Freddie Robins co-curated this exhibition of 14 artists as part of her exploration of the curatorial rationale underpinning craft shows and contribution to the debate around crafts' position within visual arts. It featured an eclectic range of works that explore the performative and idiosyncratic relationship between object, ritual and legacy in the rites of passage. Instead of the usual material-based formula it was decided to curate a craft show that was dependent on the concept alone. Moving away from a conventional gallery space to the Pump House Gallery provided a site for exchange, dialogue and debate between artists, makers, participants and audience. In addition one floor of the gallery was a dedicated project room with a rolling programme of short artist residencies, screenings and lectures and throughout the duration of the exhibition there was a series of workshops, free artist talks and tours of the exhibitions. The exhibition concluded with The Knitted Wedding, a project initiated by the knitting collective Cast Off.

Robins’ newly commissioned work included in the show, It Sucks, takes the form of a traditional lace knitted christening shawl but with the words ‘It Sucks’ knitted into the centre. The lettering is barely legible and is a comment on the ambiguous feelings that many new mothers have towards early motherhood.

A colour catalogue gives information about the show, the exhibits, time-based projects and the artists taking part. It includes two essays by Janis Jeffries and Sandy Black. As part of the preliminary investigations of the ideas and the potential for the exhibition, discussions were held with other curators and academics including Tass Mavrogordato, Linda and Jeremy Theophilus, Janis Jeffries and Linda Sandino.