Chris Eckersley is a British artist and designer who originally studied Sculpture, later followed by Design at Central Saint Martin’s College, London. His work covers drawing, installation, three-dimensional design, research into measurement and proportion, and designs for furniture. Chris is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Extra Ordinary Objects and is co-founder of the experimental Bodging Milano project which has promoted links between contemporary design and traditional craft.
Chris has been self-employed as a designer and maker from 1975 to the present
other activities have included:
Guest Speaker at 'Conversations in Craft' at 'Artefact', Chelsea Harbour, 2022
Quality Moderator and Mentor for the Craft Council's 'Hothouse' programme, 2019-20
Interview panellist and Mentor for the Craft Council's 'Hothouse' programme, 2014-15
Guest Speaker at 'Keeping it Real' Crafts Council, 2015
Guest Curator for 'Real Craft' exhibition at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, 2014
Trustee at New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, 2012-16
Guest Speaker at 'The Craft of Design', Clerkenwell Design Week, 2012
External Examiner (BA Spatial Design) at the University of Hertfordshire, 2006-10
Visiting Tutor (MA Design Studies) at Central Saint Martins, 1996-2003
