For Edinburgh Art Festival 2017 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop presents the
first major solo exhibition of the work of the artist Charlotte Barker.
Opening on the 29th July 2017 this newly commissioned, previously unseen
work explores the irregularities of the handmade object.

Join Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop's Front of House Manager, Lynn Cowan, as
she leads an exhibition tour specifically designed for visually impaired
visitors. The tour includes a touch element where you will be able to handle
several works provided by artist, Charlotte Barker.

Charlotte Barker's work sits at the intersection of sculpture and design.
Her exquisitely made objects bridge the gap between functionality and
aesthetics to float precariously between states. Produced with traditional
methods these works strike an elegant balance between simplicity and
complexity, the historical and the contemporary. Their minimal forms are
opposed by the intricate traceries of tool marks that form their surfaces
exposing their material beauty, their tactile history and their means of
production.

This new body of beautifully crafted ceramic sculptures and vessels
displayed on painstakingly reproduced replicas of simple, functional 17th
century furniture maintains many of the idiomatic elements that are
associated with ceramics and furniture exploring their sculptural potential
and deconstructing the hierarchical relationships between fine art, craft
and the decorative arts.

Free, Booking required

How to book
Phone: 0131 551 4490
Email: admin@edinburghsculpture.org