Radical Pairings is new publication edited and published by the National Festival of Making and theCOLAB which explores the National Festival of Making's headline residency and commissioning programme, Art in Manufacturing. The book documents five female artists’ residencies undertaken in 2022 with manufacturers in the North, featuring artists invited onto the factory floor and the work they created in response to it.
Celebrating five exceptional women artists: Jacqueline Donachie, Nicola Ellis, Raisa Kabir, Hannah Leighton-Boyce, and Liz Wilson.
Art critic and writer Elizabeth Fullerton was invited to document these artists’ residencies, resulting in the essay “Artists and Factories Make Radical Pairings.”
The publication shares new context and insights from Director and Programme Curator, Elena Jackson, Director and Curator of theCOLAB, Claire Mander and Artist and Board Member of the Festival of Making CIC, Jamie Holman.
Explore each artist’s Art in Manufacturing residency film in full here and download Radical Pairings on 19th December from the National Festival of Making website.
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The Radical Pairings publication was created and edited as a partnership between the National Festival of Making and theCOLAB. It was designed by Robert Walmsley at Teacake Design.
Editorial coordination by Daisy Williamson and Simon Webbon.
ISBN 9781739720209
80pp Paperback
h265mm x w195mm x s7mm
Please note, all purchases will be dispatched after 8 January 2026.
Radical Pairings is new publication edited and published by the National Festival of Making and theCOLAB which explores the National Festival of Making's headline residency and commissioning programme, Art in Manufacturing. The book documents five female artists’ residencies undertaken in 2022 with manufacturers in the North, featuring artists invited onto the factory floor and the work they created in response to it.
Celebrating five exceptional women artists: Jacqueline Donachie, Nicola Ellis, Raisa Kabir, Hannah Leighton-Boyce, and Liz Wilson.
Art critic and writer Elizabeth Fullerton was invited to document these artists’ residencies, resulting in the essay “Artists and Factories Make Radical Pairings.”
The publication shares new context and insights from Director and Programme Curator, Elena Jackson, Director and Curator of theCOLAB, Claire Mander and Artist and Board Member of the Festival of Making CIC, Jamie Holman.
Explore each artist’s Art in Manufacturing residency film in full here and download Radical Pairings on 19th December from the National Festival of Making website.
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The Radical Pairings publication was created and edited as a partnership between the National Festival of Making and theCOLAB. It was designed by Robert Walmsley at Teacake Design.
Editorial coordination by Daisy Williamson and Simon Webbon.
ISBN 9781739720209
80pp Paperback
h265mm x w195mm x s7mm
Please note, all purchases will be dispatched after 8 January 2026.
