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@vamuseum 14th Sep - 1st Dec
Emerging Design Commission 2024 Multidisciplinary designer & educator,
sustainability, research and raw materials.

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Had the great news that the Biodiversity work at @kingstonuniversity has made it through to the second stage of the @the_eauc Green Gowns Awards this year 😍 Many thanks to Dr Tânia Dias Fonseca for all of her hard work on this and other applications from Kingston University this year.

We've put together a very short video covering some of the work from the last 20 years. From habitat work to improve our woodlands, invasive species work, monitoring eels and the quality of the Hogsmill River alongside many other groups; to bird and butterfly counts and pollinator counts across all of our sites and everything in between. You can even spot our resident fox helping out with the @hogfriendly tunnel surveys a few years back 😂

Let me know if you spot your image in the video.

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A Creative Assembly | In collaboration with @blackfemarc | Part of Belonging⁣
An informal gathering using The (African) Kitchen Stool exploring intersections of material culture, spatial thinking, and creative practice.⁣
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Panellists:⁣
- Angela Ford — Interdisciplinary Designer, Researcher & Educator⁣
- Mpho Matsipa — Independent Curator, Design Theorist & Scholar⁣
- Bisila Noha — Artist, Researcher & Writer⁣
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A discussion grounded in BFA's MA Research Project, reflecting on how this research connects to their work and opening up dialogue across disciplines. Framed around the theme of belonging, the event invites attendees to sit together on equal footing, drawing on diasporic, non-Western ways of gathering.⁣
With a delicious spread by an invited chef, South African wines, and live creative performances.⁣
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📍 Roca London Gallery⁣
📅 Thursday 18 June 2026, 18:30⁣
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Part of @londonfestivalofarchitecture 2026⁣
@blackfemarc @rocalondongallery
#BlackFemalesInArchitecture #BFA #RocaLondonGallery #LFA

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Join us on Thursday 18th June for A Creative Assembly 🌳✨ An informal gathering using the (African) Kitchen Stool to explore intersections of material culture, spatial thinking & creative practice.
This event is part of the London Festival of Architecture @londonfestivalofarchitecture hosted by Roca London Gallery @rocalondongallery

Panellists Angela Ford, Bisila Noha and Mpho Matsipa will reflect on how this research connects to their work, opening up dialogue across disciplines. With ample opportunity for attendees to participate and contribute to the conversation too. In this discussion, we will be centring ‘The Kitchen Stool’ as an object; these were utilised as one of the ingredients for the Accra Showcase.

🗣️ Angela Ford @studio_raw_origins is a British Jamaican interdisciplinary designer, researcher and educator based in London.

She is the founder of Studio Raw Origins, a research-led practice centred on sustainable raw materials and soil-based fibres, situated between contemporary design, earth-based architecture, craft and fine art.

Her work examines material narratives in relation to place, cultural heritage and identity, with a particular focus on how materials carry and transmit histories. Through an interdisciplinary approach, she works with earth, clay, hemp and nettle to explore their cultural significance and wider potential applications within design and architectural contexts. Her practice moves between making, site-based research and critical enquiry, challenging established distinctions between design, craft and art.

She has exhibited at Dorich House (2025), the V&A Museum (2024) and at the Stanley Picker Gallery (2023).
Ford has lectured and led architectural workshops at UCL, the Royal College of Art, UTech Jamaica, Chelsea College of Art, Kingston School of Art and Oxford Brookes University.

Event Details:
📍Location: Roca London Gallery @rocalondongallery
📅 Date: 18th June 2026
🕡 Time: 18.30-21.30pm
Book Tickets - LINK IN THE BIO 🔗

#blackfemarc #creative_assembly #lfa2026 #belonging #rocalondongallery

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Join us on Thursday 18th June for A Creative Assembly 🌳✨ An informal gathering using the (African) Kitchen Stool to explore intersections of material culture, spatial thinking & creative practice.

We will be joined by:

🗣️Angela Ford, a British Jamaican interdisciplinary designer, researcher and educator based in London. She is the founder of Studio Raw Origins. @studio_raw_origins

🗣️Bisila Noha, a Spanish-Equatoguinean artist, researcher and writer. @bisilanoha

🗣️Mpho Matsipa, a South African-born independent curator, design theorist, and scholar of Southern urbanisms. @joburg_bureau

Event Details:
📍Location: Roca London Gallery @rocalondongallery
📅 Date: 18th June 2026
🕡 Time: 18.30-21.30pm
Book Tickets - LINK IN THE BIO 🔗

This event is part of the London Festival of Architecture hosted by Roca London Gallery.

Event Partners

London Festival of Architecture
LFA are the world's largest annual architecture festival, happening between 1-30 June 2026 #LFA2026 #Belonging
@londonfestivalofarchitecture

Roca London Gallery
Roca London Gallery by @zahahadidarchitects hosts a Cultural Programme of exhibitions and events on the themes of architecture & design.
@rocalondongallery

#blackfemarc #creative_assembly #lfa2026 #belonging #rocalondongallery

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You are invited to: ‘A Creative Assembly’ 🌳✨ An informal gathering using the (African) Kitchen Stool to explore intersections of material culture, spatial thinking & creative practice.

As part of the @londonfestivalofarchitecture, framed around this year’s theme of belonging, the event invites attendees to sit together on equal footing, questioning formal speaker-audience structures and drawing on diasporic, non-Western ways of gathering.

The event is grounded in BFA’s MA Research Project, spanning recent work in London, ‘Earth, Memory, and the Spaces We Inhabit’, and Accra, ‘Women’s Ways of Knowing in the City’, as well as future ambitions in creative and making practices.
We will be joined by:

🗣️Angela Ford, a British Jamaican interdisciplinary designer, researcher and educator based in London. She is the founder of Studio Raw Origins. @studio_raw_origins

🗣️Bisila Noha, a Spanish-Equatoguinean artist, researcher and writer. @bisilanoha

🗣️Mpho Matsipa, a South African-born independent curator, design theorist, and scholar of Southern urbanisms. @joburg_bureau

Event Details:
📍Location: Roca London Gallery @rocalondongallery
📅 Date: 18th June 2026
🕡 Time: 18.30-21.30pm
Book Tickets - LINK IN THE BIO 🔗

The event is grounded in BFA’s MA Research Project, spanning recent work in London, ‘Earth, Memory, and the Spaces We Inhabit’, and Accra, ‘Women’s Ways of Knowing in the City’, as well as future ambitions in creative and making practices.
#blackfemarc #creative_assembly #lfa2026 #belonging #rocalondongallery

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We are the Makers: Artisans and Artists. Final programming event for exhibition 'Black Atlantic Makers: Conversations', held at the Crafts Council, was aptly a conversation between practitioners working across ceramics, woodwork, textiles, lettering and outdoor art. Described by a Crafts Council board member as “my favourite London Craft Week event by a long way”, felt especially meaningful given we weren’t officially part of the LCW programme.

Makers, ranging from ceramicist Bisila Noha, stonemaker Marica Bennett-Male, weavers Doreen Gittens (@coinstreet_se1) & Makeba Lewis, woodworker Donald Baugh, Errol Donald, and multidisciplinary artist Angela Ford spoke freely about their individual practise, passions, but also rebellion and healing.

We heard the stories behind the works in the exhibition, the lived experience embedded in each piece. We understand them as expressions of identity and care from storytellers of material and memory.

My co-curator, Dr Stephen Knott, and I would urge you to visit the exhibition before it closes on 23 May 2026 at the Crafts Study Centre. I will be there on Friday 22 May.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to a space that felt open, generous and necessary including Tosin Adegoke, Keith Piper, Alvin Kofi, Jo Sealy, Ann-Aniedi Asikpo, MCIPR,UK, Birungi Kawooya, Ed Matthews-Gentle, Dr Mona Craven, Emma Jacobs and Natalie Melton.

I hope to continue to hold space as both practitioner and curator, where makers can feel seen, uplifted, and connected to each other.
@craftsstudycentre @craftscouncil @londoncraftweek @bisilanoha @marciabennettmale @studio_raw_origins @archipelagotextiles @keithpiper_studio @gokerelli @blackgirldollshouseclub @donaldbaugh @makeba_lewis @edmatthewsgentle @alvin_kofi
#Craft #Arts #CreativeWellness #TapestryofBlackBritons

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witnessing boiling milk transform into paneer is art in itself… thank you arjun for always blessing me and angela with food made with labour and love ᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ

@assa.design.make @studio_raw_origins @pins_artist
#paneerlover

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Makers across materiality: from Dame Magdalene Odundo, Chancellor of University for the Creative Arts to woodturner Darren Appiagyei - represented at this very special opening of 'Black Atlantic Makers: Conversations' (Crafts Study Centre Museum)'. Delighted to premiere stunning new 'African Romans in Britain' tapestry, designed by Alvin Kofi.

Connecting makers across time: from Ronald Moody, part of the Caribbean Arts Movement to Keith Piper, co-founder of the Blk Art Movement is important. Thank you to Pallant House Gallery for the loan of Moody's very special 'Warrior', absorbing reflection on humanity's propensity for destruction.

Warm thank you to all the artists including seasoned artisan Donald Baugh, Angela Ford, who uses her dna as as the basis of her work, stone-maker Marcia Male-Bennett, ceramicist Bishila Nola, Jo Sealy and of course Rose Sinclair MBE FRSA and Deirdre Figueiredo MBE.

Exhibition programming begins with Rose's lecture about textiles icon Althea McNish on 10 March - booking details to be added soon.

Feminist, activist, author and artist Stella Dadzie said her father would be proud to be represented in the WW2 tapestry.

I designed a course module for London College of Communication, (University of the Arts)MA Journalism students in relation to the launch of the new African Romans tapestry - brilliant they could document by filming.

Pleasure to co-curate with CSC, Director Dr Stephen Knott. Thank you to my main funder Arts Council England and ongoing support and loan from Crafts Council. Thank you also to those who continue to support Tapestry of Black Britons including The Haberdashers' Company, Gary Stewart and Elizabeth Lynch MBE.

Many Threads - One Fabric

@aceagrams @marciabennettmale @donaldbaugh @bisilanoha @keithpiper_studio @craftscouncil @pallanthousegallery @craftsstudycentre @unicreativearts @lcclondon @theblackartisans @illuminated_arts_peckham @royalneedlework @gswd1693 @garyroystewart @archipelagotextiles @jackypuzey @dorcasstories @sharronewallace @henryobasistudio @haberdasherscompany nefertiti35 #Arts #Crafts #Textiles #History #TapestryofBlackBritons #Tapestry #CreativeWellness

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Few snapshots from the Earth Building Workshop hosted at @kingston.school.of.art with @ciaranmalik and students from the University of Malta @sacesmalta.

Also big thank you to @konstantina.tsapakidou and @studio_raw_origins

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#movement#olderwomen #croydon

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What a year it has been at Dorich House Museum!

Today was the Museum’s last open day before our summer break. We will be closed for the month of August and reopen on Thursday 4th September 2025.

We wish to sincerely thank everyone that has visited the Museum since last September. It is thanks to your interest that we are able to continue to conduct research into the history of the house and its collection, while also using the space to platform contemporary artists.

Since last September we have held a number of exhibitions, workshops and events by range of artists, academics and community groups which have brought the Museum to life. The work contributed by all of our collaborators is vital to making the Museum what it is and we cannot thank them enough.

Last but not least, we are extremely grateful for all of the hours spent here by our amazing volunteers, tour guides and student museum assistants. These are the people who have likely welcomed you into the museum, shared their knowledge and even made your teas and coffees. Dorich House Museum would not be able to do what it does without them. Thank you!

Make sure to keep an eye out for what’s on at Dorich House Museum from September and we will see you then.

Thank you from the team at Dorich House Museum!

#dorichhousemuseum #doragordine #studiohome #kingstonuniversity

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Thank you to all those who attended the plaster casting workshop on Tuesday and to @studio_raw_origins (Angela Ford) for leading it!

Angela gave the attendees a tour of her exhibition ‘The Raw Origins of a Diaspora: Part 2’ before leading the workshop which focused on making plaster models using recycled and found materials.

Next week is your last chance to see the exhibition which closes on Saturday 26th July. Don’t miss it!

This will also be Dorich House Museum’s last open day before we close for the month of August. We will then reopen on Thursday 4th September.

Photos by @ellie_laycock 📸

#dorichhousemuseum #artistworkshop #plastercasting #studioraworigins #kingstonuniversity

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