Juliette Bigley
Bigley makes abstract metal sculptures based on composite geometric forms that explore how our internal experiences interact with the world. Made to contribute to her thinking her pieces are ‘punctuation marks’ in an on-going dialogue between thinking, writing and making. Trained at The Cass School of Art, she has exhibited nationally and internationally including Ireland, USA, Switzerland, Dubai and Germany. She won Collect Open in 2018, has received funding from Arts Council England, and has work in the V&A and the Irish State collections. She is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and produced her first publication, Material Perspectives, in 2018.
You can hear Juliette talking about her practice here, and see more of her work here.
Simone ten Hompel
Studying at the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, Germany and the Royal College of Art, ten Hompel is one of Britain’s most critically acclaimed craftspeople. She has contributed to numerous group and solo exhibitions, she is Reader in Metal at The Cass, has led a number of collaborative & curatorial projects and is frequently invited to speak on craft, making and the language of metal. Winner of the Jerwood Prize: Metal in 2005 and the State of Bavaria award in 2012, she has work in numerous state and public collections and recently completed a major commission for Glenmorangie and The National Museums of Scotland.
You can hear Simone talking about her practice here, and see work here.
