Archive of work by graduates from the renowned MFA Programme at GSA

Made In UK, Installation view
Made In UK, Installation view
2017
Spy Fever
Spy Fever
A bronze cast of a stool designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and built by German civilians interned in Knockaloe camp, Isle of Man, 1917.
To be sited in Knockaloe farm, Isle of Man in 2017.
2017
Charles Matt’s Mallet
Charles Matt’s Mallet
An Automata operated by hand.
Charles Matt was the foreman of the Cabinet Making workshop founded at Knockaloe.
Artistic direction: Tom Krasny
Mechanism design & build: Philip Lowndes
2017
Charles Matt’s Mallet
Charles Matt’s Mallet
An Automata operated by hand.
Charles Matt was the foreman of the Cabinet Making workshop founded at Knockaloe.
Artistic direction: Tom Krasny
Mechanism design & build: Philip Lowndes
2017
Oh Knockaloe
Oh Knockaloe
Wall stencil
The first layer from a nine-layer stencil design by C.R Mackintosh, made for 78 Derngate Northampton as part of a re-modelling scheme (1920).
2017
Correspondence with Isle of Man government
Email correspondence regarding siting the bronze stool in Knockaloe farm, Isle of Man.
2017

Tom Krasny

My work involves researching and reflecting on the psychological and social implications of life in a conflict zone on individuals and communities. Raising empathy towards the individuals affected, and showing another side of the story, perhaps a more compassionate one, is an important part of the work I create. I believe in the ability of art to raise awareness to the construction of historical narratives and the way the past is told and communicated through visual representation of information. As part of my project “Made in UK” which is presented in the MFA degree show, I have been working with non-gallery sites and contexts, to actively change and broaden the way the story of craftsmen interned in Knockaloe WW1 camp is represented.