BATHROOM TOTEMS 🧻— Juli Bolaños-Durman’s series of 6 developed in partnership with Old School Fabrications (OSF) for Bardware — Bard’s third-anniversary group exhibition.

‘One year ago, when I was looking for a toilet roll holder for my newly renovated flat,’ says Juli: ‘I used materials in my studio and the first (wonky) toilet roll holder came to life. I have extended that prototype into a series for Bard. My starting point was the coloured glass rods donated by the Glass Department at Edinburgh College of Art years ago. This project was done in partnership with Old School Fabrications, design and build specialists, who make objects, interiors and structures for creative and commercial clients. They kindly invited me to do a short residency, allowing me to rummage through their workshops off–cuts bins to create the series. The bins were full of peculiar shapes of lovely wood, metal, wire and they helped me with the fabrication once I had decided on the assemblages.’ 

Bardware is now open and filled with objects for home improvement, made by hands for hands. 23 craftspeople, designers and artists all over Scotland (and two in Sweden) heeded our call for works that enliven the fingers and the eyes. Come to Bard and touch for yourself.

Bardware will run until 23rd December.

A. Height 21cm, width 11cm, depth 7.8cm.

B. Height 33.5cm, width 17cm, depth 6cm.

C. Height 33.5cm, width 17cm, depth 6cm.

D. Height 29cm, width 17.5cm, depth 12cm.

E. Height 23.5 cm, width 31cm, depth 13cm.

F. Height 34cm, width 16, depth 30.5cm.

Photography by Murray Orr