5 August 2009 - 26 September 2009

Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2009

**** - The Scotsman

IC:Innovative Craft is delighted to host Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2009 at the Dovecot building. Following the successful showing of Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2008 here last year, IC has agreed to work with the Jerwood Charitable Foundation to bring each of the three Jerwood Contemporary Makers shows to Edinburgh.

Jerwood Contemporary Makers brings together seven emerging designers and makers who have responded to the theme of ‘impact’ to create a new collection of work.

This exciting show explores radical and unexpected approaches to making which embrace collaborative practice and new technologies. Makers move freely between small studio handskills and the techniques of mass production to achieve their objects.

Lighting; cast glass; printed textiles; weaving and an interactive knitting project are just some of the things on show. The seven UK exhibitors were selected from a shortlist of 26 hopefuls by a panel of designers including Rebecca Earley, Textiles; Tomoko Azumi, Furniture and Andy Horn, Exhibitions Officer.

Edinburgh glass artist Geoffrey Mann and Dundee trained textile designer Linda Florence were two of the successful entrants from Scotland.
Each of the seven receive a share of a £30,000 prize fund.

Exhibitors: Committee, Product Design; Linda Florence, Surface Textiles; Julia Lohmann, Sculpture; Geoffrey Mann, Glass; Rachael Matthews, Knitting; Claire Norcross, Lighting; Ismini Samanidou, Textiles.