Max Bainbridge & Abigail Booth | Artists, based in Somerset, UK
Joined February 2016
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If we care about our humanity, this does, and always will, go without saying. “Every life is precious … We save everyone” #everylifeisprecious #rnli #SavingLivesAtSea
Thank you @CraftsCouncilUK 😃
Our friends at @forestandfound are donating 10% of sales from a new collection of works to our #LetsCraft appeal. The pieces were made throughout lockdown 1.0, with materials found in their London studio. HURRY – they’re gorgeous and they’re selling fast bit.ly/3nTAX19
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New exhibition Down To Earth opening @jaggedart next week!
Down to Earth | 28 October - 20 November - 28 October - 20 November
Laura Ellen Bacon | Forest + Found | Tanya McCallin | Patricia Swannell | Kazuhito Takadoi
Opening times
Tuesday to Friday: 11 - 5 | Other times by appointment- mailchi.mp/632599512033/jagg…
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Last day of stitching and darning on these new paintings before they are collected for the install of Common Thread @newartcentre
We’ve been developing this new body of work for the last six months and we are so lucky the exhibition can still be install… ift.tt/3djfQR5
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A huge thank you to @johalleditor for commissioning this article on Abigail’s work for #EmbroideryMagazine and to #DianaWoolf for writing it! It spans the development of Abigail’s practice over the last few years and delves into the new work she’s been p… ift.tt/3acbb1i
New quilted paintings in the making for the upcoming exhibition Common Thread at @newartcentre gallery in Wiltshire.
The exhibition brings together a group of artists each of whose work focuses on the history of textile technology and design, and their … ift.tt/3cUz0MV
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STANDING JAR | This burnished sycamore standing jar is one in a continuing series of vessels taking the ceramic Moonjar as a point of reference. The movement in the wood as the vessel dries mirrors the unpredictability of the join in the traditional cera… ift.tt/2IyhhwN
COLLECT | It's the final day of @craftscouncil Collect 2020 @somersethouse.
This burnt walnut moon jar is on display @jaggedartlondon stand W17.
If your in town today make sure you stop by and check it out! 😀
Other artists include:
@lauraellenbacon… ift.tt/32J4Mbk
Join us this morning at 11.30am for our talk on @jaggedartlondon’s stand W17 in the West Wing of @somersethouse
We’ll be discussing our work on display and all things material and process! This Spalted Land Jar is one of several new vessels of Max’s on … ift.tt/2I2pWYm
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It’s the second day of @craftscouncil’s Collect International Art Fair ✨
We have several new works exhibited with @jaggedartlondon including this new quilted canvas ‘Down to the Ground’ by Abigail. Constructed entirely from discarded calico scraps i… ift.tt/3a9RrLx
COLLECT | Doors open at 11am today for the first full day of @craftscouncil Collect 2020 @somersethouse .
This Burnt Land Jar is one of a new series on display with @jaggedartlondon
Other artists include:
@lauraellenbacon #kazuhitotakadoi @valerianascim… ift.tt/2HWz40u
We love this vitrine that’s exhibited alongside our work @mcrartgallery as part of the #JerwoodMakersOpen
It includes the working materials and ephemera from our studio produced during the making of our work on display.
Includes: cedar charcoal, burnt … ift.tt/3bLbamy
Our installation The Subjective Element on display
@mcrartgallery
#JerwoodMakersOpen
Showing alongside artists:
@markcorfieldmoore
@luciegledhilljewellery
@bethan_lloyd_worthington
@west_adrift
Until 4 Oct 2020
#jmo19 #artinstallation #collaboration #… ift.tt/2SBr2iE
Our installation The Subjective Element is on display from today @mcrartgallery as part of the Jerwood Makers Open exhibition which runs until 4 Oct in Manchester.
The opening is from 2-4pm today if you’re in the area and want to come say hello!
Pictur… ift.tt/38UKPA7
Here is the back of a new piece currently in the works for an upcoming exhibition.
It shows the raw edges of the seams that make up the assembled image on the opposite side.
People often assume at first glance that the textile works are painted or prin… ift.tt/30N9nZ1
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Standing Jar
2019
burnished silver birch
40cm h x 37cm w
We particularly love this piece as sourcing birch wood large enough to turn a vessel this size is relatively rare for us. Birch trees are often seen as weeds within a forest as they grow so quick… ift.tt/36iRySO
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Max is busy working on some big pieces for upcoming exhibitions this Spring. Scaling up is always a feat of engineering in our small studio and we’re constantly working on the edge of what the lathe can manage. Working slowly with respect for the power o… ift.tt/2FXOtfT
This new piece made from remnants of cloth and offcuts from previous works painted in organic pigments including seaweed ash and cotton charcoal produced over last year in our studio. Each canvas of Abigail’s is assembled from multiple pieces of cloth, s… ift.tt/2FS9fNW
Welcoming in the New Year with a beautiful misty walk through Epping Forest this morning.
Wishing everyone a happy and hopeful year ahead!
#newyear
#forest #mistymorning #2020 #happynewyear ift.tt/39sZyTS
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