The Abney Effect
Part of London Design Festival, this exhibition by Wax Atelier explores tree-derived materials in array of projects to do with oils, waxes, resins and dyes. The setting of Abney Park is particularly apt, it was once being a Victorian arboretum and now a local nature reserve. Alongside the studio’s own investigations into the flowers, leaves and fruit of orange trees, are works by Jacob Marks and CQ Studio – both feature in previous issues of Crafts (Spring/Summer 2023 and Autumn/Winter 2023).
16-22 September 2024 at Abney Park, London
Ayahuasca & Art of the Amazon
We’re tripping out over this new exhibition at Norwich’s Sainsbury Centre, which explores how the psychoactive beverage ayahuasca has influenced the lives of indigenous societies in the Amazon, and their creative output. The show will home in on the rainforest’s Shipibo-Konibo community, displaying historic and contemporary examples of ceramics, textiles, sculptures, paintings and photographs that they’ve made under the influence of the drug. With the help of a shaman-guided VR experience, visitors will also be able to experience the effects of ayahuasca for themselves.
14 September – 2 February 2025 at Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Lyndie Wright: The Curious Art of Puppetry
Master puppeteer Lyndie Wright is celebrated in this exhibition at Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset, which charts her extraordinary 65-year career. The show will display a wide array of what Wright has crafted through the decades – from carved marionettes, to glove puppets – and there’ll even be a recreation of her north London workshop, complete with tools, materials, mood boards, and puppets-in-progress.
Watch out for our upcoming issue, where we’ll be spotlighting more makers involved in the world of performance…
Until 13 October at Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Somerset