Acts of Care: The Sheffield Edition
Thorough research into Sheffield’s industrial history culminating in a publicly sited intervention and collection of handmade tools, created specifically for the project. In Acts of Care altered traditional techniques are employed to perform acts of individualised care within the public landscape. The works take the form of repair interventions; acting upon or within areas of damage to create new works. In order to perform the acts of care the tools specific to the tasks required are also made.
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2013
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Jerwood Makers Open
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2013 Jerwood Space
2015 Palais de Tokyo - L’Usage des Formes
2016 FACT Gallery - Build Your Own
2016 Norwich Museum - Build Your Own
2017 Hull Library - The Tool Appreciation Society
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Clare Cumberlidge
Jerwood Foundation
Tool Poster of all tools made & used Centre spread of the accompanying newspaper publication
Each tool having its own palette, material language and scale in accordance to the geographical location of the intervention and techniques employed. The sites of the Sheffield Edition interventions are within the walls of Portland Works on Randall St; the location where Stainless Steel cutlery was first made 100 years ago. This site was chosen as it holds a strong historical significance within the metal trades and it continues to thrive today as a community owned series of workshops which house a variety of highly skilled craftspeople, artists and small scale manufacturers.