MAKERS MERGE WALES/SOUTH TYROL
Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay
Sat 30 June-Sun 19 Aug
Sitting discreetly amongst the Italian Alps, wedged within the idyllic mountains and bordering Austria, lies South Tyrol. Based in the northernmost area of Italy, the province omits a quintessentially Bavarian quality. From an area with such a strong cultural legacy resonating through the art community, curator Gabi Veit has plucked several artists to be hosted in the Welsh capital by the Makers Guild In Wales. Co-ordinated by Veit and Beate Gegenwart, Craft In The Bay accommodates this exciting international collaboration; Makers Guild members and South Tyrolean artists are paired together, merging their creative talent in an exhibition that seeks to dissipate geographical boundaries through artistic dialogue.
As well as organising the exhibition, Veit and Gegenwart are contributors; Veit’s contemporary nods to naturalism in her craft will no doubt be integrated in her collaboration with Snowdonia-based silversmith Rauni Higson. Meanwhile, Gegenwart links up with Othmar Prenner, an artist and sculptor whose portfolio spans from artisan pine boxes and containers, to the conversion of his South Tyrol alpine farmhouse into a parquet-infused work of supreme modern art. Shelley Doolan and Alessandra Piazza will capitalise on the naturally-lit exhibition space to present their striking glass work, whilst Karen Williams returns to this gallery after her successful Christmas exhibition in 2015.
Admission: free. Info: 029 2048 4611 / www.makersguildinwales.org.uk (CC)
photo Karen Williams sea oak and whelk necklace