Spoons are the Mirror of a Culture

A mini-exhibition of ethnographic spoons and spoons created by artists and designers in Galerie Lemaire and Galerie Ra in Amsterdam. The festive opening of this exhibition will be held in both galleries on 1 September 2013

Fundir

During a recent trip to South America I had the opportunity to research large scale metal casting in a foundry in Bogota, Colombia. The processes involved in realising the final work are compelling and fascinating; the tools, the materials and the transformation of the metal. All of the objects on show for Fundir (melt) are echoes of the processes, tools and actions that have gone into the making of hypothetical 'finished' piece. It is a way of exploring the origins of form, an attempt to establish new dialogues within my practice; a focus on process, action, metamorphosis, value and alchemy. The ferocity and raw power of the casting process is reminiscent of existing forces in nature; tectonic shifts, and volcanic activity. As a result, the concept of the work made changes from being merely an object, to being part or element of a significant process

Material Symphysis

Universities, throughout the world, are keen to celebrate the achievements of their students. Material Symphysis sets out to examine a more constant and less transient aspect to Higher Education establishments, its staff. It is from the staff that styles and schools of thought stem and futures subsequently shaped. Links between the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and Tokyo University of the Arts (TUA) have been forged as a result of their prominence in the field of crafts. This unique project deliberately sets out to celebrate, not only developing international links, but to acknowledge the quality of staff working on each course. More importantly it will look at similar and differing views on how material experience, through study of crafts, is taught across two diverse cultures. This is where the project opens up to include theories of education, perceptions of craft in cultural contexts, the sociological values placed upon objects and the student experience. These areas build on the uniqueness of the exhibition and through the publications establish a project of international significance with momentum and longevity. In 2014 the Japanese government introduced Super Global Universities, a funding initiative to enhance the international standing of certain institutes in Japan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Global_Universities). The only arts based institute to be recognised by this initiative to date is TUA (Geidai). Two years ago Farnham became the UK’s first ‘Craft Town’. This status was recognised and granted due to the contribution Farnham has made, and continues to make, to the national and international standing of British Craft. As a result of these two timely initiatives this project sets the stage for a long overdue assessment of where the relationship between the UK and Japan sits today with regard to not only the crafts, but also how they are taught

Forging Ahead: New Work in Jewellery and Metalwork

A solo exhibition showcasing Grant McCaig's new metalwork and jewellery

On Display

Sarah Myerscough Gallery, in partnership with the London Design Festival, is delighted to present 'On Display', a group show featuring work by contemporary British designers, David Gates and Peter Marigold, metal smith artist Grant McCaig, Austrian ceramicist Thomas Bohle and Japanese jewellery designer Mariko Sumioka. Gates' 'Goffman Series' and 'Interlocutors Series' will be showcased alongside Marigold's newly released 'Bleed Series', which has already garnered the attention of the international design press. In the exhibition, objects will be framed exquisitely by these unusual wooden display cabinets, with the effect of encouraging original conversations between craft and design and the relationship between form and function. Specifically, Grant McCaig's metal and silver pieces will be displayed within Gates’ 'Goffman Series' echoing their delicate yet sculptural forms. Sumioka's jewellery pieces, inspired by refined and ancient Japanese architecture will be housed within the drawers of Gates 'Interlocutors', which have an explicit visual relationship to industrial and agricultural structures. Finally, Bohle's richly glazed ceramic pieces will sit within Marigold's cabinets, contrasting with their raw 'bleeding' wood exteriors, highlighting the differing outcomes of chemical reactions on natural materials

Constraints on mineralization, fluid‐rock interaction, and mass transfer during faulting at 2–3 km depth from the SAFOD drill hole

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/94888/1/jgrb15975.pd

Rotational basement kinematics deduced from remagnetized cover rocks (Internal Sierras, southwestern Pyrenees)

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/95604/1/tect1852.pd