For Windswept Baby I collaborated with six writers and poets – Lucy Biddle, Amy Pettifer, Kayo Chingonyi, Luke Turner, Megan Nolan and Jack Underwood. New writing was prompted by objects in the V&A ceramics collection, I made new artworks in response.
The work was displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum from May – August 2018. Our book, designed by ‘In The Shade of a Tree’ (Sophie Demay, Maël Fournier-Comte) is available to buy, please email to enquire.
Supported by Arts Council England
Six collaborations below
1
Susie Cooper (designer), decorated by the Susie Cooper Pottery, made by Wood & Sons Ltd.
Cup and saucer
England, 1932–33
Glazed earthenware
© The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Amy Pettifer reading
O
In response to Cup and saucer, designed by Susie Cooper
Bethan Lloyd Worthington
A succession of hilltops with the hum caught underneath
Twelve framed drawings in pastel and ink on paper
In response to O, Amy Pettifer
and
Cup and saucer, designed by Susie Cooper
2
Cornelis Boumeester (1652–1733)
Tile panel
Rotterdam, 1680–1720
Hand-painted tin glazed earthenware
© The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Lucy Biddle reading
Blue Tiled Sea
In response to Tile Panel by Cornelis Boumeester
Bethan Lloyd Worthington
Luctor et emergo
London, 2018
Stained beech, stoneware with marbled slip, velvet with glass weighting
In response to Blue Tiled Sea by Lucy Biddle
and
Tile panel, Cornelis Boumeester
3
Derby Porcelain Factory
Figure of a tailor riding a goat
Derby, about 1800
Painted and gilded porcelain
© The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Jack Underwood reading
It could have been so different
In response to Figure of a tailor riding a goat, Derby Porcelain Factory
Bethan Lloyd Worthington
Pickling the seeds of spring
Silk, glass weighting, glazed stoneware with mochaware ‘earthworm’ and enamel painting, leather,
terracotta
In response to It could have been so different, Jack Underwood
and
Figure of a tailor riding a goat, Derby Porcelain Factory
4
Chantilly Porcelain Factory
Wine cooler
France, about 1753–60
Porcelain painted with enamel
© The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Megan Nolan reading
Banshee Call
In response to Wine cooler, Chantilly Porcelain Factory
Bethan Lloyd Worthington
To fit only six houses, how near to the ground
Glazed stoneware with slip and enamel painting
In response to Banshee Call, Megan Nolan
and
Wine cooler, Chantilly Porcelain Factory
5
Unknown artist
Harvest jug
Wiltshire, about 1700
Brown-glazed earthenware with applied decoration
© The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Luke Turner reading
The Good Purvider
In response to the Harvest Jug, Wiltshire
Bethan Lloyd Worthington
A circle closed in
Dyed oat straw, glazed stoneware, terracotta
In response to The Good Purvider, Luke Turner
and
Harvest jug, Wiltshire
6
Bryan Newman
Houses with Motorway
London, 1973
Glazed, hand-modelled stoneware
© The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Kayo Chingonyi reading
landscape w/ motorway
In response to Houses with Motorway, Bryan Newman
Bethan Lloyd Worthington
Those who hold this place suspended
Glazed stoneware with enamel painting, candle
In response to landscape w/ motorway, Kayo Chingonyi
and
Houses with Motorway, Bryan Newman
Images of Bethan’s work by Plastiques Photography
