Work with artist Maisie Pritchard to create sculptural objects using cardboard in this playful workshop where you will exchange skills, learn something new and find new ways of seeing everyday materials and objects. In this workshop, you will use cardboard recyclables as a way to prototype or design vessels for the home. The session will focus on transforming everyday waste into sculptural forms, considering the shape and textural properties of the existing materials to design domestic ware.
You are invited to engage with the space, objects and the materials – to respond, participate and contribute to the idea of a ‘make space’. Together we will champion collective making, participation, and the need for more creative spaces.
Objects made during the workshops will be displayed in the HOME Arches during PUSH Festival, on furniture specifically designed and built by the artist. This bespoke sculptural display unit invites function and play, transforming Arch 3 into a studio, materials store, tool shed, workshop and exhibition display.
The pieces will also be part of an exhibition in the HOME Arches windows on Whitworth Street West in Spring 2025. Participants of the workshops will be able to collect the sculptures they made after this exhibition.
During the festival, Maisie will host three workshops, each with a focus on a different material. Feel free to attend as many workshops as you want.
About the artist
Maisie Pritchard is a visual artist living in Manchester, with a studio at Paradise Works in Salford. She has an active role across the Northwest as a creative facilitator, having worked with organisations such as LeftCoast, Castlefield Gallery & the National Festival of Making.
Maisie’s practice is multifaceted, yet always based around the use of materials and making. She is interested in how artistic and design processes can crossover to generate functional and interactive sculpture or art objects. Maisie enjoys working with the public to make playful, useful and meaningful artworks, often relying on participation to create or activate the work. Recent material explorations include paper and cardboard waste, clay, paper pulp, floristry foam, upholstery foam and wood.
Maisie Pritchard (b. 1997, Nottingham) lives and works in Manchester and is a studio member at Paradise Works. Maisie graduated in 2019 with a BA in Fine Art from Manchester School of Art. Maisie is currently investing in her studio and making practice through the support of an Arts Council England’s Developing Your Creative Practice Grant, and Early-Mid Career Award from The Haworth Trust Scholarship Programme. Recent exhibitions include ‘FINGER!’ Paradise Works at The Manchester Contemporary, ‘Output/Input’ Paradise Works, ‘Bushcrafters’ Prism Contemporary & The Second Act.
Image Credit: Photography by David Oates for the Manchester Artist Teachers Collective