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DONE/UNDONE, Joseph Gardner + Craft

Wall panels in Verdant colour Papyrus by Zepel | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

Wall panels in Verdant colour Papyrus by Zepel | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

Joseph Gardner | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

Joseph Gardner | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

At Craft, DONE/UNDONE unfolded as a considered meditation on process, inviting audiences into the often unseen rhythms of making. Curated by Joseph Gardner, the exhibition brings together more than 50 artists, each contributing to a dialogue shaped not by resolution, but by the tension between completion and possibility. 

The curatorial premise emerged from a shared sensibility shaped by travel and observation. “When we first spoke with Joseph… the concept of things being perfectly imperfect is beautifully represented in everyday life,” Pip Stevenson, Head of Creative Strategy at Craft reflects, pointing to an influence that anchors the exhibition in both philosophy and material exploration. From this starting point, the show resists conventional ideas of refinement, instead encouraging a more nuanced reading of authorship, iteration and doubt. 

The subtle transparency of the fabric offered lightness, delicate strength and the opportunity to connect between the spaces.

Pip Stevenson, Head of Creative Strategy at Craft
Wall panels in Verdant colour Papyrus by Zepel | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

Wall panels in Verdant colour Papyrus by Zepel | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

Installed as a sequence of connected spaces, the gallery experience is deliberately paced. “Joseph wanted to present the gallery as a series of connected spaces to provide pause, to reflect on how we feel when surrounded by these objects,” Pip explains. Textile becomes an integral architectural device here, with sheer planes of fabric forming permeable thresholds between works.

Our lightweight, translucent drapery Verdant in Papyrus was selected to articulate this vision. “The subtle transparency of the fabric offered lightness, delicate strength and the opportunity to connect between the spaces,” Pip notes, describing an intervention that feels both structural and ephemeral. Edges are left exposed, pulled and slightly undone - a quiet gesture that reinforces the central idea.

In DONE/UNDONE, process is elevated to subject. What emerges is not a singular narrative, but a layered and evolving conversation - one that asks viewers to reconsider where a work begins, ends, and everything in between. 

 

Products used:

Verdant Papyrus

 

Curator: Joseph Gardner 

Photographer:  Pier Carthew 

Wall panels in Verdant colour Papyrus by Zepel | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

Wall panels in Verdant colour Papyrus by Zepel | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

Wall panels in Verdant colour Papyrus by Zepel | Photograph by Pier Carthew 

Wall panels in Verdant colour Papyrus by Zepel | Photograph by Pier Carthew