Power of Making | A V&A and Crafts Council exhibition

09 09 2011 - Power of Making | A V&A and Crafts Council exhibition

The exhibition showcases works made using a diverse range of skills and explores how materials can be used in imaginative and spectacular ways, whether for entertainment, medical innovation, social networking or artistic endeavour.

Works on display include a giant gorilla created of metal coat hangers by David Mach, bespoke shoes by John Lobb shoemakers, a lion-shaped Ghanaian coffin, extreme cake decorations and new technologies such as 3D printing.

Power of Making is the second exhibition in the V&A/Crafts Council partnership.

6 September 2011 – 2 January 2012 in the Porter Gallery
Open daily 10.00 – 17.45 and until 22.00 every Friday