CREATIVE PATHWAYS PAPERS 1 AND 2 BY DAVID REEKIE
AND KATY HOLFORD. INTRODUCTION BY STUART GARFOOT

Both David Reekie, international artist and Katy Holford, international designer have their work in the GlassRoutes Exhibition. In this ‘Creative Pathways’ section we have asked them to examine and interpret the creative journey they take when developing new works.

These two papers outline their presentations for the ‘Creative Pathways Symposium’ held during the opening day of the exhibition at the Bilston Craft Gallery. The Symposium will examine how we navigate the creative process: examining materials, technique, creativity, culture, style, function and context.

The ‘Creative Pathways Symposium’ asked this question based upon the architect Charles Eames’ idea that we all have a very different methodology for the development of our creativity. At what point in the generation thinking about or developing new work do our individual pathways differ, and in what way are they similar?

Charles Eames was a great architect, designer and thinker, he was amongst the first to attempt to conceptualize and map the process of creativity and decision making which results in new designs, products, buildings or artworks. For more information see www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eames


Stuart Garfoot,
Head of Glass, School of Art and Design
University of Wolverhampton
Co-curator of ‘GlassRoutes’

Introduction to Creative Pathway pdf

FOREWORD
Professor Tim Collins: Foreword

ESSAYS
Professor Andrew Brewerton: Glass Routes
Professor Keith Cummings: Continuity and Change in Glass History
Stuart Garfoot: The Glass Baton, A Personal Overview
Susanne Frantz: Glass Tiger
Associate Professor Xiaowei Zhuang: The Development of Studio Glass at Shanghai University
Associate Professor Guan Donghai: Creating With Glass
Dr Kristina Niedderer: Developing Glass Practice Through Creative Research
Xue Lu (Shelly): Growing With the Soil of China

Stuart Garfoot: Introduction to Creative Pathway
David Reekie: Creative Pathway 1
Katy Holford: Creative Pathway 2