{"id":860,"date":"2018-07-03T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T10:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bethanlloydworthington.com\/?post_type=nor-portfolio&p=860"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:50:06","slug":"windswept-baby-at-the-va","status":"publish","type":"nor-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/bethanlloydworthington.com\/?nor-portfolio=windswept-baby-at-the-va","title":{"rendered":"Windswept Baby, a collaboration with writers, poets and objects at the V&A, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For Windswept Baby I collaborated with six writers and poets \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

The work was displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum from May – August 2018. Our book<\/a>, designed by \u2018In The Shade of a Tree\u2019 (Sophie Demay, Ma\u00ebl Fournier-Comte) is available to buy, please email to enquire.<\/p>\n

Read introduction<\/a><\/p>\n

Supported by Arts Council England<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Six collaborations below<\/p>\n

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\"\"Susie Cooper (designer), decorated by the Susie Cooper Pottery, made by Wood & Sons Ltd.
\nCup and saucer<\/em>
\nEngland, 1932\u201333
\nGlazed earthenware
\n\u00a9 The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<\/p>\n

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Amy Pettifer reading
\nO<\/em><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/windsweptbaby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/6.-O_Amy-Pettifer.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

In response to Cup and saucer<\/em>, designed by Susie Cooper<\/p>\n

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Bethan Lloyd Worthington
\nA succession of hilltops with the hum caught underneath<\/em>
\nTwelve framed drawings in pastel and ink on paper<\/p>\n

In response to O<\/em>, Amy Pettifer
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\nCup and saucer<\/em>, designed by Susie Cooper<\/p>\n

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Cornelis Boumeester (1652\u20131733)
\nTile panel<\/em>
\nRotterdam, 1680\u20131720
\nHand-painted tin glazed earthenware
\n\u00a9 The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<\/p>\n

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Lucy Biddle reading
\nBlue Tiled Sea<\/em><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/windsweptbaby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1.-Blue-Tiled-Sea_Lucy-Biddle.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

In response to Tile Panel<\/em> by Cornelis Boumeester<\/p>\n

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Bethan Lloyd Worthington
\nLuctor et emergo<\/em>
\nLondon, 2018
\nStained beech, stoneware with marbled slip, velvet with glass weighting<\/p>\n

In response to Blue Tiled Sea<\/em> by Lucy Biddle
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\nTile panel<\/em>, Cornelis Boumeester<\/p>\n

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\"\"Derby Porcelain Factory
\nFigure of a tailor riding a goat<\/em>
\nDerby, about 1800
\nPainted and gilded porcelain
\n\u00a9 The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<\/p>\n

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Jack Underwood reading
\nIt could have been so different<\/em><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/windsweptbaby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2.-It-Could-Have-Been-So-Different_Jack-Underwood.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

In response to Figure of a tailor riding a goat<\/em>, Derby Porcelain Factory<\/p>\n

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Bethan Lloyd Worthington
\nPickling the seeds of spring<\/em>
\nSilk, glass weighting, glazed stoneware with mochaware \u2018earthworm\u2019 and enamel painting, leather,
\nterracotta<\/p>\n

In response to It could have been so different<\/em>, Jack Underwood
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\nFigure of a tailor riding a goat<\/em>, Derby Porcelain Factory<\/p>\n

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Chantilly Porcelain Factory
\nWine cooler<\/em>
\nFrance, about 1753\u201360
\nPorcelain painted with enamel
\n\u00a9 The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<\/p>\n

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Megan Nolan reading
\nBanshee Call<\/em><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/windsweptbaby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3.-Banshee-Call_Megan-Nolan.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

In response to Wine cooler<\/em>, Chantilly Porcelain Factory<\/p>\n

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Bethan Lloyd Worthington
\nTo fit only six houses, how near to the ground<\/em>
\nGlazed stoneware with slip and enamel painting<\/p>\n

In response to Banshee Call<\/em>, Megan Nolan
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\nWine cooler<\/em>, Chantilly Porcelain Factory<\/p>\n

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Unknown artist\u00a0
\nHarvest jug<\/em>
\nWiltshire, about 1700
\nBrown-glazed earthenware with applied decoration
\n\u00a9 The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<\/p>\n

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Luke Turner reading
\nThe Good Purvider<\/em><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/windsweptbaby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4.-Good-Purvider_Luke-Turner.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

In response to the Harvest Jug<\/em>, Wiltshire<\/p>\n

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Bethan Lloyd Worthington
\nA circle closed in<\/em>
\nDyed oat straw, glazed stoneware, terracotta<\/p>\n

In response to The Good Purvider<\/em>, Luke Turner
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\nHarvest jug<\/em>, Wiltshire<\/p>\n

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\"\"Bryan Newman
\nHouses with Motorway<\/em>
\nLondon, 1973
\nGlazed, hand-modelled stoneware
\n\u00a9 The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.<\/p>\n

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Kayo Chingonyi reading
\nlandscape w\/ motorway<\/em><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/windsweptbaby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5.-landscape-w_-motorway_Kayo-Chingonyi.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

In response to Houses with Motorway<\/em>, Bryan Newman<\/p>\n

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Bethan Lloyd Worthington
\nThose who hold this place suspended<\/em>
\nGlazed stoneware with enamel painting, candle<\/p>\n

In response to landscape w\/ motorway<\/em>, Kayo Chingonyi
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\nHouses with Motorway<\/em>, Bryan Newman<\/p>\n

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Images of Bethan’s work by Plastiques Photography<\/a><\/p>\n

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