About
With a background in product design, my work blends an anthropological, holistic and ontological approach to research with products and experiences that allow for a reflective and critical understanding of both our immediate surroundings and our greater environment.
Through a mix of theoretical reflection and creative experimentation, my work investigates the potential design has to combat contemporary environmental issues. Challenging the role of the designer and exploring the space between human and non-human centred perspectives.
Education
2018 - 2020 HDK-Valand Steneby, University of Gothenburg | Wood Oriented Furniture Design MFA
2011 - 2015 Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh | Product Design BA (Hons)
2010 -2011 Wimbledon College of Art (UAL) | Art and Design Foundation
Work
Present Hephaestus | Craft Ambassador
Present HDK-Valand | Member of Development Group for the ‘Crafting Futures’ BFA Programme
Present - 2022 Lunnevads Folkhögskola | Guest teacher and creator of design courses
2024 HDK-Valand | Exhibition Curator for the ‘Co-creating Landscapes’ method tour
2024 - 2023 S-P-O-K | Designer
2023 HDK-Valand Steneby | Guest teacher for the ‘Design Methods’ course
2023 Meadow Time | Organiser of a four day residency and workshops exploring meadow grasses. Funded by Nämnden för hemslöjdsfrågor
2023 Studio Amos | Assisting the contemporary willow weaver, Annemarie O’Sullivan, supported by Konstnärsnämnden
2023 - 2020 Österlenskolan | Guest teacher, tutor and creator of the courses, ‘Entangled Encounters’ , 'Materiality, Design and Method' , Cross-border Materiality’
2022 Steneby | Guest teacher for the ‘Form and Design’ programme
2022 Malmstens | ‘Cones of Curiosity’ workshop
2022 Eco Agroforesty Center | Co-crafting of a new woven space at the Eco Agroforestry Center in Linnahult, Gothenburg (Sun Egg No.4)
2022 Egnahemsfabriken | ‘Willow Art’ workshop as part of the ‘Sustainable Craft’ programme
2022 Capellagården | ‘Cones of Curiosity’ workshop with the textile department
2021 Skulpturpark Koster | ‘Woven Encounters’ workshop, exploring the power of craft as a tool for co-creation
2021 Konstfrämjandet Gävleborg | ‘Willow weaving’ workshop in Svabensverk
2020 SLU Alnarp | Lecture: 'Exploring outdoor space through woven willow’
2019 Långed Park Project | Designer/maker
2018 + 2019 Sail Britain | Programme leader of two sailing expeditions, exploring marine plastic pollution
2016 - 2018 Vegware | Designer
2015 - 2018 Surfers Against Sewage | Regional Rep
2014 + 2015 Clerkenwell Design Week | Talks Manager
2013 Michael Young Studio in Brussels | Internship
Exhibitions and Awards
2024 Exhibitor at Stockhom Furniture Fair as part of the group exhibition DES & DO! by S-P-O-K Västra Götaland and FORM & folk with the collection, ‘Rotations’
2023 Land Art Dikemark Residency, Norway, ‘Sun Egg No.6’
2022 Collaborative ‘Cones of Curiosity’ exhibition, Malmstens LuI, Stockholm
2022 Exhibitor of Studio Växt’s group exhibition, A Family of Sardines, at Not Quite with ‘Woven Encounters (Sun Egg No.5)’
2022 Woven sculpture for the Swedese showroom, Stockholm Design Week, Stockholm
2021 Public installation at Kulturgatan Bodafors, ‘Sun Egg No.3’
2021 Public installation and exhibitor for the ‘Det Finns I Skogen’ exhibition, Konstfrämjandet Gävleborg, Svabensverk, ‘Sun Egg No.2’
2020 Exhibitor at the MFA degree show, HDK-Valand Steneby, Steneby Konsthall, ‘When I Am Among the Trees’
2020 Exhibitor in Craft Space HELVETET [online], ‘When I Am Among the Trees’
2020 Exhibitor in the HDK-Valand degree show [online], ‘When I Am Among the Trees’
2020 Exhibitor at the MFA degree show, HDK-Valand Steneby [online], ‘When I Am Among the Trees’ (www.material-matters.org/artists/alicekettle)
2019 Solo exhibition at Dalslands Konstmuseum, ‘The Process Project’
2018 Exhibited ‘The Process Project’ in Kåda’s ‘How long did it take to make?’ exhibition
2017 Winner of the Surfers Against Sewage, Regional Team Award (Edinburgh)
2016 Finalist for the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE) ‘I’m an Innovator’ competition with the NURDkit
2016 Finalist for Plastic Free Hawaii’s, ‘Ultimate Sand Sifter’ competition
2015 Exhibitor at New Designers in London (NURDkit)
2015 Exhibitor at the ECA degree show (NURDkit and YO YO Cello Chair)
2014 First prize for a Raised Latrine design for Oxfam
2013 Shortlisted and exhibited at Euromould in Frankfurt for Purmundus with 3D printed ring design (Nature’s Motion)
Publications
2022 Nämnden för hemslöjdsfrågor - www.instagram.com/p/CdNpSxPIdcb/
2021 Wood Art Residency Bodafors - www.smalandsdagblad.se/logga-in/stipendiaten-pa-kulturgatan-flatar-solagg-av-pil-man-kan-slappna-av-ge-efter-och-bara-vara
2021 Woven Encounters Workshop, Koster Skulpturpark - www.stromstadstidning.se/kultur/
2020 When I Am Among the Trees - Hemslöjd Magazine (Nr 5)
2019 The Process Project - https://www.dalslandskonstmuseum.se/alice-kettle
2019 Sail Britain expedition - sailbritain.org/ullapool-to-mallaig/
2018 Sail Britain expedition - finisterre.com/blogs/broadcast/citizen-science-and-the-sea
2017 NURDkit - Pipeline, Issue 102, Spring 2017 - sas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/pipeline_102_Web.pdf
Residencies
2024 Residency at West Dean College of Arts, Crafts & Conservation, ‘Sun Egg No.7’ (upcoming)
2023 Land Art Dikemark Residency, Norway, ‘Sun Egg No.6’
2022 Eco Agroforestry Center, Gothenburg. ‘Sun Egg No.4’
2021 Wood Art Residence Bodafors - www.liu.se/nyhet/iei-wood-art-residence-bodafors-2021. ‘Sun Egg No.3’
2021 ‘Det Finns I Skogen’ Residency, Konstfrämjandet Gävleborg, Svabensverk, ‘Sun Egg No.2’