40 Objects for 40 Years
Marching Ant (c. 1998) by Rachel Higgins
Made for our Devious Devices School’s exhibition
In the late 90s we organised a large touring exhibition of automata called Devious Devices. Does anyone remember visiting it? It was created in collaboration with Croydon Clocktower and Ralph Steadman and Terry Gilliam!
Alongside the main exhibition we hired a small exhibition of automata exhibition out to schools, but when it wasn’t on tour, this little creature lived in our office. People loved to turn it, so it often needed mending.
It’s been a while since we’ve taken exhibitions out to schools and the piece had been packed away into our store. When we were packing up for our move, after the flood, we found it again! It now has pride of place on our window ledge. It reminds us of the unique skill of makers and the importance of creating opportunities for young people to experience craft.
Nominated by: Marketing Manager, Lisa.
To celebrate Craftspace’s 40th Anniversary, we commissioned the artist Stewart Francis Easton to create an artwork which would explore the story of Craftspace through 40 objects. Stewart created a series of four beautiful graphic quilts.
