Job: Marton Mills | Woven Textile Design Assistant

25 June 2022 |
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Introduction
Marton Mills is a traditional British family owned and managed weaving mill steeped in heritage and driven by innovative design. Nestled in the heart of Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, Marton Mills produces premium fabrics for a range of end uses including fashion, interiors and uniforms. They offer creative solutions underpinned by traditional Yorkshire values – where consistent quality and exemplary service are provided as standard.

Job description
To be an integral part of the design team, liaising with customers to understand their needs and guiding them through the design process, providing CAD designs and excellent communication. Working directly with the Head of Design on any in-house design projects, including new collections, drawings and mood boards. Assisting with show set ups and keeping the design area clean and tidy. Helping any other department in the mill with any queries to ensure the smooth running of the production of cloth.

Duties and responsibilities
Design and Product Development:

  • Bespoke customer developments including customer liaison and CAD work
  • Provide consistent support to the Head of Design, responding to briefs quickly and creatively and translating concepts into commercially viable products
  • Produce market and trend research
  • Preparation and presentation of seasonal ranges
  • Co-ordinate fabric photography and any marketing collateral for online content

Communication and Organisation:

  • Assist with trade show setups and sample hangers
  • Ensure all customers receive an exceptional standard of service at all times
  • Assist and handle customer design inquiries for both existing and new customers by phone and email
  • Collate and match yarn shades to fit individual customer briefs
  • Analyse yarn usage and stock levels for new designs
  • Meticulous attention to detail is required to ensure all work is accurate, timely and most efficient for the weaving mill
  • Assess and approve completed fabrics to production quality standards
  • Assist any other member of staff who may require help with a design or weaving issue
  • General archive management
  • General housekeeping and administrative tasks as required

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Rescheduled: My Bones Are Woven: Ann Sutton in Words & Film | The British Library

16 June 2022 |
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Rescehduled event: Ann Sutton will be talking about her work and the new film about Ann ‘My Bones Are Woven’ will be shown at The British Library on Fri 16th Sept 2022 Time: 19.00 – 20.45.

To attend this free event click here 

 

 

Job: Kirsty McDougall Textile Design

12 April 2022 |
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Kirsty McDougall Textile Design  are looking for a Woven Textile Designer to join their Hastings based studio. The role will work across Kirsty McDougall Textile Design, ReWeave, Bide Rugs and Homewares.

Salary will be based on experience and days per week. It will initially be a 3or 4 day position with the potential to increase to 5 days.

Experience in woven textile employment is desirable but recent graduates will be considered.

A start date mid May 2022 is desirable but can be negotiated.

Skills required for this post are:

  • Excellent woven textile design skills covering a diverse range of qualities and styles
  • Excellent use of colour, material and structure
  • Experience in jacquard weaving and Pointcarre software
  • Experience in textile sales
  • Skilled in photoshop, illustrator and in digital design
  • Excellent organisational skills

Job Role:

  • Designing woven dobby and jacquard textiles for studio portfolio
  • Producing market and trend research
  • Setting up and maintaining looms
  • Working with and managing client accounts
  • Undertaking sales trips to the US and Europe
  • Developing research and textiles for ReWeave
  • Developing rug designs for Bide
  • Production hand weaving of meterage and products
  • Managing undergraduate interns
  • Working on community workshops/ teachingPlease email kirsty@kirstymcdougall.co.uk with a CV and portfolio by 25/04/22

The Experimental Weave Lab Launch: April – September 2022

27 March 2022 |
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The Experimental Weave Lab, (TEWL), is the City of London’s first contemporary, innovative, experimental textile weaving season. Curated by Philippa Brock and Elizabeth Ashdown, this six-month season supports an exciting programme of short and long-term weaving residencies, talks, workshops and outreach work culminating in a final exhibition throughout most of September 2022. The season aims to explore the experimental, sustainable and interstitial spaces that weavers work within throughout UK craft, research, art, design and industry. All events will be announced on a monthly basis, from the start of April 2022 on The Experimental Weave Lab website and on instagram @the_experimental_weave_lab

Each resident will be tasked with pushing the boundaries of their practice within their time at the Lab, with the residencies being supported to enable all residents to be able to spend a prolonged period of time researching and developing both new and established approaches to their craft. There are experimental textile workshops being led by Residents of TEWL, Amber Roper and Sarah Ward at The Brady Centre with the ‘A’ Team in April 2022. There will also be a living archive lodged on the website detailing the processes and outcomes at the end of the season.

The Experimental Weave Lab aims to connect with London based events throughout the programme, including London Craft Week, The Crafts Council Make, Make! Craft! Live! and London Design Festival.

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Exhibition | Turn and Return: Deidre Wood

27 March 2022 |
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Turn and Return: The Arc, Jewry St. Winchester. Hampshire S023 8SB

Dates: 7 March – 3rd April 2022

The following text is supplied by Hampshire Cultural Trust, supplied by Deirdre Wood for The Weave Shed.

Celebrating Deirdre Wood’s solo exhibition, Turn and Return, they spoke to the artist herself to find out more about the fantastic weaving and dying techniques used to make the artwork now at display at City Space, The Arc. They also discovered that the raw materials used to make them are of particular local significance to Winchester.

Deirdre’s wrap reel enables her to measure yarn and make it into hanks of a standard size to later dye it and use it in her hand-loomed architectural textiles.

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Profile: Alice Fox

16 February 2022 |
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Sustainability is at the heart of Alice Fox’s practice. The desire to take an ethical approach has driven a shift from using conventional art and textile materials into exploring found objects, gathered materials and natural processes. Alice gathers the materials that are available to her, testing, sampling and exploring them to find possibilities using her textiles-based skill set and techniques borrowed from soft basketry.

Establishing an allotment garden as a source of materials for her work has provided a space where Alice can experiment, exploring the potential of what grows there, planted and wild, as well as other materials found on the plot. This allowed Alice to really focus on material sourcing and consider self-sufficiency in terms of art materials.

Materials are produced, gathered and processed seasonally and are hard-won: There may only be a small batch of each type of usable material each year. As a result, each bundle of dandelion stems, sweetcorn fibre or hand processed flax is enormously precious by its scarcity and the meaning attached to it through its sourcing and hand-processing. Continue reading →

Profile: Michaela Johnston | Circular Willow

15 February 2022 |
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Michaela Johnston works and studies between her rural home in West Wales and London. Her approach to woven textiles is very process based, looking at each element of production and exploring the routes that can be taken using sustainable practices and circular materials. She designs for purpose and thoroughly considers how her textiles will fit into society and how it works alongside the values she has developed as a designer throughout her Textile Design BA.

Michaela is excited by the possibilities of designing with the future in mind and while doing so exploring the processes of the past. Her journey now continues onto the Material Futures MA at Central Saint Martins, UAL, where she hopes to explore further with a broader spectrum of design approaches and the integration of science and technology.

Her graduate project, Circular Willow incorporates all the values she has built up through her BA focusing on designing for purpose, using local production methods and materials. Circular Willow began with the waste bark from a local basket weaver during lockdown that she took through a variety of experimental processes to become a useable yarn, able to hold colour from food waste and plants.

From this she designed multifunctional pocket aprons using layered weaving techniques which incorporated her willow yarn to enable craftspeople to be more mobile while working. The pockets are made from bast fibres, linen, hemp and willow yarn, and dyed with onion, iron, nettle, logwood, and turmeric.

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Job: The Bristol Weaving Mill Ltd. Production Assistant Role

10 January 2022 |
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The Bristol Weaving Mill Ltd. Production Assistant Role
Full time role 35 hours per week to commence in February 2022
Salary £18,000 per annum

The Bristol Weaving Mill  (BWM) are looking for an organised and proactive weaving mill Production Assistant with advanced knowledge of woven textiles, and meticulous attention to detail. Reporting directly to the Production Manager this role requires a confident and skilled hand-weaver with an interest in industrial manufacturing and sustainable textiles. The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills, be self-motivated and hard-working, able to follow instruction and work well in a dynamic small team.

Bristol Weaving Mill work across both fashion and interiors, designing, developing and manufacturing woven products and fabric for a variety of outcomes. End uses include but are not limited to, Ready to Wear and Couture Menswear and Womenswear fabrics, finished shawls and scarfs, interior drapery, tapestry panels, upholstery fabric and finished interior soft accessories and products such as throws, blankets and cushions. From their largest commercial client to their smallest personal project, each of their client relationships is based on offering a service catered to their individual needs. Continue reading →

Job: The Bristol Weaving Mill Ltd. Sales & Design Manager | Maternity Cover Role

10 January 2022 |
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The Bristol Weaving Mill Ltd. Sales & Design Manager | Maternity Cover Role

Role to commence in March 2022 under a fixed-term contract, 35 hours per week.

Salary £21,000 per annum.

The Bristol Weaving Mill (BWM)  are looking for a creative and technically confident woven textile designer with product development and sales experience, and the ability to manage project timelines with meticulous attention to detail. The successful applicant will work to nurture and maintain client relationships through pro-active and responsive communication and design work. This role involves overseeing and managing sales, design, and manufacturing schedules for new and on-going projects.

Bristol Weaving Mill work across both fashion and interiors, designing, developing and manufacturing woven products and fabric for a variety of outcomes. End uses include, but are not limited to Ready to Wear and Couture Menswear and Womenswear fabrics, finished shawls and scarfs, interior drapery, tapestry panels, upholstery fabric and finished interior soft accessories and products such as throws, blankets and cushions.

From their largest commercial client to their smallest personal project, each of their client relationships is based on offering a service catered to their individual needs. Most of BWM customers seek not only the small-batch and locally managed production capabilities of the mill but are also looking to BWM to provide input and direction creatively, offering technical advice where necessary.

This job will involve working closely and strategically on sales, building upon the existing client relationships and establishing new ones. In particular, the role will involve management of key client accounts and overseeing commercial design and manufacturing of finished woven products for home interiors.

The successful applicant will need to be an excellent communicator and extremely organised with impeccable attention to detail and quality. As a designer, the ability to assume the aesthetic identity of a wide range of clients is essential. They should be able to handle multiple projects at once, while maintaining excellent communication with customers and colleagues. The ability to self-motivate and work independently as well as in a team is essential. Continue reading →

Happy New Year from The Weave Shed

31 December 2021 |
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