Dr Richard Trask (ACCIS) visited our studio at Spike Island recently, great to catch up and discuss the current research at the dept and to show some of the projects we have completed; one of which was inspired by the carbon fibre material we were working with at ACCIS. Further information can be found at www.plenderleithscantlebury.com
As developing technologies and material capabilities from industry continue to offer us solutions for realising creative ideas. How can they be applied to academic research?
Understanding the challenges that science and innovative research carries within industry, how do we overcome material and design challenges by problem solving creatively. What are the similarities between our works?
I am back in a learning situation and it means a lot to me both as an artist and fabricator.
I think I know about “stuff” and suddenly I have access to new equipment, processes, materials and research. What does it mean to have that access and expertise, an expert within an expert culture?
How do I make a work that is meaningful, that can be beyond just the use of the material and technology I find so exciting or does that really add anything to the meaning of the work?
Working in residence at the Advanced Composite Centre for Innovation and Science with Dr Richard Trask and his research team.
Lisa Scantlebury is an artist and fabricator who exploits the creative possibilities of composites. Richard Trask is a composites engineer interested in building the next generation of aeroplanes and rockets. Both draw on natural structures and materials, but both want to see how much further synthetic materials can go.
From March 2011, Lisa is going to be ‘in residence’ in Richard’s composites engineering laboratory, talking to researchers and exploring her artistic practice in a new context. Lisa and Richard will be blogging here, under the category “Inspired Engineering”
Also don’t miss their free evening talk on Thursday 7 April, 6pm at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.