This Autumn, The National Centre for Craft & Design is proud to present Rooted in Instinct – a new collection of work developed especially for NCCD by Woman’s Hour Craft Prize nominee and British Sculptor, Laura Ellen Bacon.

Rooted in Instinct is a unique exhibition demonstrating an evolution of the intuitive making process that has dominated Bacon’s practice to date. It is a pivotal moment in the artist’s career featuring unexpected and familiar forms in willow and new explorations in thatch, further developing the possibilities of traditional hand weaving and knotting techniques. In response to NCCD’s history as an old seed warehouse, new abstract sculptures create height density and detail, the forms are all at once majestic, immersive and ‘protective’ with a unique sense of connectivity to the heritage crafts and architecture of the Lincolnshire landscape.

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21 Oct 2017 – 14 Jan 2018
Main Gallery

Private View 

Fri 20 Oct, 6-8pm

Free, everyone welcome

“We are descendants of the stars. Cosmic dust is an eternal element of the body’s cyclical decay and renewal. We are constant process, not complete products. We are Tertullian’s Apologeticus where ‘dead stars come to life’ and ‘everything is refashioned out of death’.”

The eternal concepts of life, loss and hope are explored by artist Naseem Darbey in her exhibition We Are Saved By Loss. Using medical morphology and pathology as the basis for her exploration, Darbey addresses her core concepts through art, science, and philosophy and expresses them through her signature hollow drawings. Through the impact of scale and concept, Darbey invites the audience to evaluate and empathise with these testing themes in her new body of work commissioned for The National Centre for Craft & Design and funded by Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts.

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11 Nov 2017 – 7 Jan 2018
Roof Gallery

Alongside Laura Ellen Bacon: Rooted in Instinct (Sat 21 Oct 2017 – Sun 14 Jan 2018), our education packages offer students and teachers opportunities to work with professional artists, academics, curators and NCCD specialist staff.

Our FREE education pack acts as a resource to inspire cross-curricular learning across primary schools, secondary schools and beyond.

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Download our Education Pack here

We are delighted to announce our new programme for Oct 17 – Jan 18!

NCCD Guide Oct 17 – Jan 18

NCCD Learning Programme Oct 17 – Jan 18

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We are offering an exclusive workshop with upcoming Roof Gallery exhibitor Naseem Darbey. Based around her exhibition We Are Saved By Loss this unique workshop will include a gallery tour; drawing session taken into stitch and fabric manipulation; and a session where students will create their own forced perspective response to their environment using their mobile phone camera. The day can be adapted to suit curriculum needs and portfolio development.

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Workshops available from Mon 13 Nov 2017 to Sun 7 Jan 2018

£350, maximum 15 students

To book or for more information:

Tel: 01529 308 710 or email: [email protected]

Try out some of Naseem Darbey’s artistic techniques in this one-day workshop. Use drawing and machine embroidery to create and build a portfolio of experimental works. Bring a sewing machine and embroidery foot if you have one.

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Sat 16 Dec, 10am-4pm

£40, 16yrs+, basic materials provided, please book