Call for Applications: The Architecture of Thought
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Open Call for Jewellers & Silversmiths with Aphantasia
The Architecture of Thought
Victoria Coleman Fine Jewellery Gallery, Skipton, North Yorkshire | April - June 2027
Do you create without seeing images in your mind?
Victoria Coleman Fine Jewellery Gallery is seeking jewellers, silversmiths and makers with aphantasia to take part in an ambitious new exhibition exploring the relationship between creativity, thought and the visual mind.
The Architecture of Thought will bring together creative practitioners who have little or no voluntary visual imagery, people who cannot consciously picture an object, scene or design in their mind's eye, and asks:
If we don't see our ideas, how do we create them?
Curated by jeweller and gallery owner Victoria Coleman, who is herself aphantasic, the exhibition explores how creative ideas are formed, developed and translated into physical objects when visualisation isn't part of the process.
With a particular interest in neuroscience and creative thinking, Victoria is interested in the process behind the finished work. Do makers with aphantasia develop ideas in similar ways? Do we share approaches to design and problem-solving? And does working without a visual mind influence the aesthetics of what we create, or are our outcomes entirely individual?
This is more than an exhibition of objects. It is an exploration of creative thought, how different minds process ideas, and how an unseen idea becomes something tangible.
Some makers may never have considered that they have aphantasia. Some creative people spend their entire lives assuming everyone imagines in the same way, only discovering that their experience is fundamentally different.
You do not need a formal diagnosis. If you have little or no visual imagery in your mind's eye and identify with the experience of aphantasia, we would love to hear from you.
Who can apply?
- Jewellers
- Silversmiths
- Metalworkers
Established and emerging practitioners
We are interested in how you think as much as what you make.
To apply, please send:
Your name, location, website/social media link, a brief introduction to your practice and a few words about your experience of creating without visual imagery.
Applications / enquiries:
studio@victoriacolemandesign.com
Exhibition: The Architecture of Thought
Venue: Victoria Coleman Fine Jewellery Gallery, Skipton, North Yorkshire
Date: Spring 2027
