Makers Dozen

Our emphasis is on the MADE

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Cup North Pinkware exhibition photos

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Cup North

Makers Dozen will be showcasing our new exhibition at Cup North next weekend.

http://cupnorth.co.uk

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Makers Dozen and Mid Conversation Addition/Reduction exhibition for Free For Arts Festival

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Adam 'Monty' Renshaw

Adam ‘Monty’ Renshaw is an artsist based in the city of Manchester.

After graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University in Interactive Arts he took a role at Castlefield Gallery where he now acts as gallery technician.

This role allowed him to create TOAST, an art project that happens in Federation House.

His work his often a result of problem solving, happen-stantial  is a word he uses often.

Adam’s work is often in an installation format, so it will be intriguing to see how he responds to the Makers Dozen guidelines for Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair.

Adam Renshaw, A playful enquiry into word and objects.

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Maja Piechocka

Maja is a Manchester based jeweller whose work is strongly inspired by street art, graffiti and abstract art. Photos of urban landscapes that she takes herself are always the starting point in the process of making her jewellery. In her eyes street art and graffiti doesn’t vandalize the cities but makes them colourful and intersecting as well as thought provoking.

She works predominantly with silver and brass, exploring colour through mediums such as spray paint and resin. She then uses glue and enamel lacquer to add a protective layer and enhance the shine. Applying spray paint to small scale objects is often very challenging and time consuming. These themes and techniques evoked certain new ideas that ultimately formed the basis for this collection in which every piece is bespoke and unique.

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Lauren Taylor

Lauren creates contemporary jewellery inspired by simplistic, utilitarian objects, finding beauty and elegance in everyday function. Through addressing female issues, relationships are formed between these domestic objects and the modern woman.

http://www.tayloredjewellery.co.uk

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Gianluca Mingolla

Throughout my degree I adopted an approach that combined traditional craft skills with innovative technologies, this allowed me to maintain a meticulous attention to detail and a high quality of output. This also enabled me to design and make furniture that pushes the boundaries of the handmade. Having discovered the relevance of craftsmanship making in an era where the future is digital, I have been inspired to translate these findings through a personal and individual approach to design. I have a clear future ambition to become a Designer-maker in furniture production and consider this combination between Craft and Digital will enable me to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to support me in achieving my future aspiration.

http://gianlucamingolla.com

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Sarah Crosby

I am an artist-maker who uses porcelain as the canvas, in which personal memories and stories are questioned through free hand illustrations. Through the fragile material and recognisable objects, the essence of the everyday matter is addressed.

www.cargocollective.com/sarahcrosby

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Killing Time at The Pond

Makers Dozen member from our Collaborate exhibition, Laura-Jane Atkinson, is once again teaming up with her collaborator, Hildegard Skowasch for a new exhibition.

International art duo Killing Time are debuting their first lone collaborative UK exhibition in Manchester. Hosted as part of Free For Arts Festival, Laura-Jane Atkinson and Hildegard Skowasch will be taking over The Pond Space at The Penthouse from 3 - 10 October and creating a series of site-specific sculptural installations.

Hilton House, 26-28 Hilton Street Northern Quarter, Manchester http://killing-more-time.blogspot.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/events/777732372272828

www.laurajaneatkinson.co.uk www.hildegardskowasch.de

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Bella May Leonard

Bella May Leonard's practice celebrates embroidery as a contemporary art form.  Often using bright man made domestic materials, such as electrical wire, her sculptural work emphasises embroidery as an accessible, expressive art.  Using clear perspex to reveal and incorporate the conventionally unseen back of the stitch with the front, experimentation and layering of three-dimensional pattern is explored.  Inspired by historic textiles, her work questions and investigates ornamentation and its role in society today through embellishment of surface and space.

www.bellamayleonard.com www.bellamayleonard.tumblr.com www.facebook.com/BellaMayLeonard @BellaMayLeonard

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Makers Dozen at GNCCF

We are pleased to announce that we will be showcasing our new exhibition at this years Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair. The Dozen for this exhibition are:

Adam 'Monty' Renshaw

Bella May Leonard

Gianluca Mingolla

Lauren Taylor

Maja Piechocka

Sarah Crosby

Joseph Hartley

Eleanor Simms

Laura Negus

Jessica Swallow

Rory Thompson

Vinny Ratcliff

The event will take place from the 9th - 12th October at Old Granada Studios.

Click here for more info...

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Makers Dozen x Mid Conversation

Makers Dozen will be teaming up with the art collective Mid Conversation for this years Free For Arts Festival. The exhibition will be held in Rogue Studios, 3rd Floor Gallery and runs from the 3rd - 10th of October. More details to come...

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Makers Dozen at Northern Art Carbooty 2014

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Makers Dozen In Conversation

Join us this Thursday 11th of September for our In Conversation event at Manchester Craft and Design Centre 6-8pm. This is an informal Q&A session between the 6 core members of Makers Dozen and the audience where we will be discussing our experiences through the Collaborate Project as well as our individual practices.

The event is free but you will need to book a place here!

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Disparate Materials Workshop

Join Makers Dozen members Joseph Hartley and Jessica Swallow for this hands-on workshop exploring the marriage of opposing and challenging materials.

Through a set brief and set targets throughout the day, and a strict “no glue allowed” rule, Joe and Jessica will present a range of challenging (and potentially clashing) materials. The workshop will be an opportunity to experiment and produce objects through unusual ways of making.

In this exciting hands-on workshop, Joe and Jess will encourage you to think laterally through making, and through experimenting with raw materials coupled with ready-made objects. Jess and Joe both use ‘disparate’ materials and ready-mades in when designing and making, so this workshop will give you a real insight into how they work.

The quality of materials often dictates their design decisions, in particular when considering how materials can be attached to other objects. Joe and Jess want to challenge your preconceptions and you’ll leave this workshop with a new perspective on craft and design.

Saturday 23rd of August at Manchester Craft and Design Centre.

Visit craftanddesign.com for ticket info.

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Northern Art Carbooty 2014

We are very happy to have a stall at the Art Carbooty this Sunday the 24th.  Expect a wide variety of work from members of Makers Dozen on sale to the public. Looking forward to a day of food, drink art and music!

1 Primose Street, (off Bengal Street) in Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6AQ, 12-5pm