Tracking and documenting the art/craft commissions for Sleaford's new craft gallery the Hub. ArtefactProjects (Ben Coode-Adams & Brigid Howarth) have been asked to manage seven imaginative commissions for the Hub, ranging from gallery seating to a substantial 'feature' outside the building.

 
MAKE IT UP

posted by Ben at 10:47 AM

 
I too will something make
And Joy in the making
posted by Ben at 10:45 AM

 
A Thing of beauty is a joy for ever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness
posted by Ben at 10:45 AM

 
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them
posted by Ben at 10:44 AM

 
The life so short, the craft so long to learn
posted by Ben at 10:44 AM

 
Design is not for philosophy - it's for life
posted by Ben at 10:43 AM

 
There are innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this
state receive no answer: Why do you and I exist? Why was this world
created? Since it was to be created, why was it not created sooner?
posted by Ben at 1:10 AM

 
I too will something make
and joy in the making;
Altho' to-morrow it seem
Like the empty words of a dream
Remembered on waking.
posted by Ben at 1:09 AM

 
oooh yes
posted by Ben at 1:41 PM

 
Beautiful Craft - not run-of the Mill
posted by Ben at 1:40 PM

 
The Future of Tradition
posted by Ben at 1:40 PM

 
Crafting - our future today
posted by Ben at 1:39 PM

 
Making - the future more interesting
posted by Ben at 1:39 PM

 
Making the future
posted by Ben at 1:39 PM

 
Ability + Dexterity + Artistry + Skill + Know-how + Ingenuity + Expertise +
workmanship = CRAFT
posted by Ben at 1:36 PM

 
CRAFT - Ability, Aptitude, Art, Artistry, Cleverness, Dexterity, Expertise,
Expertness, Ingenuity, Knack, Know-how, Skill, Technique, Workmanship.
posted by Ben at 1:35 PM

 
'I hate everything that merely instructs me without augmenting or directly invigorating my activity.'
posted by Ben at 7:45 AM

 
'Can you really forbid a man from harbouring a desire to know and embrace everything that surrounds him?'
posted by Ben at 7:42 AM

 
'From the big and simple proposition, "We need things to live", comes the cascade of those things. Amongst that profusion of objects, we can dignify ourselves by choosing things that satify our hearts, our minds and our needs.'
posted by Ben at 7:37 AM

 
"Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making; or which must be made by labour degrading to the maker"
posted by Ben at 7:35 AM

 
"The cause of art is the cause of the people"

posted by Ben at 7:35 AM

 
"Art - the divine solace of human labour"

posted by Ben at 7:35 AM

 
"The work must be worth doing"

posted by Ben at 7:34 AM

 
"Make a shape for your dreams"

posted by Ben at 7:34 AM