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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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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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Interwoven – Exhibition

27 February 2013 Exhibitions / General / News
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Interwoven is an exhibition at Platform Gallery, Habitat, London, celebrating the art of weaving for interiors; exploring new technologies and different approaches to design that demonstrate surprising innovation within this versatile making tradition.

Exhibitors

Philippa Thorne ( Gone Rural), Coralie Bonnet, Jane Harper, Lucie Libotte and Nadia Anne Ricketts.

Dates: 8th March – 28th April 2013

Platform Gallery details.

ASF Shetland: Weaver in Residence 2013

27 February 2013 Events / General / News
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ASF ShetlandASF Shetland is pleased to open the Weaver in Residence post for four months this summer.

Applications are invited from graduates, experienced weavers and textile designers to apply for a stay in Shetland, using the AVL looms at the Centre for Creative industries, and developing work and ideas.

This year the programme will focus on working with the Shetland community, helping to advise and develop textiles skills in the isles. In addition the resident will be asked to create a pattern and colourway for a length of cloth for ASF Shetland.

Weaver in Residence applications now open. Application forms and information can be downloaded from the website creativeindustriesshetland.

For more information, please contact Andy Ross on globalyell@btconnect.com or by telephone 07900 430 429. Applications are accepted from both UK residents and internationally.

 

Loom for Hire: London

22 February 2013 General / News
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WEAVING WORKSHOP

Bussey Building studios, London

A loom is available for hire for short term projects.

Technical Details
George Wood dobby 16 shafts loom
2 beams at the back
Donkey, raddle, shuttles,
Threading/reed hooks,
Warping board and many pegs…

Price: £30 per day, negotiable.

Contact: Lucie Beauvert
+44 750 3959 220
Bussey Building (CIP)
133 Copeland Road
S15 3SN­
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Talk: The Making of A Silk Tie – Stephen Nixon

12 February 2013 Events / General / News
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Jane Harper: Peter Collingwood Trust Award Winner

10 January 2013 Exhibitions / General / New weave developments / News
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CraneUsing unusual materials to create three-dimensional woven forms, Jane Harper has pushed the possibilities of what can be achieved within loom based woven art.

With a keen interest in experimentation and the industrial landscape, her work explores alternative ways of creating stable woven structures, which can be stand alone pieces or used within a functional context.

The series ‘Collapsible Construction’ featured, provides innovative means of manipulating interior spaces. The pieces are all woven as one piece on a dobby loom and manipulated post weaving.

Having graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2012, Jane went on to win the Peter Collingwood Trust Award in 2012 for her innovative designs showcased at her degree show. She exhibited at New Designers, has featured in the Interior Design blog as ‘one to watch’ and will soon be exhibiting at the Interweave exhibition at Habitat Platform Gallery, London 2013.

Other images of Jane Harpers woven designs can be found on the following link.

Website: www.janeweaves.com
Contact: Jane Harper

 

 

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1ina100 & Carlotta Finch – Hand Weaving: From Peckham to India

12 December 2012 Exhibitions / General / New weave developments / News
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1ina100 and Carlotta Finch present ‘Hand Weaving: From Peckham to India’, an exhibition delving into weaving and celebrating its relationship to the world around us.

The exhibition is at The Sassoon Gallery, 213 Blenhiem Grove, Peckham, London. SE15 4QL. The private view is on 14th Dec 2012 6.00pm – 02.30am and 15th Dec 2012. 11.00 – 6.00pm

In Autumn 2012 1ina100 and Carlotta travelled to India to research current weaving techniques, both old and new, and collaborated with a diverse selection of local rural and urban craftsmen. The goal was to find the best hand weaver to collaborate with on a new 1ina100 project, coming to fruition in 2013. The project will promote Carlotta as an emerging weave designer and will highlight hand weaving as a vanishing skill. The research took the project through the back streets of Hyderabad, Bangalore and Dehli as well as the more rural communities of Tirupati and Leh. The exhibition documents this journey.

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