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Symposium: Textile Matters: Collections – re scheduled

3 September 2013 Conferences / Events
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4.Rossbach_AshSplintsRicePaperHeatTransfer-87-8_Wagners_Rhine_Journey11x9x9-475x540TextileMatters: Collections.

A Bath School of Art & Design, Textile Research Centre are delighted to confirm the (re-scheduled) symposium event.

Speakers:
• Anna Jackson, Keeper of the Asian Department, V&A
• Frances Pritchard, Curator (Textiles), Whitworth Art Gallery
• Mary Schoeser, Textile historian, curator and writer
• Christina Leitner, Creative Director, Textile Centre Haslach, Austria

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.

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, 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 1st November 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 Monday 16th September – Tuesday 29th October):
Contact: Adele Milton (Bath School of Art & Design, Reception)
Tel: 01225-875533
Email: a.milton@bathspa.ac.uk
NOTE: Early e-enquires welcomed, but bookings will be taken from Monday 16th September.

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

eTextiles Summer Camp: Priti Veja

6 August 2013 Conferences / Events / General / New weave developments
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eTextiles summer camp montage2 LowResIn July 2013 the eTextiles Summer Camp event took place in Paillard, France, generously hosted by Paillard Centre d’Art Contemporain & Résidence d’Artistes and meticulously organised by Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson of Kobakant. The location of a French countryside village, in an old secluded 18th century paper mill was perfect for such an event.

This five day event bought together an international mix of some of the most involved and enthused e-textile practitioners working in areas such as design, art, research, professional industry, academia and computing. The full schedule consisted of a lot of e-textiles thinking, doing, making, talking and sharing, based around the theme of the event – ‘soft and slow e-textiles’. The focus was on making processes involving time intensive craft methods and hand making in collaboration with new technologies.

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LCF Textiles Symposium 2013: Connecting with Textiles

9 July 2013 Conferences / Events / General
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textiles-symposium-2013London College of Fashion symposium: Connecting with Textiles
Date: Thursday 11th July 2013
Time: 8.45am – 3,30pm
Location: 40 Lime Grove, London W12 8EA
In celebration of the diversity and significance of textiles in the contemporary fashion industry, London College of Fashion is pleased to announce its first Textiles Symposium: ‘Connecting with Textiles’ scheduled for Thursday 11th July 2013 at its Lime Grove building, 40 Lime Grove, London W12 8EA.

The day-long symposium will take the form of short pecha kucha style presentations by representatives from all areas of the industry, offering an insight into textile research, design and innovation in all its guises within fashion. There will be presentations from leading researchers, designers and recent graduates covering present developments and future aspirations, allowing for lively debate and exchange of ideas in the world of textiles for the fashion industry.

Please pay the nominal registration fee of £15 in advance of the event here.
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‘Weave’ symposium review: Stacey Harvey – Brown

14 May 2013 Conferences / Events / General / New weave developments / News
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Eleanor Pritchard‘Weave’ symposium Sat 11th May 2013
Stroud International Textile Festival

A weave symposium now seems to be an annual event at Select 2013 in Stroud, Glos and enthusiasm for it has not dipped if attendance was any judge. In fact, the event could have sold twice as many tickets if space had allowed, which is heartening for all connected with weave.

This year’s event was chaired by Philippa Brock, with speakers grouped in twos; Laura Thomas paired with Deidre Wood, Eleanor Pritchard with Tim Parry Williams, and Nadia-Ann Ricketts alongside Helga Matos with a final presentation from Philippa. Q&A sessions followed each pairing with a final session of questions to the entire speaker panel.

Laura Thomas, in common with the other speakers, is a portfolio weaver, mixing commission and personal work with industrial collaborations. A regular at the Select 2013 she talked about developments of her Loose Thread acrylic pieces from the original concept of capturing the beauty of unwoven warp effects in resin blocks to now including unwoven weave techniques, such as threads creating colour-and-weave effects, and clasped weft tapestry techniques turned 90o to create unwoven clasped warp ikat effects.

Laura has developed the work further to incorporate wall pieces mounted on barrel fixings to allow for the play of shadows on the wall behind her pieces. Through her public art commissions, the ideas behind the resin pieces have grown both larger and more complex, with both threads and fabric sandwiched between panes of glass, starting with a Museumaker project at The Beaney in Canterbury where Laura had a series of 3 internal windows to address which joined the old museum at The Beaney with its new development. This was the first time Laura had used glass for her work and has led to further collaborations with the glass company. Another public art commission was for the Cynon Valley Hospital where she created 9 panels of loose threads picking up the colours from the hospital’s way-finding scheme. A recent commission from Llanelli is for a glass canopy for the town centre, in which she has incorporated industrial fibres such as carbon thread, folded steel mesh, folded copper mesh (which give moiré effects) and light-reflective yarns. An older commission, to create a presentation gift for the Australian Cricket Board, incorporated narrow bands of double-sided fabric which were twisted within a curved resin shape informed by the spin of a cricket ball. This linked neatly with the following speaker, who also features narrow bands in her work. www.laurathomas.co.uk/
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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

Future Fibres, Fabrics & Finishes – Seminar

11 March 2013 Conferences / Events / General / New weave developments / News
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Weave: A One Day Symposium: Stroud International Textiles

3 March 2013 Conferences / Events / Exhibitions / General
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sitSPRING SELECT APRIL 27 – 26 MAY 2013
Presented by Stroud International Textiles

Saturday 11 May 2013
‘Weave’  is a one day conference will bring together a diverse group of experts to explore weaving and woven structures. The day will discuss how weaving has progressed and developed while continuing to delight in traditional textiles skills.

Confirmed contributor speakers are Laura Thomas; Nadia-Anne Ricketts; Eleanor Pritchard; Tim Parry-Williams; Deirdre Woods;
Helga Matos. Philippa Brock (Chair);

These are inspirational designer makers who test the boundaries of textile material and experiment with how far those boundaries can be pushed. The work they produce is exciting, beautiful, intelligent and inspiring.

The day will bring opportunities for makers and designers to contribute their specialist skills and knowledge of materials and encourage new systems and processes. The day will explore and discuss new techniques while basking in the pleasure of woven cloth.

Each contributor strives to push the expected boundaries of woven textile working with design, architects, fashion, science and interior design
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The Architecture of Cloth, Colour & Space – Symposium

4 August 2012 Conferences / Events / Exhibitions / General
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A One Day Symposium on the theme of The Architecture of Cloth, Colour & Space:
 Saturday 27 October 2012
The Chapter House Room, Gloucester Cathedral.
Time: 11 am – 6 pm

Stroud International Textiles are delighted to be present a one day symposium of discovery and debate in the glorious setting of Gloucester Cathedral where the accompanying exhibition The Architecture of Cloth, Colour & Space is to be held.
Now, more than ever, we live in a climate where diversification and the exchange of ideas across several different disciplines is paramount; to survive creatively one has to apply our skills broadly but with finesse and personal signature. In keeping with the exhibition title: The Architecture of Cloth, Colour and Space this symposium aims to engage you in the working practice of exceptional people across the several disciplines the title defines: A colour theorist who engages with computer technology and paint, an artist who wraps facades with colour, an architect who circumnavigates the world through food and innovation, a weaver bridging the commercial craft divide, a textile artist creating installations for outside spaces; they all bring something different to their respective worlds and ours. Join us in the monumental gothic space of Gloucester Cathedral for a day of creative provocation and debate.

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TextileMatters: Structure & Surface

7 May 2012 Conferences / Events / General
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Images L-R: Ann Richards; Jun Tomita; Lotte Dalgaard; Ptolemy Mann, Lotte Dalgaard; Ptolemy Mann; Ann Richards

A Bath School of Art & Design, Textile Research Centre symposia event
Celebrating international contemporary woven textiles practice

Speakers: Ann Richards (UK) / Lotte Dalgaard (Denmark) /
Ptolemy Mann (UK/US) / Jun Tomita (Japan)

Coinciding with a number of exciting publications and exhibitions by these four leading international weavers, this mini-symposium will celebrate very personal yet inter-related approaches to woven textiles practice – From deep research into material and structure to create textured and shaped cloths, to the extensive use of traditional and evolved dying and colouring techniques for contemporary applied art and design.

In conjunction with The Handweavers Studio & Gallery (London), the event will include book signing of new titles by the speakers, as well as the chance to purchase specialist weaving materials. Chrome Yellow Books will also be offering 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 inaugural event of the new Textile Research Centre at Bath Spa University’s Corsham Court Campus.

Date: Saturday 19th May 2012, 10am – 4pm
Location: Bath Spa University, Corsham Court, Corsham, Wilshire, SN13 OBZ

Tickets (to include light lunch and morning/afternoon refreshments):
Full rate £45 / Students (NUS registered) £20

Booking (BY MONDAY 14TH MAY):
Contact: Adele Milton (Bath School of Art & Design, Reception)
Tel: 01225-875533 or Email: a.milton@bathspa.ac.uk

Local information – Bath Spa University, Corsham Court Campus webpage:
www.bathspa.ac.uk/services/corsham-court-centre/

Travel to Corsham:
By rail – Chippenham (nearest) / Bath Spa + Taxi (bus services from Bath Spa)
By car – Public car parks in the town a short walk from the Court campus

Recommended accommodation:
Corsham – Guyers House www.guyershouse.com/
Bath – Holiday Inn Express www.guyershouse.com/
Bath – Hilton www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/BATHNHN-Hilton-Bath-City-hotel-/index.do

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