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I’m stepping down from my role as OCASA President a little earlier than originally intended and there will be a process, beginning shortly, designed to have a new President in place by 1st February 2013. My two year term would have been due to end on 31st May. My reasons fall, broadly, into two […]
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The Heatherwick study visit was a real eye opener. It was the most fabulous exhibition, and its hard to encapsulate what it was about, and why it was so splendid. Thomas Heatherwick runs a maverick studio that designs architecture, urban plans, chairs, tables, objects of all kinds. (The Heatherwick Studio designed the Olympic Cauldron, an […]
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The next study visit on offer is to two exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. This will take place on Friday 21 September 2012 at 11.30. Amongst the many differing approaches within textile art, I feel there is one that stands out as having a major influence, in particular on outcomes. I am talking about […]
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James Hunting is our new Curriculum Leader for the Textiles programme at OCA. We are delighted to have him join the team. James introduces himself here, and will be a regular blogger for us. I graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1986, with a degree in textiles (embroidery). I then spent twenty years as a free […]
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While the subject matter of this video may only directly appeal to Graphic Design students, and those interested in typography, the story this short video tells is compelling for anyone with a passion. Watch this full screen, so that you catch the atmospheric details.
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In January of this year, Peter York invited me to exhibit with him at the Heartbeat Gallery – a new gallery in Sheffield. I agreed straight away because I felt that Pete’s approach to making images, with its mixture of drawing and pattern improvisation would work well with my own work. We decided on ‘Red’ […]
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Last month, the phenomenon of cyber bullying became headline news when Conservative MP Louise Mensch spoke out against the onslaught of misogynistic abuse to which she had been subjected on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Mensch is a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. The comments, many of them explicit and most of […]
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An OCA student, Judy Nolan, who is studying textiles and is based in Australia has taken the initiative and approached one of our tutors to ask her for copies of the briefing notes she used on a recent study visit (in England) so that she could run one in Australia. Here is her report on […]
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Feeling blue? The bright work of Jenny Ford opposite might just revive you. This relates to a question asked by a student yesterday, – why is so much contemporary textile art colourless and drab? Why is it assumed the better you get, the more neutral your work will become? Note they were referring to textile […]
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Some time has passed since my travels around the country last month, which coincidentally, made me look at Textiles from both sides of the fence, and here I’m reflecting on those experiences. First stop, Barnsley for the OCA Textile Tutors Development Day, very stimulating and helpful plus lovely to meet not only other tutors, but […]
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