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Whipstitch: The State of Contemporary Textiles
DETAILS OF US EXHIBITION: Whipstitch: The State of Contemporary Textiles at the Ann Arbor Art Center in Ann Arbor, MI from March 31-April 29, 2017. Whipstitch: The State of Contemporary Textiles - This show explores contemporary approaches to making and using...

DIS/RUPT Exhibition & Symposium
Dis/rupt An exhibition project by The Textile Study Group Launched at the Select Festival 2017 5 - 21 May 2017 and touring thereafter The Textile Study Group is preparing a major exhibition project with associated workshops, gallery events and a publication, under the...

MODUS OPERANDI : METHODS PRACTICE
This exhibition was part of the NWCDTP annual conference held at Royal Northern College of Music and Manchester Metropolitan University. The overall title and theme of the conference was; Arts and Humanities Postgraduate Conference ‘Creative Humanities: Thinking,...

REALab Consultancy Project : Museum of Science & Industry
Exploring audiences’ engagement through participatory workshops

Making Space
Making Space The theme of ‘Making Space’ tied in with the overall theme of Barnaby Arts Festival which runs in Macclesfield every 2 years. 62 Group members were invited to interpret the theme in its widest sense so you can see from the images of the exhibition there...

Workshop 1 : Table Weaving
Workshop 1 : Table Weaving (16+) Price : £120.00 This one day workshop encompasses the basics of working on an eight shaft table loom. Reading drafts, weaving and creating complex patterns using weft insertions will form the focus of this workshop. All materials...

15th Triennial of Tapestry
15TH TRIENNIAL OF TAPESTRY 9/5/2016 - 30/10/2016 : Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Piotrkowska Street 282, 93-034 Łódź, Poland Exhibition: The International Triennial of Tapestry is the world oldest (1972), biggest and the most representative textile art review;...

TODDLER’S CHOICE @ THE WHITWORTH
TODDLERS' CHOICE "Look at life with the eyes ... Toddlers' Choice looks at our collections afresh, through the eyes of a child." 17 October 2015 - 31 January 2016. This was a coding workshop that sourced the archives of the Toddlers' Choice exhibition as the original...

Compression Culture
COMPRESSION CULTURE : WHAT MIGHT BE LOST AND GAINED THROUGH COMPRESSION? 16/11/2015 - 15/1/2016 : Vertical Gallery, Benzie Building, MMU, Manchester STATEMENT A defining characteristic of my work has been the sustained commitment to the conceptual synthesis of...

PhD Research
WORKING TITLE: ‘Coded Cloth’: How a generative digital design process for jacquard weave can reanimate historical pattern archives. ABSTRACT: ‘Coded Cloth’ is a collaborative research project with external partners: The Silk Museum and Paradise Mill, Macclesfield. It...