lisa to transcend trauma by travelling through place and time using imagination and research to explore the Bell Beaker and Neolithic Bronze Aged burial urns. Merging the shapes from these two cultures creates asymmetrical vessels, a reimagining of the pot which contributes to contemporary conversations about the history and evolution of pottery.
Lulu Harrison’s Thames Glass Tumbler collection is inspired by ancient glass making processes. Lulu has been creating unique batch recipes from local and waste materials sourced in and around the River Thames. These include local sand samples, waste shells, and waste wood ash. In collaboration with Thames Water, Lulu discovered a way to make use of the tonnes of invasive quagga mussels that routinely block water pipes and cost Thames Water millions of pounds and resources to remove. Samantha Sloane collection "Terra Incognita" aims to challenge the viewers perception through my exploration of materiality and sustainability through the use of foraged shells and other natural materials. By taking on the aesthetic of the rock found on the Scottish West coast, Samantha uses a variety of precious and semi-precious stones as well as rockpool casted silver, which are embedded in her precast material, enhancing the textural quality of each piece. Arts Thread member Viki Benwell’s Kinetic Void is a brooch made from mixed materials including plywood, recycled silver and sprung steel and explores the negative space between objects. Also on Arts Thread, Parneet Pahwa’s Ring Platters come from the Creating Togetherness project which explores how to improve familial connections at the dinner table. The Ring Platters are a collection of slip cast earthenware in a palette of soft pastels, each with its own unique texture that encourages family members to touch and pass around the dishes. Arts Thread member Shannon Baker’s Love As A Homesickness Cup seeks to give the internal self an external, physical form. Baker takes inspiration from her own personal life experiences and uses the materials and her body as tools to tell her story.
Helena Birdie will show her collection of ceramic boots which she created in collaboration with her grandmother. Combining both of their illustrations, Birdie created knee-high platform boots decorated with painterly floral and animal patterns that celebrate her gran’s life and their shared love for the movie Mamma Mia! Blue Wave Saw by Harry Chadwick is a glass sculpture that warps and ripples a traditional carpenter’s saw, Ömer Öner’s Yellow Teapot is part of his experimental project that explores the potential sculptural possibilities of objects. Shakhina Mirjonova’s collection of woven pieces draws inspiration from her cultural heritage and the Ikat weaving technique used in Uzbekistan. Guy Howe Conners was shortlisted for his Petal Earrings made from brass and spray paint. On 10 March, one of the makers will be presented with a professional development award of £1000 and a solo show at New Ashgate in 2024. The Rising Stars exhibition opens 11 March til 24 April 2023. Visit the New Ashgate Gallery website to learn more. More Highlights |
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Above: Lisa Ghiggini / Lulu Harrison / Samantha Sloane / Viki Benwell / Parneet Pahwa / Shannon Baker / Helena Birdie / Harry Chadwick / Ömer Öner / Shakhina Mirjonova / Guy Howe Conners
The 24 creatives chosen for the Rising Stars 2023 exhibition of contemporary craft have been chosen!
A total of 113 designer makers applied for Rising Stars 2023 and were selected by a panel of judges including Dan Goode (Making Goode), Dr Outi Remes (New Ashgate Gallery) and Sharon Ting (University for the Creative Arts,Textiles).
This year’s selected Rising Stars are: Jiro Ametani, Shannon Ellis Baker, Jarrad Belton, Faye Bentley, Viki Benwell, Luciana Bohm, Harry Chadwick, Guy Conners, Lisa Ghiggini, Amy Findlay, Lulu Harrison, Ismail Kamran, Nancy Main, Celia MacPherson, Natalie McCormack, Shakhina Mirjonova, Helen Munday, Chris Murphy, Parneet Pahwa, Rachel Peters, Helena Roberts, Samantha Sloane, Gow Tanaka and Ömer Öner.
Lisa Ghiggini and Lulu Harrison and Samantha Sloane, who shortlisted in our Global Design Graduate Show 2022 in collaboration with GUCCI, will be showing their work.
Lisa Ghiggini has a background in Fine Art and her work evolved into digging for clay in her local landscape. Manipulating local clay enabled Lisa to transcend trauma by travelling through place and time using imagination and research to explore the Bell Beaker and Neolithic Bronze Aged burial urns. Merging the shapes from these two cultures creates asymmetrical vessels, a reimagining of the pot which contributes to contemporary conversations about the history and evolution of pottery.
Lulu Harrison’s Thames Glass Tumbler collection is inspired by ancient glass making processes. Lulu has been creating unique batch recipes from local and waste materials sourced in and around the River Thames. These include local sand samples, waste shells, and waste wood ash. In collaboration with Thames Water, Lulu discovered a way to make use of the tonnes of invasive quagga mussels that routinely block water pipes and cost Thames Water millions of pounds and resources to remove.
Samantha Sloane collection "Terra Incognita" aims to challenge the viewers perception through my exploration of materiality and sustainability through the use of foraged shells and other natural materials. By taking on the aesthetic of the rock found on the Scottish West coast, Samantha uses a variety of precious and semi-precious stones as well as rockpool casted silver, which are embedded in her precast material, enhancing the textural quality of each piece.
Arts Thread member Viki Benwell’s Kinetic Void is a brooch made from mixed materials including plywood, recycled silver and sprung steel and explores the negative space between objects.
Also on Arts Thread, Parneet Pahwa’s Ring Platters come from the Creating Togetherness project which explores how to improve familial connections at the dinner table. The Ring Platters are a collection of slip cast earthenware in a palette of soft pastels, each with its own unique texture that encourages family members to touch and pass around the dishes.
Arts Thread member Shannon Baker’s Love As A Homesickness Cup seeks to give the internal self an external, physical form. Baker takes inspiration from her own personal life experiences and uses the materials and her body as tools to tell her story.
Helena Birdie will show her collection of ceramic boots which she created in collaboration with her grandmother. Combining both of their illustrations, Birdie created knee-high platform boots decorated with painterly floral and animal patterns that celebrate her gran’s life and their shared love for the movie Mamma Mia!
Blue Wave Saw by Harry Chadwick is a glass sculpture that warps and ripples a traditional carpenter’s saw,
Ömer Öner’s Yellow Teapot is part of his experimental project that explores the potential sculptural possibilities of objects. Shakhina Mirjonova’s collection of woven pieces draws inspiration from her cultural heritage and the Ikat weaving technique used in Uzbekistan. Guy Howe Conners was shortlisted for his Petal Earrings made from brass and spray paint.
On 10 March, one of the makers will be presented with a professional development award of £1000 and a solo show at New Ashgate in 2024.
The Rising Stars exhibition opens 11 March til 24 April 2023. Visit the New Ashgate Gallery website to learn more.