40 Objects for 40 Years
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For Craftspace’s 30th Anniversary, Shane Waltener designed a process where two people would sit, face to face, holding each other’s hands. Plaster was poured into their hands, and they talked until the plaster set. These objects are the product of that process.
They sat on the windowsill of our office and I (Smilla), who only joined Craftspace in 2023, had no idea what they were, but was intrigued by them. They look like seashells or some kind of landscape made small. For me, they capture the Craftspace ethos that the process is just as important, and is a core part of, the end result. Without the story, these objects are beautiful; with it, I think they’re magic.
Nominated by:
Smilla Kristensen, Administrative Assistant
Andrea Collier, Trustee
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.
