Responsible Making
Finds excavated at Babylon between 1902 and 1914 in Berlin (British Museum) I have talked before, in this space and more widely, about how I am a maker who does not make things. For a number of years, it has been a sort of existential issue for me, especially since I spend my time surrounded […]
Conversations with makers: Rob Anderson
I recently worked with Rob as part of Ambiguous Implements – a cross discipline exhibition that presents a collection of contemporary works that playfully reconsider the familiar objects of our day to day domestic life. I chaired a discussion at the Ambiguous Implements symposium featuring emerging makers, where we discussed strategies for developing and sustaining your career. I was suprised by how honest Rob is about his making practice, and the material-led methodology for making that he has evolved. I wanted to find out more about this process so caught up with him at Sheffield Institute of Arts where he is doing an MA in Jewellery and Metalwork.