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Agnis is an interdisciplinary designer maker who recently graduated with a first class degree in Contemporary Applied Arts from the University of Cumbria. Agnis has since set up her own business and is focusing on her textile work from her studio at home in Leeds, England. She was also awarded Licentiate membership to the Society of Designer Craftsmen in July 2009. |
| About the Artist | |
Agnis takes the seemingly ordinary and often overlooked and finds in them an extraordinary beauty. She is interested and inspired by her natural surroundings, especially those plants and grasses that grow naturally on wasteland without any human intervention. |
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Forgotten II
2008 |
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Forgotten II (detail)
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| This series of pieces has been based on those plants and grasses 'forgotten' and growing naturally at the side of the road. They are to be found on abandoned wasteland, spare ground and in unkempt gardens. Surprising diversity and vitality can be seen flourishing here and Forgotten portrays the beauty displayed by these wild and unruly grasses. Agnis has used weaving and felting before gathering, to capture a sense of the movement and interaction of the grasses when affected by the wind. |
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Ceramic Vessels
2008 |
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Ceramic Vessel (detail)
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| These ceramic vessels were created using a highly textured five piece mould. The texture which can be seen on these vessels comes from first creating a cardboard mould into which plaster is poured, this plaster block is then used to create the mould for each cast. Creating a cardboard mould allows large amounts of fine detail and surface texture to be present on the final vessels as well as interesting and unique shapes to be formed. The porcelain cast is then decorated using underglaze paints and pencils before light coloured glaze is added. The shape of the vessels along with the added decoration was inspired by several old chairs. The patterns/lines and shapes of the chairs as well as the colours found in the fabric have been translated onto the surface of the vessel. |
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| July 2009 LSDC membership awarded (Licentiate of the Society of Designer Craftsmen) 2006 - 2009 First Class Honours Contemporary Applied Arts, University of Cumbria 2005 - 2006 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design (Merit), Cumbria Institute of the Arts Previous Exhibitions 25th - 28th March 2010 Sewing for Pleasure/Fashion & Embroidery, The NEC, Birmingham 5th - 23rd January 2010 'Big Hang Sale' Bank Street Arts, Sheffield 7th - 19th December 2009 'Big Hang' Bank Street Arts, Sheffield 5th September - 4th October 2009 Farfield Mill, Garsdale Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria 8th - 12th July 2009 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London 26th - 27th June 2009 Woolfest, Mitchells Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cumbria 10th June - 19th June 2009 Degree Show, University of Cumbria, Brampton Road Campus, Carlisle 24th September - 20th October 2008 'Art in Mind' The Brick Lane Gallery, London 10th - 21st August 2008 'Art Shed' Soul Survivor, The Royal Bath & West Showground, Somerset June 2008 - April 2009 'Live Project' in association with Crafts Council, University of Cumbria, Carlisle September - November 2007 Dare Café, Headingley, Leeds August 2007 & 2006 'Art Shed' Soul Survivor, The Royal Bath & West Showground, Somerset 2006 Foundation Diploma End of Year Exhibition, Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Carlisle |
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| 2nd - 22nd October 2010 'NETS', AXB Gallery University of Cumbria Lancaster Campus | |
| Website: www.agnissmallwood.co.uk | |
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