Tomb of Unknown Craftsman

I went to the Grayson Perry/British Museum collaboration recently. The British Museum is one my favourite places to go, i love the central atrium especially, and this time, becaue i got there so early, i watched sun light gradually fill the atrium - it was spectaular! I took this lovely ombre photo of the glass ceiling but even that doesnt do the experience justice.
The exhibition its self was very good, maybe slightly more heavy going that i anticipated as i always see Grayson Perry as quite a flamboyant and lively character but maybe thats the British Museum side of it coming though. There was some stunning pieces both by Garyson Perry and from the BM archives, i especially loved it when the two overalpped each other. Where Perry had made something very much in the syle of the item from the archive, that worked particularly well and made you look at some things twice.
I had few favourites but the one that stands out was a bamboo star map, very simple and practical but a real work of art. I suppose thats my definition of craft, something useful made beautiful

David Shrigley Exhibit

I went to the wonderful David Shrigley exhibit at the Haywood Gallery last week. It was really excellent, his usual mix of ecclectic items and clever jokes with a really irreverent feel to it. The was a little passage way between the two rooms that really only children could fit under, the adults had to walk back round, which i thought was really cute idea - nice and inclusive for the kids!
I had 2 favourite pieces, one was a taxidermy rat tucked in a corner, it make me do a proper double take and then chuckle out loud when i realised i'd been fooled, and the other was a ceramic tooth full of holes infront of a mirror so you looked at yourself when you walked up to see what the piece was called - and he called it 'this is decay', again made me chuckle out loud
I really recommend it if you are thinking of going, i had to change the date of my ticket a few times and the staff were really helpful about that too