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Lastest Residencies

Liaqat Rasul + Herbert Parkinson

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Matter at hand + Darwen Terracotta

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Morag Myerscough + Crown Paints

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Horace Lindezey + The Making Rooms

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Margo Selby + Standfast & Barracks

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Nehal Aamir + Darwen Terracotta

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Sam Williams Studio + Cardboard Box Company

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Featured Residencies

Ibukun Baldwin + Cookson & Clegg

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Jacqueline Donachie + Lancashire Saw Company

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Martyn Ware + The Manufacturers of Lancashire

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Art in Manufacturing Artists

Season 7, 2025

  • Morag Myerscough + Crown Paints
  • Matter at Hand + Darwen Terracotta
  • Liaqat Rasul + Herbert Parkinson
  • Radical Pairings

Season 6, 2024

  • Nehal Aamir + Darwen Terracotta
  • Margo Selby + Standfast & Barracks
  • Horace Lindezey + The Making Rooms
  • Sam Williams + Cardboard Box Company

Season 5, 2023

  • Ibukun Baldwin + Cookson & Clegg
  • Sam Belinfante + Panaz
  • Sarah Marsh & Stephanie Jefferies + Herbert Parkinson
  • Illuminos + Cardboard Box Company
  • Sapien + SWS UK

Season 4, 2022

  • Raisa Kabir + John Spencer Textiles
  • Liz Wilson + CNC Robotics
  • Jacqueline Donachie + Lancashire Saw Company
  • Tim Denton + OEP UK
  • Hannah Leighton-Boyce + Darwen Terracotta

Season 3, 2019

  • Ames Pennington + Heritage Envelopes
  • Anna Ray + Forbo Flooring
  • Daksha Patel + Blackburn Yarn Dyers
  • Dan Edwards + The Senator Group
  • Liz Wilson + Spiroflow

Season 2, 2018

  • Liz West + Graham & Brown
  • David Murphy + WEC Group
  • Sarah Hardacre + Surface Print
  • Martyn Ware + Lancashire Manufacturers
  • Hannah Fox + Cardboard Box Company
  • Nicola Ellis + Ritherdon
  • Dawinder Bansal + Domestic Makers

Season 1, 2017

  • Bella May Leonard + Silentnight
  • James Bloomfield + Darwen Terracotta
  • Jamie Holman + Roach Bridge Tissues
  • Grennan & Sperandio + Panaz
  • Jeni McConnell + Cookson & Clegg
  • Lazerian + Cardboard Box Company
  • Michelle Wren + Graham & Brown
  • Robyn Woolston + MGS Plastics
  • Ruth Jones + Cherry Tree Bakery

Read about each residency and explore the artwork on the dedicated Art in Manufacturing website.

Art in Manufacturing Website

I had never done anything like this before and found it to be a challenging and rewarding experience. I am very proud of what we created and hope that the public enjoy the exhibition as much as I enjoyed contributing to making it. The exhibition is unlike anything I have seen before and is truly something unique.

James Parkinson, Trainee Packaging Designer, Cardboard Box Company

What happens when globally renowned artists trade studios for the clatter of machines, industrial dyes, and production lines? At the National Festival of Making in Blackburn, the result is a bold, joyful, and often surprising collision of creativity and craft.

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