Workshop
Make a wire tool sculpture
21 May 2016
Arts at the Old Fire Station
Oxford, United Kingdom
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Katherine Pogson
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Cathy Miles
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Felicity Ford
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Lucy Brown
Exhibition
Shed Space
20 May 2016 – 2 Jul 2016
Event times
Open Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm.
Cost of entry
Free. Workshops cost £5.
Address
- 40 George Street
- Oxford
- OX1 2AQ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Located immediately around the corner from Gloucester Green, Oxford's main bus and coach station
- 7 minutes walk from Oxford Train Station
Event map
Workshop, sanctuary, studio: sheds are all things to all people. From Walt Disney to Philip Pullman, Charles Dickens to William Blake, artists have used sheds as a space to create their finest work. ShedSpace celebrates the role of the humble garden shed in the creative industries, past and present.
About
Artists and architectural designers Jeni Burnell and Patrick Stimpson will create a full-size shed in the gallery, with help from Oxford Brookes students and clients of the national homelessness charity Crisis.
The shed will become a ‘making space’, a place for workshops in basket making, knitting, card design, jewellery making, architectural model making or woodcarving. The exhibition will be ever-changing, with new examples of craftsmanship displayed alongside the stories of how they were made.
Residencies
Cathy Miles: Fri 20 – Sat 21 May. Cathy uses wire as a medium to ‘draw’ with, creating remarkable portraits of everyday objects. Click here for her workshop.
Daisy Webb: Fri 27 – Sat 28 May. Daisy will produce a series of illustrations which consider the identity of sheds as both domestic and natural. Click here for her workshop.
Felicity Ford (aka Felix): Fri 3 – Sat 4 June. Felix explores fabric-covered buttons and badges as expressive sites of meaning. Click here for her workshop.
Rycote13 (from Rycotewood Furniture Centre): Fri 10 – Sat 11 June. Young furniture makers Jan Waterston, Sam Bolt and Freya Whamond will be providing and insight into the workshop of a designer maker. Click here for their workshop.
Katherine Pogson: Fri 17 – Sat 18 June. Katherine works with leather, and will continue her current project, exploring how objects can connect the user with nature. Click here for her workshop.
Lucy Brown: Fri 24 – Sat 25 June. Somewhere in the Gallery, Lucy will use second-hand clothing and textiles to create a visual response to the exhibition.Click here for her workshop.
Sherry Doyal: Fri 1 – Sat 2 July. Artist and basketmaker Sherry will work on a collection inspired by Charles Darwin’s orchid research. Click here for her workshop.
