Fun Limited
Beach balls, foam, found objects and children – a six-week residency at Orleans House Gallery that took over the whole building inside and out.
Jason Taylor · New Mills · Making since 1999
Made within reason,made to surprise.
I started with tin cans in 90s Liverpool, then readymades and whatever I could find in Manchester, turning hundreds of everyday objects into new things for galleries and projects across the UK. These days I also help others play, experiment and make surprises of their own. Have a look around.
Featured work
Fill Bill
What happens when you take a Billy bookcase seriously? A solo show at Civic Gallery Barnsley exploring the everyday object as sculpture.
Keep On Mooving
Commissioned by Siemens for the 2005 Cow Parade. The brief asked for a cow with movement, a nod to their history of making motors. My answer was a giant hamster wheel.
Currently showing
Scrub Together is at Manchester Art Gallery.
It has made it out of storage and into Won’t Sit Still, a celebration of the gallery’s furniture and lighting collection, shaped by over a century of collecting. On until March 2027.
See the piece →Making with people
Everyone can make something.
Schools, sheds, galleries, festivals. Workshops, residencies and community projects are part of the practice, not a sideline. What I bring, what you provide, and what it costs are all on the workshops page.
Workshops and residencies →
★ A year-long project
That year I made a thing every day.
Everyday Objects began in 2012 as a “one-item-a-day” blog dedicated to found materials and “near-rubbish.” The project gained immediate traction, leading to a booked touring show and a wealth of ideas that continue to fuel my practice today.
The exhibition toured seven galleries between 2013 and 2017, thanks to 20-21 Visual Arts Centre Scunthorpe, Barnsley Civic and The Harley Gallery.
Read the year →
Tin cans, mostly
Ways to leave a tin can.
I started cutting them up in the late 90s and never really stopped. Light, planter, mirror, sculpture, whatever. Forty-something so far, more in the pipeline.
Tuna Candles2003
Gold Can Clock2009
Tin Lid Balls2011
Nonacans2011
Tin Can-dle2001
Fountins2012
Can Flower Power2013
Rusty Can Ivy2010
The index
Selected works, 1998 to 2026.
The work I’ve made and shown, newest first. Lights, benches, sculptures, commissions, residencies and the projects run with other people. Filter it by kind.
See the index →Get in touch.
Want me to make something, run a workshop, or come do a residency? Drop me a line – I’ll write back.
hello@rejason.co.uk →Buy a thing.
Bits and bobs from the studio. Mostly one-offs. Priced fairly, packed carefully, sent when I get to the post office.
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