Mary Crabb

@crabbbaskets

CV

Solo Exhibitions

2018

Significant Figures: remembrance through making. Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester

2012

Willow to Wire, Horsham Museum & Art Gallery

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

Contemporary Art at Sullington

2023

Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition. Copper pod exhibited on Society of Model & Experimental Engineers stand.

2022

Winter Exhibition. New Ashgate Gallery.

2021

Forces in Translation installation. Ruthin Craft Centre.

Basketry – Rhythm, Renewal & Reinvention. Ruthin Craft Centre.

warp, weft, stitch, thread. Gallery 57, Arundel, West Sussex.

2020

elements: wood metal. Gallery 57, Arundel, West Sussex.

2019

Basketry: function and ornament. Ruthin Craft Centre.

2018

MADE: folding, bending, weaving, twisting. Qube Gallery, Oswestry.

2016

Summer Show 2016: Weave, The Makers Guild in Wales, Craft in the Bay

2015

Inspire: Winter Selling Exhibition, Walford Mill Crafts, Wimbourne, Dorset
Back to the Beach, Worthing Museum & Art Gallery
Beastly Magic, SITselect
Basketry Identity, Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre, Walton-on-Thames
Tutor’s Exhibition, West Dean College

2014

The Costume and Textile Association for Norfolk Museums Geoffrey Squire Memorial Exhibition and Competition ‘Silvery Threads’, Norwich Cathedral

2013

Worshipful Company of Basketmakers Exhibition, Guildhall Library, London
Light, Line and Form with Debbie Forsdyke and Sarah Sepe, Steyning Museum

2011

Basketry Exhibition, Stella Harding, Mary Crabb and Maggie Smith, New Ashgate Gallery, FarnhamBasketry Arts Useful & Beautiful, The Apricot Gallery, The Rag Factory, London

2010-11

Precious Reclaiming Art and Craft
Hove Museum & Art Gallery
Platform Gallery, Clitheroe
Banbury Museum
Oriel Wrecsam
Winchester Discovery Centre
Harley Gallery, Worksop

2010

West Dean College, New Tutors Exhibition
ArtCraftDesign Dialogue, Christine Walker Gallery

2009

Brighton Fringe Festival and Steyning Festival, Cow Shed Studios

2008

World Basketry, Pinolere Cultural Association

2007

Grace Barrand Design Centre

Collections

2012

Horsham Museum & Art Gallery

2008

Museum of Basketry, Juan González Fariña, Pinolere Cultural Association

Awards

2016

craft&design Selected Silver Award 2016: Specialist Media

2015

Highly Commended – Class A awarded by The Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

2014

Second Prize – Three Dimensional Items, Geoffrey Squire Memorial Competition ‘Silvery Threads’

2013

craft&design Selected Finalist 2013: Specialist Media

2010

Finalist of Best Basket of the Year Competition 2010 organised by The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers

2008

Third prize for Artistic and Design Basketry. The IV International Traditional and Design Basketry Competition, Pinolere 2008
Bronze medal – Class B awarded by The Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

Education and Professional Development

2016

Accreditation for Practical Solutions for Dyscalculia provided by The British Dyslexia Association

2015

British Dyslexia Association – Identifying Dyscalculia, Supporting Students with Dyscalculia

2011-13

Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, West Dean College

2009

Crafts Council Emerging Makers Development Programme, Contemporary Basketry
Basketry: Imbenge technique using telephone wire, Ann Nazareth, City Lit

2007

Rediscovery of Basketmaking, ‘East Weaves West’, Hisako Sekijima, Quay Arts Centre

2006

Short courses in photography, silversmithing and jewellery, West Dean College

2005

Soft Textile Basketry, Mary Butcher, West Dean College

2000-3

Basketry short courses, Jackie Binns and Mary Butcher

1993

B Ed (Honours): Middle Age Range, Maths,
West Sussex Institute of Higher Education, an accredited college of the University of Southampton

Membership

Yeoman Member of The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers

The Basketmakers’ Association

The Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

Heritage Crafts Association

Institute of mathematics & its applications

Experience

2023- 

Research Assistant working with Dr Stephanie Bunn (Leverhulme funded Emeritus Scholar).

2020 – 

Basketmaker, working as part of the group for Forces In Translation; a collaborative project with a focus on Basketry, Maths and Anthropology. Funded by Royal Society/Apex. (2020-22). The group continues to meet informally.

2018

Workshop provider. Knowing From the Inside Project. Anthropology of Geometry Workshop II, Aberdeen University.

Role of basketry practitioner. Tinkering with Curves, Basketry, Geometry and Anthropology event, supported by the Knowing From the Inside Project, University of Aberdeen, and University of St Andrews Impact Fund.

Workshop Provider for Weaving Stories event. UH Arts, School of Creative Arts, University of Hertfordshire.

Workshop provider. Made: folding, bending, weaving, twisting. Qube, Oswestry. Arts Council funded project.

2017

Speaker, Intertwined – Maths and Making. Woven Communities 2 Symposium, St. Andrew’s University.

Speaker and exhibitor. Everyday Lives in War: Basketry Then and Now, Basketmaking in Castle Donington and the East Midlands. Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.

2016 – 2017

Basketry Researcher for Basketry Then and Now. University of Hertfordshire. A community engagement project, through the Everyday Lives in War Centre, funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.

2015 – 

STEM Ambassador – volunteer 

2014-15

Maths Support Teacher, West Sussex

2009 –

Short Course Basketry Tutor, West Dean College

2009-11

Tutor for West Sussex Able Pupil Programme

Teaching curriculum based, creative maths and art sessions for pupil enrichment

2008 –

Artist, contemporary basketmaker and Tutor

2008 –

1:1 Maths tutor KS2,3,4 and A Level

2002-08

Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, West Sussex
Education Officer. Developing and delivering an education programme for schools and family learning.
Working alongside volunteers and craftspeople to encourage learning through the people, objects, places and skills found at the Museum.
Also providing sessions for West Sussex Able Pupil Programme

1993-06

Teaching in schools in West Sussex
Primary class teacher. Maths and music co-ordinator.
Support and enrichment teacher for maths.
Specialist music and art teacher.