Hebden Bridge jeweller turns his attention in tackling plastic pollution with new sculpture
and live on Freeview channel 276
The Hebden Bridge-based artist was invited by the Leeds Craft Centre and Design Gallery to link with ceramicist Anna Whitehouse for a new sculpture inspired by the natural world.
Featuring a distorted, porcelain hand sanitiser bottle armoured with the tiny silver claws, the piece is aimed at highlighting the increase in damaging single-use plastics and man’s impact on the environment.
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdMr Cotterill, whose solo work is also on display at the centre, took part in the gallery’s first Meet the Maker event of the year at the weekend where visitors were able to browse through the artists’ sketchbooks containing early ideas for the work.
He said: “Anna and I share similar inspirations, and despite using different materials it feels like our pieces have evolved from the same place.
“We have both created individual collections for the exhibition, but for the collaboration we swapped objects to combine in each other’s work and only saw the end result just before the exhibition opened.”
The exhibition at the Craft Centre and Design Gallery, in the Headrow, continues until October 30.
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide Ad* Support your Halifax Courier by becoming a digital subscriber. You will see 70 per cent fewer ads on stories, meaning faster load times and an overall enhanced user experience. Click here to subscribe