You are browsing the Exhibitions category


Exhibition: Symbiosis

15 April 2016 Exhibitions / General / New weave developments
No comments

corrected Front postcard Symbiosis on sea_edited-1The South East British Tapestry Group is holding their third exhibition of contemporary
woven tapestries.

The exhibition is at Hastings Arts Forum from The Mill House Gallery in a tower mill built in the 1820’s on Highdown Hill, Angmering, West Sussex.

Dates:  25th March- 4th April 2016.
Open: Tues – Sun 11.00- 17.00

In the year that Hastings is commemorating the 950 year anniversary of the Battle of Hastings with the Root 1066 International Festival of contemporary arts, it is appropriate that the British Tapestry Group brings woven tapestry to the town that is so closely connected with the embroidery called ‘The Bayeux Tapestry’.

This year the theme of the exhibition is Symbiosis. Each weaver shows their personal interpretation in their tapestry weaving, resulting in a diverse and inventive collection of work, some taking the natural world as inspiration others focus on the way that ideas interact in warp and weft.

Continue reading →

Select Festival 2016: Soft Engineering

16 March 2016 Events / Exhibitions / General / News / Symposium
No comments

Deirdre Woods Multi interlocking ringsSoft Engineering
Textiles Taking Shape

Alison Ellen, Ann Richards, Deirdre Wood
Dates: Saturday 30 April – Sunday 22 May
Museum in the Park Stratford park Stroud GL5 4AF
Times: Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday 11 am – 5 pm
Open Bank Holidays

Soft Engineering brings together, for the first time, the work of three inspiring textile designer makers. Having pursued separate careers in knitting and weaving, they find many common threads that have now inspired them to work together on this joint exhibition. Despite employing different techniques and structures, their approaches interconnect and cross over in intriguing and sometimes surprising ways.

Their passion for textiles shines through the original work that has been specifically created for this fascinating exhibition. Soft Engineering introduces a central theme of textiles that take shape through the interplay of raw material and structure that plays out in varied ways: repetition/displacement of simple shapes, pleating, folding, twisting and double-sided fabrics.

The exhibition will be complemented by workshops and a half day seminar.

Deirdre Wood
Deirdre brings a fresh approach to the ancient technique of strip weaving, with strips that are twisted before being joined by sewing. The result is a cloth that moves into the third dimension, creating geometric pieces designed for architectural settings. Ikat-dyeing brings dynamic movement and extra definition to these abstract forms. Her most recent work breaks new ground as curving strips emerge from the contrasting properties of linen and silk.

Ann Richards
Ann weaves fabrics that are smooth and rectangular on the loom but are transformed when soaked in water. The energy of high-twist wools and silks is released, causing yarns to spiral spontaneously, pleating the fabrics into flexible, textured scarves and clothes. Her latest work, a range of textile jewellery, combines these traditional materials with a silk/steel yarn that gives the fabric a temporary ‘memory’ for additional pleats and folds.Ann Richards Triple Spiral neckpiece large
Continue reading →

Collaboration project: Nadia – Anne Ricketts

23 February 2016 Company Profile / Exhibitions / General / New weave developments / News / Publication
No comments

Beatie Wolfe, David Mason aka Mr Fish & BeatWoven by Stuart NichollsSeeing music differently in The House of Rock; 34 Montague Square.

A collaboration between woven textile artist Nadia-Anne Ricketts from BeatWoven, musician Beatie Wolfe and Saville Row tailor David Mason of Mr. Fish.

It all began on the night of a book launch; The Digital Handmade : Craftsmanship in the New Industrial Revolution, where both textile artist Nadia-Anne Ricketts and innovative musician Beatie Wolfe were introduced by the author Lucy Johnston . It was the beginning of a collaboration where the five worlds of fashion, music, craft, history and technology would collide to show how music and craft can be worn and seen very differently in a compelling, storytelling way.

ProcessDubbed ‘The Secret Abbey Road’, 34 Montague Square is the former home of Hendrix, McCartney, Lennon and Ono; and the very birthplace of a ‘Wind Cries Mary’ and ‘Eleanor Rigby’.

The basement flat now belongs to savile row tailor, David Mason, an already collaborative partner to Beatie Wolfe. Both were eager to launch both David’s new acquisition; the re-launch of the flamboyant fashion label to the rock stars of the 60’s – Hendrix, Bowie and Jagger to name a few – Mr. Fish; with the release of Beatie’s new album consisted of music lyrics inspired by the very people that inhabited the space fifty years ago.
Continue reading →

Exhibition: Real Dirty Blue

17 February 2016 Events / Exhibitions / General / Workshops
No comments

Real Dirty Blue Final

Real Dirty Blue: Textile Design at Central Saint Martins
Dates: 23 February – 1 April 2016
Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday | 11am – 6pm , Saturday | 12 – 5pm
Venue: Lethaby Gallery, Central Saint Martins, 1 Granary Square, King’s Cross, London, N1C 4AAA

A glimpse into the world of textile design culture at Central Saint Martins. Real Dirty Blue tells the story of almost a century of textile design at the college, from the hand block printed textiles of the 1930s to more recent experiments in multi-dimensional textiles, digital print and the juxtaposition of traditional techniques with new technologies.

The work presents 26 designers who taught or studied at the college from 1927 to 2015. On display will be objects drawn from the CSM Museum & Study Collection, supplemented with loans from designers’ personal archives and collections. The focus of the display is to offer a behind-the-scenes look at the processes that happen during design development – the sketchbooks, prototypes and material samples to show how the designer’s ideas have developed from initial inspirations to production.

Curated into four key themes; 2D to 3D, Digital Pioneers, Happy Accidents and Material Artisans. Continue reading →

Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize 2016: Rita Parniczky

11 February 2016 Competitions / Exhibitions / General / New weave developments
No comments

X-RayVaultSeriesII-NoII-w sunlight-RitaParniczkyThe fourth annual Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize for emerging artists has been awarded to Rita Parniczky. Parniczky was nominated by textile artist, Alice Kettle and selected from a list of 25 nominees by the Perrier-Jouët Salon.

The Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize is awarded to an artist whose work evokes a contemporary interpretation of the Art Nouveau movement and who has a strong sense of craftsmanship and beauty.

Rita Parniczky masters the passage and play of light in her translucent material installations. In exposing the structure of woven material, her X-Ray Series recalls the structures hidden within organic and architectural forms, evoking a contemporary interpretation of the dynamic, curved and flowing lines intrinsic to the Art Nouveau era.

x-ray-film-series-research-Rita-Parniczky

Pages: 1 2

Exhibition: Symbiosis

11 February 2016 Events / Exhibitions / General
No comments

MFJ Textiles 160130-25 smallSymbiosis
Third biennial exhibition of woven tapestry
Friday 25 March – Sunday 3 April 2016

open 10.30 – 4.30 daily

The Mill House Gallery, Ecclesden Lane, Angmering, Sussex, BN16 4DQ

The South East British Tapestry Group is returning to the Mill House
Gallery, Angmering for their third exhibition of new contemporary
woven tapestries

The Mill House Gallery, standing on Highdown Hill, has proved a magnificent venue for the past two exhibitions, and promises again to attract a bumper number of visitors … 2014 saw over 550 visitors.
This year the theme of the exhibition is Symbiosis. Each weaver has offered their personal interpretation in their own approach to tapestry weaving, resulting in a diverse and inventive collection of work.

Visit the studio adjoining the gallery where there will be:
Weaving supplies provided by weaversbazaar
Other textile related stalls
Refreshments
Demonstrations
Small weavings – most for sale – inspired by a day at the seaside.
Opportunities to meet and talk to the weavers

Continue reading →

Exhibition: Theo Wright

1 February 2016 Exhibitions / General
No comments

permutations closeup1Permutations at Handweavers Studio

Dates: 10/2 – 5/3/2016

Permutations is a collection of handwoven textile artworks from Coventry-based weaver Theo Wright, that explores the relation between weaving and the mathematics of permutations and combinations.
The project was originally inspired by looking at a four-shaft loom and considering the different orders in which a small group of warp ends could be threaded onto the four shafts. Twenty-four ordered threadings of four ends and a corresponding set of lifts form the basis of all the designs in the collection.
A set of 72 small motifs were developed, each four ends wide and four picks high. By systematically selecting and reordering the threading and lifting sequences these motifs were combined to create a set of complex designs.
Each design has been scaled-up and handwoven in silk as a double-cloth in four blocks, using four dark and four light yarn colours. The resulting textiles reveal a range of geometric patterns when viewed at different levels of detail.

Continue reading →

Exhibition: Call for entries

1 February 2016 Events / Exhibitions / General / New weave developments
No comments

CITB Welsh Eng logoCMYK 3Craft in the Bay Summer Show 2016: Weave

Cardiff, Wales: Sat, 16. July 2016 – Sun, 11. September 2016
Weave: to form or construct something by interlacing threads, yarns, strands, or strips of some material

An exhibition of selected contemporary craft and applied art  following a ‘Call for Artists’ in early 2016. The exhibition is aimed at celebrating the diverse and highly skilled contemporary craft and applied art being made in the UK today.

The selection panel will be looking for work that has incorporated a woven process in its making/construction. Open to a wide range of materials including yarn, thread, paper, clay, metal, glass, willow etc.

Deadline to receive applications: 5pm, Thursday 31st March 2016

Download Application Form

Continue reading →

Exhibition: Tibor Reich

18 January 2016 Exhibitions / General / Publication
No comments

 

4) Tibor infront of Clifford Mill (his mill) 1950This year celebrates the centenary of pioneering designer Tibor Reich, who brought modernity into British textiles. A major retrospective at the Whitworth, Manchester opens 29th January – August 2016, accompanied by a publication ‘The Art of Colour and Texture’ available from March 2016.

His revolutionary designs for fabrics, transformed the appearance of both public buildings and domestic interiors in post-war Britain. Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1916, Reich studied architecture and textiles in Vienna before coming to Britain to study textiles at Leeds University. By the time he graduated in 1941 he was designing for London’s top couturiers including Hardy Amies and Edward Molyenux

In 1946 he set up Tibor Ltd, introducing bright new colours, unusual textures and innovative pottery into the drab interiors of post-war Britain. Based in Stratford-upon-Avon, the firm rapidly gained an international reputation, working on prestigious commissions including the 1951 Festival of Britain, the Royal Yacht Britannia (1954) and Concorde (1966).

His fabrics could also be found on post-war furniture including Ercol, Ernest Race and Gordon Russell.

17)Woven Textile Sample Cards 1950s_2

In 2015 Tibor Reich’s Grandson, Sam Reich, began the huge task of reviving his Grandfathers company, Tibor Ltd. The Weave Shed website played a vital role in this, helping Sam to establish contacts within the industry both yarn and manufacturing and in connecting with future employees.

Continue reading →

Exhibition: Malin Bobeck

14 January 2016 Exhibitions / General / New weave developments
No comments

IMG_0719mediumThose Who Affected Me

Gothenburg Museum of Art
Malin Bobek
Dates: December 5 2015 – February 21 2016

Those Who Affected Me is an interactive light emitting textile art installation. Suspended in mid air, over 1,5 meters tall, and 2,5 meter diameter, the four winged structure invites the audience to gently touch the textile and reacts by sending colorful ripples up and down the intricate fabric.

The custom designed jacquard textile is using optical fibers connected to about 500 individually programmable color LEDs, connected to a microcomputer. Thin, electrically conducting copper threads are woven in to create touch sensitive areas inside the fabric. The 11 meters of fabric are mounted with steel rods around a steel cylinder.

IMG_9560mediumThe sculpture is exhibited in an small room with tilted mirror walls, creating a distorted universe where the sculpture is multiplied in infinity. The project started off in winter 2015 as an idea of making an interactive fabric.

Continue reading →

← Older Entries
Newer Entries →