Movement (2025) by Lucy Baxendale

40 Objects for 40 Years

A simple pink and white graphic image of a porcelain artwork by Lucy Baxendale, of a creature smiling, covered in leaves.

Movement (2025) – Lucy Baxendale

Porcelain with electronic components.

This experimental porcelain sculpture was especially created for the Made in the Middle touring exhibition. Unusually for a delicate ceramic artwork, it was made to be touched. The piece asks the audience to put their hand in the creature’s mouth to receive a personalised poem. The new works that Lucy developed for the exhibition are fun to play with, they invite discovery and create connections with audiences.
Over our 40 years we have given artists the time, space and freedom to take risks and develop their work. Nurturing their talents to create innovative works that engage audiences in new ways.
Nominated by: Saskia Boersma, Craftspace Board member

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. You can see them at MAC until 12 April.

A photograph of a young woman with curly hair, holding a champagne glass, standing next to a porcelain sculpture on a plinth.
A photograph of Lucy Baxendale's interactive porcelain artwork, Movement. A creature, covered in leaves, smiles with its mouth open. Another creatures mouth has printed paper coming out of it. A small head sits on the top of the sculpture, ready to spin.
A photograph of people interacting with Lucy Baxendale's interactive porcelain artwork, Movement. Two people are holding their hands out to the sculpture.
A photograph of a ripped piece of paper with a poem written on it. It is held up in front of Lucy Baxendale's interactive porcelain artwork, Movement, which is blurred in the background.

Top row photos by Jules Lister. Bottom row photos by Hayley Salter.



Where Next

4 wall hangings on a white gallery wall. they show simple graphic images of objects, using a different colour on each quilt.

40 Objects for 40 Years: A Craftspace Quilt Series

We will be telling the

A simple green and white graphic image of three plaster artworks made by pouring plaster into the gap between two joined hands.

Plaster Clasped Hands (2016) by Shane Waltener

40 Objects: Plaster Clasped Hands (2016) by Shane Waltener

A simple blue and white graphic image of a dress. It has frills and patterns.

Claire’s Coming Out Dress (2000) by Grayson Perry

40 Objects: Claire’s Coming Out Dress (2000) by Grayson Perry

A simple purple and white graphic image of a trolley.

Trolley

40 Objects: Trolley



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