The exhibition explores what it is to lose something, someone, some direction and some sense of self. But is it so bad to be a flaneur, flaneuse, in wanderlust, in terra incognita, a nomad, a shaman, a drifter? A fantastic array of international artists come together in one space to find lucidity in that loss. […]
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UCA Forthcoming Conference Digital/Material: developments in printed and woven textiles
Digital/Material: developments in printed and woven textiles – 27th October 2017 – UCA Rochester, Kent Booking for the forthcoming textiles conference at the University for the Creative Arts, Rochester is now open. Please follow the link. Digital/Material: developments in printed and woven textiles conference Keynote speakers are: Phillip David Stearns, founder of […]
Axisweb Category of the week – Textiles – by Ellen Bell
Category of the week – Textiles I am delighted to be included in the curated collection by Axisweb. As part of their Category of the Week, this is selection of Textiles is selected by Axis Directory member Ellen Bell. Ellen has chosen the piece ‘Learning to Sew’, seen below. You can see a collection of […]
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Printing at UCA Rochester
Last week I spent some time in the UCA (Rochester) Print Room developing my current work. I continue to build the body of of work that is titled Locus of the Dress through dye sublimation printing onto reclaimed garments. MA student Lily Dudly assisted me, and took these photos – Thank You Lilly. […]
Fantastically Inspiring Day at the ‘Matter of Material’ symposium, Turner Contemporary, Margate
Below I am posting my abstract from the Matter of Material Symposium which I took part in recently. The symposium, put together by UCA’s Prof. Lesley Millar accompanied the exhibition Entangled: Threads & Making, which has just finished at the Turner Contemporary. It was a fantastically stimulating day, I really enjoyed the other speaker’s presentation’s, especially hearing from Freddie Robins in […]
Technical Note : 09 – cotton as a mask/stencil in dye sub printing
Technical Note 09 – * Using a natural fibre as a mask/stencil when dye sublimation printing – UPDATED. Documenting technical developments discovered whilst pursuing the project Locus of the Dress – I have been working with dye sublimation extensively in this project. In the past i have used […]
Walpole Bay Sea Bathing Pool, Thanetian Coast
I have been working with photos Ive taken of the lovely Walpole Bay Sea Pool, on the Thanetian Coast at Margate. This image is one of the key images I am using for the ‘INTERNAL Locus of Control’ for the project Locus of the Dress.
Technical Note 26 – folds and creases
Technical Note 06 – * folds and creases in whole garment printing Documenting technical developments discovered whilst pursuing the project Locus of the Dress One area I have been looking at is the visual qualities of whole garment printing as opposed to flat cloth printing. Generally the process of making textiles for fashion involves printing […]
Composition ideas for showing ‘Locus of the Dress’ work
I’ve been doing an extensive amount of sampling for the work that makes up ‘LOCUS OF THE DRESS: AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL LANDSCAPE’. I am now working out how it is most appropriately presented, so that I can embark on making up the final pieces. It brings together psychology and contemporary textile practice, (hand […]