In:Site, Craft-Design-Make



Artist: Francisca Onumah

The artists uses a hammer to stamp metal.

In:Site 2014
BA  Jewellery & Silversmithing
Birmingham School of Jewellery

Francisca is a metalsmith who works with sheet metal and mark marking techniques.

Watch Francisca video to find more about her In:Site commission and read an extract from the blog below.

Next to start her commission was Birmingham School of Jewellery graduate and Continued Collective member Francisca Onumah.

Francisca quickly set up her makeshift workshop and busily began working copper sections. Using an array of jewellery tools she diligently created beautiful textured patterns on the surface of each rectangle before joining them together with individually made copper links.

The final necklace was then safely installed with her fellow graduates out of reach within a tall tree.

The artist holds up their work. A chain of metal sections.

Find out more

franciscaonumah.co.uk

Since In:Site 2014

Francisca continues to work as a metalsmith and has exhibited in many exhibitions. In 2022 she was included the exhibition, We Gather, at the Crafts Council Gallery, an exhibition of five females artists of Black and Asian heritage.

Celebrating 10 years of In:Site

To celebrate 10 years of In:Site we selected 10 makers from the archive to feature on our new online space for the project. You can still view all of the makers from 2012-2021 in the blog archive.


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Where Next?

Artist: Rebecca Leek

Artist showcase.

A close-up section of a larger piece, made up of overlaid abstract shapes in red, blue, and yellow. This is a mixed media piece, comprised of print, embroidery, stitchwork and painting.

Artist: Lucy Ralph

Artist showcase.

A visual and textual informational poster of a young woman wearing a white polo shirt and blue jeans, both of which have been fixed by visible repair through patchworks of red, blue and white fabric scraps. Overlaid onto this photo are the phrases ‘PATCH IT’, ‘Dads old jeans’ and ‘Old school polo’.

Artist: Lola Awolowo

Artist showcase.

A painted, and embroidered portrait of a blue-eyed Black woman, on a background of collaged book pages. Her face is circular and tilted and she has short black hair. Her necklace and earrings are beads embroidered onto the piece’s surface. Her outline has been stitched in yellow thread.

Artist: Katy Gillam-Hull

Artist showcase.

A hand holding a green glass bead between the thumb and forefinger in front of a blurred house and tree.


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