Petition

14 May 2013 General / News
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The petition request the Government to reconsider the proposal that craft no longer to be considered part of the creative industries, as part of the 30 April proposed changes set out in Classifying and Measuring the Creative Industries consultation paper.

The craft industry and those who work in it, over 88,000 people making a £3bn annual contribution to the UK economy, are inherently and by their very nature creative. The petition wants the UK Government to stop ignoring The Crafts Council and the thousands of mostly sole trading craftsmen and women who consider themselves to be and indeed are creatives.

The Government should be proud & supportive of the vibrant creative craft industry & celebrate the unique, rich diversity of skills & craftsmanship, not seek to declassify, dismiss & undermine it. Calling an IT Business Analyst a creative, but refusing the title to a skilled potter or ceramicist shows the level of understanding that those proposing the change have of what is and isn’t creative.

If you agree with this then please sign the petition & lobby your MP.

https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49537

GoodWeave student rug design competition

1 May 2013 Competitions / General
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Layout 1The GoodWeave Student Rug Design Competition deadline is fast approaching, all entries need to be in by  17th May 2013. This year the theme is ‘Interpreting Fashion’ and the brief has been developed by Roger Oates, the acclaimed flooring designer.

This is the sixth time this prestigious competition has run and is sponsored by WovenGround and Jacaranda Carpets; both are GoodWeave Partners and active supporters of the work that GoodWeave does internationally to eradicate the exploitation of children in the production of rugs.

The competition is open to full-time, UK design students, aged 18 or over where the winning students will be given the opportunity to promote their talents and the winner will also receive a £300 design fee. The winning designs will be exhibited at Decorex International, the leading interior design exhibition in London, in September – a fabulous opportunity for students to experience the commercial design world.

The judges this year include the designer Ella Doran, flooring designer Roger Oates and design journalist Katrina Burroughs.

The GoodWeave Rug design Competition attracts significant media coverage and in 2011 the winner successfully launched her freelance career following her success in the competition.

Full details for the competition are available to download from the GoodWeave website. Please download the brief, competition rules and an entry form. Continue reading →

Symposium – Textile Matters: Collections

26 April 2013 Conferences / Events / General / News
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4.Rossbach_AshSplintsRicePaperHeatTransfer-87-8_Wagners_Rhine_Journey11x9x9-475x540Textile Matters: Collections symposium tickets are now available for this years Collection symposium on 3rd May 2013.

For centuries, people have collected things that hold special interest, meaning or cultural significance, or merely satisfy a sense of connectivity to peoples, places or times. Formal collections, both public and private, house remarkable and unique artefacts where provenance can be rare and information scarce. Textiles are particularly precious objects in this context, with some barely surviving the passage of time, whilst others remain as fresh and alive as the day they were last stitched, woven or dyed. These artefacts often carry important meaning in the stories of how and why they got there, the historical or technical insight they provide, or purely as things of fascination to excite, inform and inspire new ideas.

This broad and stimulating day will explore the value, interpretation, celebration and display of world-class collections.

Speakers:

Anna Jackson, Keeper of the Asian Department, V&A
Frances Pritchard, Curator (Textiles), Whitworth Art Gallery
Mary Schoeser, Textile historian, curator and writer
Jen Jones, Director, Jen Jones Welsh Quilts & Blankets

In conjunction with ChromeYellow Books, the event will include signings of titles by the speakers, as well as the chance to shop a fantastic range of textile and related titles.

Convened by Tim Parry-Williams, Senior Lecturer Textiles [Woven], Bath School of Art & Design, this is the latest event presented by the new Textile Research Centre at Bath Spa University’s Corsham Court Campus.

Date: Friday 3rd May 2013, 10am – 4pm
Location: Bath Spa University, Corsham Court, Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 OBZ
Tickets (to include light lunch and morning/afternoon refreshments):
Full rate £45
Students (NUS registered) £20

Booking (Tickets on sale from Tuesday 16th April – Tuesday 31st April):
Contact: Adele Milton (Bath School of Art & Design, Reception)

Tel: 01225-875533

Email: a.milton@bathspa.ac.uk
For full details please click below:

http://artdesign.bathspa.ac.uk/news/textilematters-collections-a-bath-school-of-art-design-textile-research-centre-symposia-event/

Image: Wagners Rhine Journey. Ed Rossbach 1987-8. Courtesy of Bath Spa website

Events: Patternity: Patten Power / Superstripe

26 March 2013 Events / General / News
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A CULTURAL FESTIVAL OF PATTERN EXPLORATION

Dates: 6th – 21st APRIL 2013

Venue: London Newcastle Project Space – 28 Redchurch Street, London, E2 7DP

EXHIBITION
Pattern Power / Superstripe is the first in a series of annual events exploring the powerful presence of pattern and it’s ability to positively inspire and connect us all.

Visitors will be immersed in an intriguing and tactile world of stripes as Patternity transport their iconic curation and ethos of ‘celebrating pattern everywhere’ boldly into the real world.

Look up, down and around the 3000sqft gallery space and uncover a rich and inspiring archive of one of life’s most striking and engaging patterns.

W:  www.patternity.org
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Seminar: Laura Fry – wet finishing handwoven cloth

26 March 2013 Courses / Events / General / News
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tn_angoraMagic in The Water: Wet Finishing Handwoven Cloth

Saturday 4th May 2013, 10:30am to 5.00pm

Laura Fry will share her extensive experience in different ways of approaching wet finishing handwoven cloth. She will show samples of finishes, demonstrate fulling, and discuss mangling and compression. The seminar is at Belinda Rose, Scotland

Participants may bring things they have woven for feedback on how to wet finish.

Laura Fry is a well known international tutor and professional hand weaver from Canada. Read more on her blog.

Fee: £50.00. Numbers limited. To book a place, please call 01330 844409, or use the contact form.

Workshops: designing for the digital loom using Photoshop

26 March 2013 Courses / Events / News
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garden_smThe workshops are suitable for those with experience of handweaving and using Photoshop. Participants should bring their own laptop with Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements installed.

Introductory workshops

Two day workshops provide an introduction to designing weave structures digitally in Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements specifically for weaving on a digital jacquard looms including the TC-1 & -TC-2 loom. The workshop will explain the TC-1 loom control programme. Participants will get experience of working with the TC-1 loom in the studio and have the chance to complete a design and a small test weave.

Three day workshops extend to designing more complex weave structures, such as lampas and specific weaves as requested.

One to one tuition is also available. Please contact Belinda Rose (details below) to discuss.
Next digital weaving workshop:

Tuesday 9th to Thursday 11th July 2013, 10.00am–5.00pm each day. This workshop requires a minimum number of 3 participants to run.

The workshop costs £250 (including £100 non-refundable deposit). The cost of warp yarns are included, students will supply weft yarns for their samples. The course is non residential. We can supply a list of local accommodation.

To discuss the course, and payment please call Belinda Rose on +44 (0)1330 844409, or use the contact form.

Yolke: a new company using UK weave manufacturers

22 March 2013 General / New weave developments / News
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YOLKE_DB-6974Launching this week, a new label Yolke.

Yolke is the brainchild of weave designer Heloise Ringner  and interior designer Anna Williamson. The label ensures all the woven products are make in the UK and they aim to ‘make life a little more beautiful’ with silk cushions, and super soft lambswool blankets all in unique Yolke prints and soft neon shades. The products focus on the quality and craftsmanship of UK homegrown textile industries. Yolke also have fashion items on sale.

The cushion fabrics have been woven at Vanners, Sudbury Suffolk and the blankets at the Cotswold Woollen Weavers.

Yolke sourced the commission weavers and yarn suppliers from The Weave Shed website.

Contact: info@yolke.co.uk
Tel:+44 (0) 77860 72532
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Feasibility Study: weave sampling & short runs facility – urgent survey

14 March 2013 General / New weave developments / News
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Toril Branche photo credit
Calling all weaver & designers

Laura Thomas is  currently undertaking some research for a feasibility study into providing support services to the weave sector. She has  compiled a short survey which she would be very grateful if you could fill  it in – http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2H3Y3KL

She realises how pressurised your time is, but hopes that the information gleaned from this survey will help secure funding for a much-needed weave facility which could directly benefit your business in the future.

Laura is working to an extremely tight timescale to submit this feasibility study and so would be extremely appreciative to receive your valuable answers, by this coming Saturday, 16th March.

Please do forward this link on to anyone you think might be interested and keen to offer their thoughts.
Photo credit: Toril Branche

The Peter Collingwood Trust – Award Application 2013

12 March 2013 General / News
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Future Fibres, Fabrics & Finishes – Seminar

11 March 2013 Conferences / Events / General / New weave developments / News
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