Coco Crampton, Novelette 2, 2024 (framed)
Pencil on paper, 30 x 42 cm (unframed) / 55.5 x 43.5cm (framed)
Coco Crampton works in a variety of mediums connected to traditional crafts including ceramic, wool, and copper. Exploring historical and contemporary domestic forms and their functions, her minimalist, colourful reinterpretations – which often include elements of suspension or balance – are playful and reflective.
A move to rural Devon and the arrival of her first child have initiated fresh ways of working for Coco. Her most recent sculptures and drawings investigate the form of an open book. Considering the rhythmic process of storytelling, an intimate, human presence is also suggested in these new works.
This framed pencil drawing on paper is one of a set of four preparatory drawings included our 'Shaping Time' exhibition at Sims Reed Gallery; each has its own dynamic quality as if the books have come to life. The process of reading out loud to her son has influenced this new body of work, which, Coco says, ‘explores ideas about journeys, sleep, the sea, language, and divination through signs: natural phenomena, dreams and words.'
Coco studied at Norwich School of Art and Design before graduating from the Royal Academy Schools in 2014. Select exhibitions include Oliver Projects’ fifth anniversary group exhibition ‘Almost Blue’ (2024), ‘Plans for Living’, Weald Contemporary, Arundel (2024), ‘Contested Bodies’, Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University (2023-4); Domestic Wears, Belmacz, London (2020-21) and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London (2020). Her work has been commissioned on several occasions for example by the Charleston Trust in 2018. Coco is represented by Belmacz, London, and lives and works in Devon.
Pencil on paper, 30 x 42 cm (unframed) / 55.5 x 43.5cm (framed)
Coco Crampton works in a variety of mediums connected to traditional crafts including ceramic, wool, and copper. Exploring historical and contemporary domestic forms and their functions, her minimalist, colourful reinterpretations – which often include elements of suspension or balance – are playful and reflective.
A move to rural Devon and the arrival of her first child have initiated fresh ways of working for Coco. Her most recent sculptures and drawings investigate the form of an open book. Considering the rhythmic process of storytelling, an intimate, human presence is also suggested in these new works.
This framed pencil drawing on paper is one of a set of four preparatory drawings included our 'Shaping Time' exhibition at Sims Reed Gallery; each has its own dynamic quality as if the books have come to life. The process of reading out loud to her son has influenced this new body of work, which, Coco says, ‘explores ideas about journeys, sleep, the sea, language, and divination through signs: natural phenomena, dreams and words.'
Coco studied at Norwich School of Art and Design before graduating from the Royal Academy Schools in 2014. Select exhibitions include Oliver Projects’ fifth anniversary group exhibition ‘Almost Blue’ (2024), ‘Plans for Living’, Weald Contemporary, Arundel (2024), ‘Contested Bodies’, Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University (2023-4); Domestic Wears, Belmacz, London (2020-21) and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London (2020). Her work has been commissioned on several occasions for example by the Charleston Trust in 2018. Coco is represented by Belmacz, London, and lives and works in Devon.
Pencil on paper, 30 x 42 cm (unframed) / 55.5 x 43.5cm (framed)
Coco Crampton works in a variety of mediums connected to traditional crafts including ceramic, wool, and copper. Exploring historical and contemporary domestic forms and their functions, her minimalist, colourful reinterpretations – which often include elements of suspension or balance – are playful and reflective.
A move to rural Devon and the arrival of her first child have initiated fresh ways of working for Coco. Her most recent sculptures and drawings investigate the form of an open book. Considering the rhythmic process of storytelling, an intimate, human presence is also suggested in these new works.
This framed pencil drawing on paper is one of a set of four preparatory drawings included our 'Shaping Time' exhibition at Sims Reed Gallery; each has its own dynamic quality as if the books have come to life. The process of reading out loud to her son has influenced this new body of work, which, Coco says, ‘explores ideas about journeys, sleep, the sea, language, and divination through signs: natural phenomena, dreams and words.'
Coco studied at Norwich School of Art and Design before graduating from the Royal Academy Schools in 2014. Select exhibitions include Oliver Projects’ fifth anniversary group exhibition ‘Almost Blue’ (2024), ‘Plans for Living’, Weald Contemporary, Arundel (2024), ‘Contested Bodies’, Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds University (2023-4); Domestic Wears, Belmacz, London (2020-21) and the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London (2020). Her work has been commissioned on several occasions for example by the Charleston Trust in 2018. Coco is represented by Belmacz, London, and lives and works in Devon.
