Cotton : Global Threads
Posted: 25/04/12 12:41 | 1 Comments
Pat Hodson shares a few thoughts on the Global Threads Exhibition at Manchester’s Whitworth Gallery after the study visit earlier this month.
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On the Road – S/S 2012 Textile Events
Posted: 03/04/12 08:57 | 4 Comments
Seasoned quilters or embroiderers among you will probably already have a long list of shows and events hard wired into your brain as not to be missed. For the rest, here are a few details ahead of time, so hopefully you can plan a trip or two well in advance. There’s nothing quite like these […]
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In the Mood
Posted: 26/03/12 04:51 | 5 Comments
I have to let you into a little secret, I love making Moodboards and could work on them all day – although of course in the “real world” this is not possible. Still, in lieu of this I often see some fantastic ones produced by OCA students which really lift my day, so I’m sharing […]
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An Unfolding Interest
Posted: 06/03/12 03:55 | 9 Comments
My mind has been on folds and structure of late as a result of several strange juxtapositions in life. Visiting the Lost in Lace exhibition in Birmingham was a sentinel experience, as for many. Michael Brennand-Wood, one of the exhibitors is a master at bringing disparate streams of thought together – music, lace structures, war, male […]
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Blog of the week – Sarah Bayly
Posted: 28/02/12 02:40 | 2 Comments
Sarah Bayly is a textiles student who keeps an excellent blog. What is striking about it is the thoughtfulness with which it has been structured, with areas for books she has looked at, blogs she likes, among other things. Of course it is also broken up into assignments, projects and exercises too. Sarah documents all […]
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Student work uncovered – Jackie Owen
Posted: 23/02/12 05:38 | 1 Comments
Here is a good example of an online portfolio of work for those textiles students who prefer to send their tutor a link to a blog rather than to send a large bag full of work to their tutor, hence saving on postage and backache! Jackie has so far only completed her first assignment, but […]
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Making it Personal!
Posted: 22/02/12 02:20 | 6 Comments
One of the things which students often struggle with is finding that personal theme with real meaning. Katie Taylor has tried out several themes over two courses at level 1. For her latest assignment 5, she chose to go with the theme of fat after finding some stunning photos of fat cells. For her, as […]
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Lost in Lace reviewed
Posted: 21/02/12 12:28 | 4 Comments
This exhibition visited by a group of OCA students and tutors recently challenged many traditional perspectives of lace and presented a wide interpretation of the theme by contemporary textile practitioners. My overwhelming first impression of the exhibition was the sheer scale of some of the work on display; from Atelier Manferdini’s Inverted Crystal Cathedral, (see […]
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Student work uncovered … 'getting stuck in'
Posted: 20/02/12 03:04 | 5 Comments
Here, textiles assessor Pat Moloney, talks about Jackie Lim’s work and her approach to learning. Jackie’s delight in the observation of nature comes through in the beautiful little textiles samples she produces.
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Textiles study visit in Manchester
Posted: 09/02/12 03:19 | 5 Comments
There will be a textiles study visit to the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester on 14 April starting at 11 am. Textiles have formed part of the Whitworth’s collection since the gallery opened in 1890. Objects in the collection date from the 3rd century AD to the present day and reflect the social function of textiles […]
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