Bridget is a maker and researcher who uses ideas around repair to reanimate discarded objects and to tell new stories about our relationship to everyday things. In this conversation we talk about where our interests in object histories and museums converge and about how sharing our research interests in various ways fuels our ongoing curiosity about people and the things they value. This podcast is part of my Cultures of Care project which is a research and making project looking at how artist practice can contribute to a culture of care. I am interested in how Bridget’s work fits into this overall theme of care and how we as artists can express, give and accept care of our own work too.
Bridget Harvey investigates process by hand-working discarded objects into artefacts, exploring making and remaking. She draws techniques from multiple disciplines such as textiles, print, and conservation methods, making tactile and desirable objects.
Bridget takes a broad and playful approach, considering exhibiting, curating, facilitating workshops, researching, residencies, writing, and giving talks as vital as making itself. By making and curating artefacts, Bridget re-stories the familiar and reconstructs the forgotten.
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Find Bridget’s work
website :: https://bridgetharvey.co.uk/
instagram :: https://www.instagram.com/bridgetharvey/
Find Your Focus
Finding Your Focus is an holistic & mindful approach reviewing your year and thinking about your creative life. We cover core values and why you do what you do, review the last year, decide your own criteria for success and only then create your gentle goals or guiding lights which will give you focus over the year. This workshop includes 5 pre-recorded video lessons and accompanying workbooks. The new course starts on 3rd January 2024 and includes a live Zoom Q&A session with me half way through the month. Join me here
Ruth Singer 
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