The Head. The Heart. The Hand.





This exhibition, in the Lethaby Gallery for the month of February 2025, recognises the fundamental role of the creative arts technician in Higher Education, at Central Saint Martins.

With over 130 technical staff within Central Saint Martins, technicians play a vital role in the students’ university experience. The technicians’ extensive skills and expertise as makers, innovators, problem solvers, and educators, ensure that they successfully support the students throughout their learning journey and their creative process.

The artefacts within this exhibition seek to begin to acknowledge the technicians teaching, knowledge exchange, and interaction with the student.

“In an age of AI, the value of what it means to be human cannot be underestimated. To paraphrase John Ruskin, creative education is about the balance and practices of the Head (our thoughts and ideas), the Heart (our passion and values), and the Hand (our actions and our ability to make).

Nowhere is this more visible than in our technical workshops and studios, the heart of the hive that is Central Saint Martins.  ‘The Head, The Heart, The Hand: what makes a technician’ celebrates the work of our colleagues and brings to light a fundamental aspect of the College’s life and spirit since its inception.”

Professor Rathna Ramanathan
Head of Central Saint Martins
Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of the Arts London



Exhibitors

  1. Becky Price, Paul Dewis 
  2. Charlie Lewis, Kirsti McLean, Lisa Keating-Best, Theresa Jones, Mandy McEvoy,  Eujean Ko, Noor Khazem, Sophie Reynolds, Denise Lewis, Julia Banks, Lucy Deverell, Sanam Nassiri
  3. Jet
  4. Karsten Goodwin, Matthew Edwards
  5. Paola Moglia, Rosa Pearks, Linsay Robinson
  6. Florence Hawkins, Gemma Windass, June Fish, Tansy Hamley, Rita Kumari
  7. Noor Khazem, Sophie Reynolds
  8. Shem Johnson
  9. Michael Breakey
  10. Victoria King
  11. Kazuya Tsuji, Lachlan Tomlin
  12. Michael Ste Croix
  13. Jess Kilpatrick, Jet, Nina O’Reilly 
  14.  Matthew Edwards, Sanam Nassiri 

Graphic design

Alex Whiteley

Organisation & curation by

Jessica Kilpatrick
Nina O’Reilly
Verity Cleary

Exhibition concept

Verity Cleary







Many thanks to

Valeria Kvon
Sabrina Samsoodin
Rathna Ramanathan
Syed Murshed
Orlando Dean
Oliver Stiff
Min Jeong Son
Mia Cormack
Melissa Devecchi
Martha Holme
Lotte Plumb
Lily Cooper
Laura Higgins
Lara Smithson
Lara Giesler
Kevin Potter
John Wollaston 
Jet
Isabella Cloonan
Howard Taylor
Holly Milward
Daisy Hook
Calantha Gerrard
Brian Yip
Asha Hyde
Anna Niklova
Ali Uzunkopru
Alex Whiteley
Alex Auger
Alessia Capra
Adam Ladlow
Abhijeet Rahut