About
Thomas Forsyth is an internationally acclaimed designer and artist. Based around London/Brighton UK, although now increasingly nomadic.
Graduated from Brighton University in Wood, Metal, Ceramics and Plastics BA(Hons).
His ever-growing inspirations include secret compartments, the colour red, human thought processes, fairytales, grey areas and resourceful use of materials.
If you are interested in working with Thomas, you can reach him via his contact page.
Thomas Forsyth is an internationally acclaimed designer and artist. Based around London/Brighton UK, although now increasingly nomadic.
Graduated from Brighton University in Wood, Metal, Ceramics and Plastics BA(Hons).
His ever-growing inspirations include secret compartments, the colour red, human thought processes, fairytales, grey areas and resourceful use of materials.
If you are interested in working with Thomas, you can reach him via his contact page.
Events/Exhibitions
Just For Kids
Craft / design for children by national / regional makers and designers, Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK, 14th November 2009 - 6th February 2010
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Designersblock @ Interiors 2010
New collaborative project for the mighty Designersblock, NEC, Birmingham, UK, 24th - 27th January 2010
Ca$h
Introducing [Bottle] art collective, exhibition responding to the recession, Quay Arts Gallery, Newport, Isle Of Wight, UK, 19th September - 2nd november 2009
The Big Draw @ Ginger Moo Gallery
Community drawing events with a focus on up-cycling materials, Ginger Moo Gallery, County Mall Centre, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1FG, 26th - 30th October 2009
Becondale House: The First Arty Party
Interactive Aleatoric Geometery installation for live-in art house launch party, London, 12th Sept 2009
Now We Are Ten
Celebrating The Campaign For Drawing's first decade, exhibiting alongside Quentin Blake, Paula Rego, Gerald Scarfe & Posy Simmonds, Idea Generation Gallery, Shoreditch, London, 8th - 20th September 2009
Decked
Group skateboard deck illustration exhibition / collaborating with Owen Gildersleeve, Stolenspace Gallery, Old Truman Brewey, Brick Lane, London,
25th - 30th August 2009
Drawing Workshops @ Ginger Moo Gallery
Playful drawing workshops for the public, only £6, Ginger Moo Gallery, County Mall Centre, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1FG, 15th August 2009, 11am - 5pm
Bristol Design Festival 2009
Drawing Top antics and portfolio, come and play in the South West of England @ The Old Fire Station, Bristol, 5th - 11th June 2009
There Was Once (As Never Before) @ The Egg House Brighton
Collective exhibition responding to the theme of fairy tales @ 30 Havelock Road, Brighton, Saturdays & Sundays from 2nd - 24th May 2009, 10am - 4pm
Crafted
Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, Wales, 4th April - 16th May 2009
This Was From You
Streetside exhibition showcasing creative postal exchanges, The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL, 3rd May 2009
Resident Artist @ £5App.
Drawing Top fun and games, The Skiff, Brighton, 20th April 2009, 8pm
Drawing Tops @ Drawing Inspiration Awards Ceremony 2009
Showcase, demo, play @ British Museum, London, 30th March, 1.30pm - 5.00pm
Demonstrating Drawing Tops
Contemporary Craft To Go @ Hove Museum & Art Gallery, 2pm - 4pm, 22nd Nov 2008
With Others. Finding Home
Collaborative exhibition on subject of social exclusion and Emmaus communities,
Village Underground, Shoreditch, London, 6th - 11th Nov 2008
Contemporary Craft To Go
Christmas selling exhibition @ Hove Museum & Art Gallery, 1st Nov - 4th Jan 2008
Its Nice That Exhibition
The Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth, Devon, 24 Sept - 23 Oct 2008
Whispers Of Movement: Unweaving The Rainbow
Photography and drawings with Jonathan Green, Infinity Cafe, Gardner St, Brighton,
from 19th Jul 2008
UX Brighton
User experience talk about 'Objects and Play', The Werks, Hove, 6.45pm - 9pm,
15th Jul 2008
New Designers 2008
Stand CA22, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, 3rd - 6th Jul 2008
Burt Brill and Cardens Graduate Show 2008
Room 150, Grand Parade, University of Brighton, 31st May - 5th Jun 2008
Temporary Autonomous
Community exhibition in a disused space, Brighton, Apr 2008
One Night Stand
Short film showing, Friends Meeting House, Brighton, Oct 2007
Out of the Trees
Group exhibition of woodwork, Chapel Royal, Brighton, Jun 2007
Fragile
Group exhibition of craft/design work, Open Studios, Brighton, Jun 2007
Experience
‘Cru’ by Sebastian Bergne, Aram Gallery, London, November 2008
Responsibilities included:
• Preparation and installation of exhibition
• Producing creative low budget solutions
• Research and admin
• Basic graphic design
Exhibition designer / curator for ‘Finding Home’, November 2008
Expanding an award-winning photography project ‘With Others’. Collaborative exhibition on subject of Emmaus communities and social exclusion, including two workshops for local youth groups @ Village Underground, London
St. Dunstan’s Centre For Blind Ex-Service People, Ovingdean, Jul 2008 - present
Volunteer craft workshop support and personal research (included CRB check)
Total Trattoria by Martino Gamper and Daniel Charny, Aram Gallery, London, March 2008 Responsibilities included:
• Preparation and installation of exhibition
• Research and admin
Research Project, January 2008
‘Benefits Of Multi-Sensory Experience In Retail And Exhibiting Environments’
Volunteer participant, Brighton University, May 2007
‘Ergonomics and Chair Design’ (CETLD research project), including interdisciplinary research with medical school.
Volunteer participant, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, March 2007
‘Learning though the experience of objects’ (CETLD research project), focus on jewellery, 4000BC to present day.
3D Materials Technician, Reigate School of Art, Design and Media, June 2004 – July 2005 Responsibilities included:
• Assistant teaching
• Workshop and equipment support / maintenance / health and safety
• Materials and stock control
• Up to date knowledge of materials and processes
Just For Kids
Craft / design for children by national / regional makers and designers, Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK, 14th November 2009 - 6th February 2010
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Designersblock @ Interiors 2010
New collaborative project for the mighty Designersblock, NEC, Birmingham, UK, 24th - 27th January 2010
Ca$h
Introducing [Bottle] art collective, exhibition responding to the recession, Quay Arts Gallery, Newport, Isle Of Wight, UK, 19th September - 2nd november 2009
The Big Draw @ Ginger Moo Gallery
Community drawing events with a focus on up-cycling materials, Ginger Moo Gallery, County Mall Centre, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1FG, 26th - 30th October 2009
Becondale House: The First Arty Party
Interactive Aleatoric Geometery installation for live-in art house launch party, London, 12th Sept 2009
Now We Are Ten
Celebrating The Campaign For Drawing's first decade, exhibiting alongside Quentin Blake, Paula Rego, Gerald Scarfe & Posy Simmonds, Idea Generation Gallery, Shoreditch, London, 8th - 20th September 2009
Decked
Group skateboard deck illustration exhibition / collaborating with Owen Gildersleeve, Stolenspace Gallery, Old Truman Brewey, Brick Lane, London,
25th - 30th August 2009
Drawing Workshops @ Ginger Moo Gallery
Playful drawing workshops for the public, only £6, Ginger Moo Gallery, County Mall Centre, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 1FG, 15th August 2009, 11am - 5pm
Bristol Design Festival 2009
Drawing Top antics and portfolio, come and play in the South West of England @ The Old Fire Station, Bristol, 5th - 11th June 2009
There Was Once (As Never Before) @ The Egg House Brighton
Collective exhibition responding to the theme of fairy tales @ 30 Havelock Road, Brighton, Saturdays & Sundays from 2nd - 24th May 2009, 10am - 4pm
Crafted
Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, Wales, 4th April - 16th May 2009
This Was From You
Streetside exhibition showcasing creative postal exchanges, The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL, 3rd May 2009
Resident Artist @ £5App.
Drawing Top fun and games, The Skiff, Brighton, 20th April 2009, 8pm
Drawing Tops @ Drawing Inspiration Awards Ceremony 2009
Showcase, demo, play @ British Museum, London, 30th March, 1.30pm - 5.00pm
Demonstrating Drawing Tops
Contemporary Craft To Go @ Hove Museum & Art Gallery, 2pm - 4pm, 22nd Nov 2008
With Others. Finding Home
Collaborative exhibition on subject of social exclusion and Emmaus communities,
Village Underground, Shoreditch, London, 6th - 11th Nov 2008
Contemporary Craft To Go
Christmas selling exhibition @ Hove Museum & Art Gallery, 1st Nov - 4th Jan 2008
Its Nice That Exhibition
The Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth, Devon, 24 Sept - 23 Oct 2008
Whispers Of Movement: Unweaving The Rainbow
Photography and drawings with Jonathan Green, Infinity Cafe, Gardner St, Brighton,
from 19th Jul 2008
UX Brighton
User experience talk about 'Objects and Play', The Werks, Hove, 6.45pm - 9pm,
15th Jul 2008
New Designers 2008
Stand CA22, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, 3rd - 6th Jul 2008
Burt Brill and Cardens Graduate Show 2008
Room 150, Grand Parade, University of Brighton, 31st May - 5th Jun 2008
Temporary Autonomous
Community exhibition in a disused space, Brighton, Apr 2008
One Night Stand
Short film showing, Friends Meeting House, Brighton, Oct 2007
Out of the Trees
Group exhibition of woodwork, Chapel Royal, Brighton, Jun 2007
Fragile
Group exhibition of craft/design work, Open Studios, Brighton, Jun 2007
Experience
‘Cru’ by Sebastian Bergne, Aram Gallery, London, November 2008
Responsibilities included:
• Preparation and installation of exhibition
• Producing creative low budget solutions
• Research and admin
• Basic graphic design
Exhibition designer / curator for ‘Finding Home’, November 2008
Expanding an award-winning photography project ‘With Others’. Collaborative exhibition on subject of Emmaus communities and social exclusion, including two workshops for local youth groups @ Village Underground, London
St. Dunstan’s Centre For Blind Ex-Service People, Ovingdean, Jul 2008 - present
Volunteer craft workshop support and personal research (included CRB check)
Total Trattoria by Martino Gamper and Daniel Charny, Aram Gallery, London, March 2008 Responsibilities included:
• Preparation and installation of exhibition
• Research and admin
Research Project, January 2008
‘Benefits Of Multi-Sensory Experience In Retail And Exhibiting Environments’
Volunteer participant, Brighton University, May 2007
‘Ergonomics and Chair Design’ (CETLD research project), including interdisciplinary research with medical school.
Volunteer participant, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, March 2007
‘Learning though the experience of objects’ (CETLD research project), focus on jewellery, 4000BC to present day.
3D Materials Technician, Reigate School of Art, Design and Media, June 2004 – July 2005 Responsibilities included:
• Assistant teaching
• Workshop and equipment support / maintenance / health and safety
• Materials and stock control
• Up to date knowledge of materials and processes