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New textiles tutor: Introducing Katie Taylor
Posted: 03/06/19 09:02 |
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As a new textiles tutor at OCA I have been invited to introduce myself on the #weareoca blog. I am a sculptural installation artist based in Oxford and my work is heavily research based. My research explores the fabric and clothing found in mass graves and its ability to help forensic investigations after atrocity.
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Metal as a material for textiles
Posted: 01/05/19 09:08 |
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Designer Tine De Ruysser beautifully combines hard and soft mediums, crafting them into unique new wearable materials. The designer takes inspiration from Japanese origami and applies it to fabric. She has figured out an innovative way for textiles to hold the crisp shapes normally found in the paper craft, by adding metal. The textiles are […]
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Remake/Remodel: A workshop to generate ideas and questions
Posted: 19/03/19 09:14 |
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Join OCA tutors Bryan Eccleshall (Painting/Drawing) and Priscilla Edwards (Textiles) for a day long workshop at Sheffield’s Millennium Galleries on the 25 May 2019.
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Colour, form & composition
Posted: 04/03/19 09:59 |
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In this article you will find four exciting textiles artists where colour, form and composition take an important place within their work.
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Critical thinking skills workshops for textiles students
Posted: 18/02/19 09:30 |
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In response to the high demand and the positive feedback received I will be rerunning the critical thinking skills workshops for textile students again this spring.
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The knitting & stitching show
Posted: 13/02/19 04:23 |
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Join OCA tutor Priscilla Edwards on 2 March in London.
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Student work: Elizabeth Venn
Posted: 05/02/19 09:04 |
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Collage has been used as an artform for many years but when students approach it during their studies it can feel like something children do so has little value or skill. However there is a surprising amount of dexterity and technical skill required working with small pieces of sticky paper. In textiles collage is used primarily as a form of drawing either to develop ideas or plan designs so it is worth mastering.
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Student work: Accidental lessons – sourced through higher learning
Posted: 16/01/19 09:55 |
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Through my BA, I have personally observed how within art, the physical act of creating, we can find our own version of OK. This was not something I set out to discover or had any prior inkling of; yet it is a topic I now feel so strongly about, that it has become deeply embedded within my practice.
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Student work: Heidi Sumner – The design development process.
Posted: 20/12/18 09:20 |
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I received the work from Heidi Sumner a Foundation Textile student a few months ago. I wanted to share her creative work with you here and discuss the concept design development. The foundation course with the OCA is an introduction to the skills needed for Textile studies. Students are asked in part 1 to experiment […]
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More than the sum of its parts
Posted: 08/12/18 09:18 |
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Develop your textiles arts practice with a wide range of media and techniques and build on traditional skills in textiles, as these will form a solid foundation for further development throughout the degree.
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