Florence Dwyer
Florence Dwyer
Florence Dwyer's practice is rooted by embodied research into object making in different capacities; from industrial manufacturing to vernacular design and domestic craft.
Most recently Florence's work has taken the form of ceramic sculptures, porcelain perfume bottles, tufted woollen rugs and woven tapestries. These works often pay reference to both historical and recognised design objects, exploring the language embedded within their making and their encounters within current society. By de-constructing and experimenting with processes such as dyeing, slip trailing, tufting, glaze making, weaving and casting Florence hopes to use craft as a tool to draw on multiple histories and acknowledge the ways objects have been made and are still made.
Florence Dwyer is an artist based in Glasgow. Recent exhibitions and residencies include; Cross Currents,The Bothy Project and Fogo IslandArts 2021-22, Part Seen, Part Imagined , Studio Pavilion, Greenware, Old Huis Tokyo 2019, I remain Yours,The Tenement House, Glasgow 2018; and Making the Bed Laying the Table, Glasgow Sculpture Studios 2016. Dwyer was recently on residency with Creative Residency in Arita (CRIA), Japan as part of the Scotland/Japan Residency Exchange Programme as well a brick making residency in Portugal organised by Craft Hub EU. Florence has collaborated on educational projects with various arts organisations such as Luminate, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Focal Point Gallery, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Plantation Productions and Cove Park.