Morag Myerscough is an award winning designer and artist, her work aims to bring joy and elevate public spaces. The bold use of colour and text create striking pieces that aim to create a sense of belonging and inject life into monotonous urban landscapes. The exhibition at the AUB Gallery was a showcase of her work and design process. As one of the exhibition curators this project not only provided a deeper insight into Myerscough work.
Being an exhibition curator involved a number of tasks. This included painting the walls in the vibrant and bold patterns requested by the artist, hanging and positioning the artwork and also construction a summerhouse.
The construction of the summer house required the sourcing of the materials, altering the design to be structurally sound and the physical construction. Liaising with Myerscough gave a great insight into how to deal with a clients requests when a project is on going and also developed quick problem solving skills. Some of Myerscough's proposals were not feasible due to the gallery's configuration and its use as a busy thoroughfare. Therefore some compromises were made, whilst still trying to maintain the artists overall vision for the exhibition.
Once the timber frame was assembled the artists panelling was fixed to the structure, this also helped to provide further bracing to the structure.
The summerhouse was a key component of the exhibition and was the main exhibit in the lower gallery, boosting a bold and colour aesthetic filled with plants. Images of the finished summerhouse can be seen above with the rest of the exhibition photographed below.
