Pots before words engages with the life and work of British writer and archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes and is the result of a period of research within the Jacquetta Hawkes Archive at the University of Bradford. This research is centred on Hawkes' study of prehistory, pottery and a humanistic approach to Archaeology.
Pots before words is a series of new object-based works and drawings, examining the issues which arise when interpreting or translating from an incomplete or inaccurate record.
List of works
A.V.M, 1954, Screenshot 2013-12-10 (2014)
Series of four drawings, giclee print, drawing ink.
Pots before words (2014)
Jesmonite, graphite, silicone sponge, magnets, plywood.
Lazy Susan: Portable Toolkit (2014)
Breccia pernice marble, quartz agglomerate, plywood, pin hinges.
Index: A Land. Fragments from the Jacquetta Hawkes Archive (2014)
Publication, edition of 200, hand numbered, 48pp., 310 x 193 mm, softcover, blind embossing, belly band. View here.
Curated by Amy Charlesworth.
With thanks to Alison Cullingford, Special Collections Librarian at the University of Bradford.
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