Activities
Recent research outputs by members of the Crafts Research Centre.
Exhibitions
Welsh, A., 2012. Asia Triennial Manchester 11 - Made For Manchester - Craft Objects of Exhchange, Manchester Craft & Design Centre, 17th September to 12th November 2011.
McKeating, J., 2012. Interventions, Platt hall, Manchester City Art Gallery, February to May 2012.
Blakey, S., 2012. Pairings 2, SIT, Stroud International Textiles, April 27 - May 27 2012.
Egan, K. and Dr Cutler, V, 2012. ‘Pairings II-conversations & collaborations’, Museum in the Park Stroud GL5 4AF, 28 April – 27 May 2012.
Setterington, L., 2011. At a Tangent, Gallery Oldham, Jan 22nd April 20th.
Dixon, S., 2011. British Ceramics Biennial Award exhibition, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 30 September to 11 December 2011.
Welsh, A., 2011. By A lady, I Am Human, The School House Gallery, York, 27 Jan-26 Feb 2011.
Welsh, A., 2011. By A Lady, Artefact’ Platform Gallery - Ribble Valley, Lancashire, 22nd May to 17th July 2010.
McKeating, J., 2011. Close at Hand, Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville, Canada, April - June 2011.
Dixon, S., 2011. COLLECT, Saatchi Gallery, London, 5 to 9 May 2011.
McKeating, J., 2011. Machine Stitch Perspectives, knitting and stitching show, London, Harrogate and Dublin, Sept 2010 - Nov 2010.
Broadhead, M., Dixon, S., Potter, L., Wilson, E., 2011. Memoranda, Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, 26 july to 1 October 2011.
Webb, J., 2011. Pairings, MMU Special Collections, Otter Gallery Chichester, Fairfield Mill, Cumbria, September 2010 -.
Shaw, A., Anita Bruce, Adele Bowden, Kandy Diamond, Elizabeth Gaston, Kate Holdsworth, Joanna Jack, Angela Knipe, Stephanie Potts, Deirdre Nelson, Shetland Mirrie Dancers, and Jane Scott., 2011. PURLS BY THE SEA, Belfry Arts Centre, Overstrand, Norfolk, 12-30 August 2011.
Webb, J., 2011. Re-Infecta, Five Years Gallery, London, 19/02/11-06/03/11.
Setterington, L., 2011. Threading Dreams, Gallery Oldham, Feb 20th March 19th 2011.
Setterington, L., 2011. Wordplay, Stroud International Festival, April 30th May 22nd.
McKeating, J., 2010. Art School, Holden Gallery MMU, Special Collections, MMU, 2009.
O'Neill, C. J., 2010. Artefact, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, 22 May - 17 July.
Setterington, L., 2010. Bending more Lines, Rywkys Musuem, The Netherlands, and Collins Gallery Glasgow, April- July.
Morfill, S. and Vandenhoucke, S., 2010. by day my limbs, by night my mind, Five Years, London, April 2010.
O'Neill, C. J., 2010. Embracing Technology, Craft Council of Ireland Galleries, Kilkenny, Ireland, 6th August-20th October 2010.
Shaw, A., 2010. EXTRAVAGANSEY, The Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther, Fife, 1st October - 31st December 2010.
Clare, C., Dixon, S., Lewis, P., Scott, P., Summers, E., 2010. Fired Up: Ceramics and Meaning, Gallery Oldham, 17 July to 14 November 2010.
Miller, M., 2010. Global Intrigue II - 4th Riga International Trienial, Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia, July 9th - September 5th 2010.
Felcey, H., 2010. Helen Felcey | Carina Ciscato, Blas & Knada, Stockholm, September 2009.
Shaw, A., 2010. International Creative Pattern Design Competition, China Academy of Art, 2010 China Cultural and Creative Industry Expo, Hangzhou, China, 13-19 October 2010.
Miller, M. Walker, J, 2010. Pairings - collaboration with Jenny Walker, Special Collections, MMU and touring UK, 26th July - 13th november 2010.
Setterington, L., 2010. Perspectives, IQSC University of Nebraska, Nov 2009-May 2010.
Felcey, H., 2010. Place Settings: Helen Felcey / Alice Kettle, Special Collections, MMU, August 2008.
Felcey, H., 2010. Pots of Light, Galerie Besson, May 2009.
Morfill, S., 2010. Power of Copying, Xuzhou Museum of Art, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, May - July 2010.
Shaw, A., 2010. STORMFORCE, Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, 1st October - 28th November 2010.
McKeating, J., 2010. Textile Narratives, Drumcroon Arts centre, wigan, April - June 2010.
McKeating, J., 2010. The 13th International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland, May - October 2010.
McKeating, J., 2010. The China show, Central Academy of Fine arts, Bejing, 2007.
Setterington, L., 2010. The Dartboard for Witches, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, July August 2010.
McKeating, J., 2010. The Dartboard for witches, Aberystwyth Arts centre, Aberystwyth University, July - october 2010.
Aubrey, K., 2010. The Glass Journey, Special Collections, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aug 15th- Dec 16th 2011.
Miller, M., 2010. The Power of Copying, Xuzhou Art Gallery, Xuzhou, China, 14th May 2010 - 14th July 2010.
Artefacts
Welsh, A., 2011. '1838', Smock, Artschool! Holden Gallery. Manchester Metropolitan University. Special Collections. MMU Library, 09.03.09 - 27.03.09.
Welsh, A., 2011. '1966', Book, Bibliomania - MMU Holden Gallery, 2007.
Dixon, S., 2011. 'Letters From Tripoli.', Archival cabinet containing fragments of a fictionalised narrative., Crafts Study Centre, UCA, Farnham., 26 July to 1 October 2011..
Dixon, S., 2011. 'Restoration (Aung San Suu Kyi)', Ceramic portrait head., COLLECT 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London., 6-9 May 2011..
Welsh, A., 2011. 'Revive', A contemporary garment exhibited alongside an 'original' vintage 'Kurta', Power of Copying, Xuzhou Museum of Art, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, China,, 14 May - 10 July 2010..
Welsh, A., 2011. 'Translating Tradition', A collaboration between the contrasting aesthetics of a western design sensibility and traditional Indian tailoring techniques, Made for Manchester: Craft Objects of Exchange - Manchester Craft and Design Centre, 17 September – 12 November 2011.
Dixon, S., 2010. 'Hero.', Indian bicycle with floral ceramic interventions., Ahmedabad International Arts Festival., 29-31 October 2010..
Miller, M., 2010. 'Jeans, baseball cap, sweatshirt, jeans, baseball cap, sweatshirt', Embroidery created on the multi-needle MMU schiffli machine, Global Intrigue II – 4th Riga internation textile and fibre art trienial, July 9th – September 5th 2010..
Jointly Authored Book
Kettle, A., 2012. 'Hand Stitch Perspectives', Bloomsbury, London.
McKeating, J., 2010. 'Machine Stitch perspectives', A and C Black, London.
Book Chapters
Webb, J., 2011. 'The Essential Outline: John Flaxman and Neoplatonism in Early Nineteenth-Century Manufactures'. In Leslie Atzmon (eds.) Visual Rhetoric and the Eloquence of Design, 5, 131-166, Anderson, South Carolina: Parlor Press.
Shaw, A., 2010. 'Looking backwards to look forwards'. In Jessica Hemmings (eds.) In the loop: Knitting now, 128-131, Black Dog Publishing, London.
Miller, M., 2010. 'Mixed Messages: an exploration of issue-based work'. In Alice Kettle and Jane McKeating (eds.) Machine Stitch Perspectives, A & C Black, London.
Alice Kettle and Jane McKeating, 2010. 'Stitched words'. In Alice Kettle Jane McKeating (eds.) Machine Embroidery:Perspectives, A&C Black.
Journal Articles
Blakey, S., 2011. 'A Lull in the Conversation', Ceramic Review, Issue 249, Page 50.
Blakey, S. A.Woodall, L.Mitchell, 2011. 'Mary, Mary Quite Contrary', Ruskin Review and Bulletin, Vol 7, No 1, 36.
Presentations
McFadyen, J., 2012. 'Creative collaborations across multiple disciplines and their educational impact.', 2nd Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts, Athens, Greece, 6-9 June 2011, in Not yet published.
Shaw, A., 2011. 'SEAMLESS OLD AND NEW', GANSEYFEST International gansey symposium organised by the Moray Firth gansey project, Centre for Health Science, Inverness, Scotland., 1-2 October 2011.
O'Neill, C. J., Dixon, Stephen, 2010. 'collaboration within manchester school of art', collaboration - research in ceramics now, University of Westminster, 23rd June 2010.
Dixon, S., 2010. 'The Artist as Exhibit', Ceramics on Show: Public and Private Displays., V&A London., 24 to 25 September 2010..
O'Neill, C. J., 2010. 'The social value of craft and what it means', Assemble, St Lukes, London, 22nd June 2010.
Other Outputs
O'Neill, C. J., 2011. 'Collaborations, Creativity and Value', Collaborative paper with Amanda Ravetz.
Welsh, A., 2011. 'New Silk Road', Photographs and copy.
Shaw, A., 2011. '‘THE GREAT SANDWICH PIC-KNIT’ Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby. Talk and exhibited work'.
