I was a researcher for the Making It: Sculpture in Britain 1977–1986 exhibition and book printed by Hayward Publishing. My research was based at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds where the exhibition first opened at the Wakefield, Longside Gallery, in 2015 before touring. 

"The late 1970s and 1980s witnessed the emergence of a talented young generation of artists working in the UK who began to receive international attention for practices which, although diverse, share a revived interest in sculpture as a material object and in ideas around making in Britain in the 1980s. Selected by Natalie Rudd (Senior Curator of the Arts Council Collection) with Dr. Jon Wood (Research Curator of the Henry Moore Institute), Making It: Sculpture in Britain 1977–1986 is the first exhibition to survey this exciting moment in British sculpture. It shows how approaches to object making were reinvigorated by earlier breakthroughs in conceptual and performance art and by sculptural inspirations from outside of the UK. Drawn primarily from the holdings of the Arts Council Collection and augmented with major loans from important UK public and private collections, Making It represents the work of over 40 artists and reveals a wide range of sculptural practices, highlighting shared concerns, as well as important differences."


Making It was an Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition. The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre and the publication was printed by Hayward Publishing.