Challenges! We face them all the time. These days there are particular concerns about our effect on the natural world, and how it affects our future and the future of the planet. Importantly, what can we do to mitigate the impact of our actions? This idea underpins the Court Barn exhibition, ‘The Creative Circle: Eco-conscious […]
In 2010, Dutch critical furniture and product designer Ineke Hans launched a special chair: the Ahrend 380. Drawing from the principles of the circular economy, the Ahrend was made from recycled PET (the material which makes plastic bottles) and composed of just two separate components to aid transport, assembly and disassembly. Yet Hans wanted to […]
Our new exhibition, The Creative Circle, celebrates the clever ingenuity of designers, makers and manufacturers who are responding to the concept of a circular economy, where different materials are maintained within the global economy for as long as possible through reuse or repair. Coffee chaff is a waste product of the roasting process that forms […]
Our new exhibition, The Creative Circle, celebrates the clever ingenuity of designers, makers and manufacturers who are responding to the concept of a circular economy, where different materials are maintained within the global economy for as long as possible through reuse or repair. Aluminium has been recycled in the UK since the early twentieth century. […]
This year we celebrated the work of textile artist Sue Rangeley in an exhibition exploring her work over the past 50 years. Sue’s career launched in 1974/5 with a modest collection of embroidered evening bags, cushion and waistcoats which attracted the interest of Vogue magazine writer Judy Brittain. From a Cotswold studio, set in a […]
By Penny Nuttall Since 1971 and the seminal article on women and art by Linda Nochlin [Why have there been no great women artists? ARTnews Jan 1971] women artists have slowly emerged from the shadows; rediscovered in history and embraced in the present. From Artemisia Gentileschi through Mary Cassatt to Tracey Emin, the complexity of […]
Court Barn and the Gloucestershire Guild are delighted to be working together to offer this exciting opportunity to mid-career makers living or working in Gloucestershire or surrounding areas. Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen Founded in 1933, the purpose of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen, is to foster and promote fine craftsmanship and good design. These aims […]
Being a trustee is an interesting and hugely rewarding role within a museum like Court Barn. It will give you the chance to have a real impact on how the museum is managed, a great way to give to your local community and use/develop your skills in a board-level environment. The Museum needs to use […]
These days we can take our pick from a huge range of mass-produced printed books, from cheap paperbacks to top-of-the-range, coffee-table art volumes. A private press like the Essex House Press is special: the printer can produce works that he or she likes, and is not necessarily limited to what the public wants. The Essex […]
Susan Early, Basketmaker and 2012 QEST Garfield Weston Foundation Scholar What inspired you to take up basketmaking?I have always loved baskets and more than thirty years ago I joined my first workshoplearning to weave a basket. The whole process inspired me and I was excited to learn andcreate more. The traditional techniques used, the natural […]
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