R&A Collaborations

26/10/2023

We're delighted to share with you our film called 'Tension of Opposites' about Julie Fewster aka Inner Finn. This will be the last R&A Collaborations film but what a great one to end on. Julie has become a really good friend having been part of our Craft Coffee Morning group which we ran during the pandemic. It was great to spend time in her company making this film capturing her slip casting and smoke firing processes. It captures Julies inner battle between her artist and scientist personalities which allow her to make her beautiful work.

www.innerfinn.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_LEwxYuNM

Inner Finn Ceramics was born as huge flakes of snow drifted down from the Finnish sky and in a moment of extreme clarity, showing her that this, this clay bu...

28/07/2023

At the beginning of next week we'll be heading up to Cheshire to make our final film as R&A Collaborations with Inner Finn who makes slip cast ceramics which are smoke fired.

It's going to be a strange moment bringing this collaboration to an end after 12 years but it'll be a nice one to conclude on. Julie was part of our Craft Coffee Morning group and has become a good friend.

Praying to the weather gods it stays dry enough to capture some fire! 🔥

Inner Finn Ceramics are inspired by a love of pure form and tactile objects. Each is slip cast by hand and uniquely decorated. Objects to touch love and use

09/07/2023

It's very exciting to share one of the last R&A Collaborations films of a very dear friend, talented glass artist and all round super human the Wondiferous Hannah Gibson Glass. It's titled Friends & Family and looks at her geology background and all the amazing different glass she gets sent by other artists and friends which get cast into her distinctive robot figures. It was so good to spend time in her company and also play around with light and her glass!

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Whilst studying Geology at the University of Edinburgh Hannah became fascinated by the mineralogy and the reactions between various elements, metals and compounds.…

28/06/2023

A few weeks ago we were in the delightful setting of Hook Green Woods near Tunbridge Wells filming Linda Bloomfield and her Ceramic Lichen installation as part of the Pathways Art Trail. This film called Atmospheric Pressure looks at Linda's interest in lichens and air pollution.

Linda Bloomfield is inspired by lichens that grow on trees and rocks. Lichens are affected by air pollution and are indicators of clean air. She has made a series…

27/03/2023

With Louise Hall Ceramics closing her ceramics business at the end of March I thought it would be nice to celebrate her work by sharing the film we made for her back in 2015 and point you to her work which is currently in a 30% off sale here: https://madebyhandonline.com/collections/louise-hall?fbclid=IwAR34B-njhF25u-OJ9jN4PyF0j1zIJUEfTO_dxcp8g3aARaJbgJxueAVviWE

https://vimeo.com/121815085

Louise Hall works with porcelain to create fragile and delicate looking hand built forms and vessels. By exploring the materiality of porcelain she has learnt how…

17/03/2023

On Tuesday 28th March we will be doing the final Craft Coffee Morning Zoom between 11 - 1. We'd like to thank Clayhill Arts who have hosted us and allowed these call's to take place over the last almost 3 years. They were set up as a way of communicating and bringing people together during the Covid lockdowns when we couldn't meet up. 3 years on the World has changed and people have got busy and we can meet up again and seeing as the numbers have dwindled we decided to finish the zoom calls. We will though remain connected as a group because of the time we spent together during those strange and sometimes difficult days with the highs and the lows.
We invite anyone who has joined us on the calls during those 3 years especially to anyone whose not been for ages to join us for our final hoorah the week after next. It would be lovely to see you if you can make it, even for a bit. Thank you all for making it what it was to help us all get through those times. We will still see each other just in real life!

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01/03/2023

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!

It is with a heavy heart that we are announcing that we’ll be winding down R&A Collaborations from June 2023 once we have finished our current commitments. For a while now it has not been working from a financial point of view to earn both of us enough individually. The World has changed so much over the past few years and we’ve tried to keep up. After almost 12 years of making films and working together we will leave amicably and may well work on certain things together in the future.

It’s been an amazing journey that has; taken us to countless studios, some weird and wonderful places, worked with some brilliant organisations such as Design-Nation Craft Festival Institute of Making Tutton and Young Ltd The Design Trust madebyhandonline.com but most importantly it’s been the Joy of working with individual Craft Makers that has kept us going.

We’ll now be working out what the future holds for both of us and which directions that will take us. If you were thinking of getting a film made with us you’ll have to be quick but it would be nice to go out with a bang!

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13/02/2023

R&A Collaborations are delighted to share with you our latest film 'Good Enough To Eat' all about Sarah Brown Glass and her delightful Glass Cakes. Born out of a lockdown project Sarah has developed a wide range of different cup cakes, eclaires, macarons and more to create a whole Pâtisserie counter which will be exhibited in early March at Crafts Council UK Somerset House . There is so much time, skill and technique in each piece with many layers and processes involved. Watch the film to get a snap shot of what Sarah has been making and go visit Collect if you can. 🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩🧁🍰🍩

Sarah sets the scene. It’s the first lockdown and several weeks have passed in my house perfecting yet another recipe to put on someone's door step and…

17/01/2023

Very excited to be heading down to Cheltenham tomorrow to film with R&A Collaborations the marvellous glass cakes made by Sarah Brown Glass who will be showing them at Crafts Council UK

14/11/2022

We had a lovely time at the Hub-Sleaford on Saturday!

10/11/2022

Tomorrow we're off to Hub-Sleaford in Lincolnshire with Hanny Newton Embroidery to run a Making Matters event on Saturday with different creative groups connected with the venue. Looking forward to it, stay dry please for our walk 🤞

The Hub is a nationally renowned Centre that delivers an inspiring programme of creative arts & cultural experiences in Sleaford and across North Kesteven.

01/11/2022

Check out Elouise Makes for fab animal inspired jewellery! https://www.facebook.com/elouisemakes

Ethical, earth-friendly animal inspired jewellery - for jewellery that doesn't cost the earth.