Blown 2009... update

So with the looming Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics exhibition deadline ever pending here is an update on the progress of the new Blown series of cups. I have to thank Becca Wilson for her speed and professionalism during the mould making process.

Each cup & Saucer set will be 'frame per second' stamped and will be produced in bone china. I will accompanying the work with a narrative video.

Up next will be COLLECT at the Saatchi Gallery with Craft Scotland. I will be showing three pieces of work, each with their own installation challenges.

This image was taken in the Louvre and is demonstrating movement in a static object. The current issue with the Flight pieces is exactly this, how to portray a sense of weightlessness rather than gravity. I will have some test 'supports' this week.

On another note here is the edited Press Release for the Jerwood Contemporary Makers Prize:

Through art, craft and design in his work, Geoffrey Mann has created a new hybrid practice. Using a combination of cinematic stop-motion techniques, CAD modelling, rapid protoyping and traditional hand-craftsmanship, his work challenges the known boundaries of glass kiln casting fabrication. For the first time, he will present two works concurrently, both produced virtually by a glass factory in the Czech Republic.

Geoffrey creates highly crafted object which, while not made by him, are still loyal to his signature style.