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Tamar Mogendorff has some imaginative gift ideas this Easter in the form of her ornithological stitch art. And quirky birds are not all she has to offer. Her range includes anything from fish to unicorns which she makes using linens, vintage fabrics and antique embroidery. www.tmogy.com |
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SEE… Willow As
part of the major collaborative exhibition urbanFIELD:
Contemporary craft in a new light,
Contemporary Applied Arts will be dispelling
the rustic stereotype of this technique
by showing willow work in their thoroughly
metropolitan surroundings. There
will be a chance to talk with the artists and
Dail Behennah will present a lecture, A
Continuing Line. Book early, admission is
free but space limited. CAA, 2 Percy
Street, London W1, T: 020 7436 2344, 12
April-2 June Mon-Sat 10-6, Lecture: 23
April 1.30-2.30 www.caa.org.uk |
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DO… The East Surrey Branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild would like to invite all lovers of textiles to a full day event with speakers, an exhibition, traders and even a delicious home-cooked lunch. Gina Corrigan will give a talk on ‘Nomadic and Monastic Textiles of Tibet’ and designer John Allen will speak about his work in Australia and Nepal. Bletchingly Community Learning Centre, Bletchingly, Surrey, T: 01737 642454, Tickets £16, Saturday 28 April, 10-4 www.embroiderersguild.com |
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For some exquisite Easter treats browse our Object Catalogue where you can now buy sublime silk pieces by revered Japanese master dyer Sachio Yoshioka. He employs a technique called kasane – ‘layers of colour’- to demonstrate his unrivalled sensitivity to colour, the seasons and nature and his scarves, as delicate as flowers, are nothing short of wearable works of art www.selvedge.org www.selvedge.org now has nearly 300 textile-related links. To expand the Selvedge ‘family’ please send your web address to design@selvedge.org after you have added the Selvedge web address www.selvedge.org to your own links page, and we will be happy to reciprocate.
The modern day hunter-gatherer – our high streets are full of them, stalking their prey from Sainsburys to Selfridges but just how far removed are we from our roots? Northern Print are contrasting the hunter gatherer experiences of African bushmen with the sedate and quintessentially English institution of afternoon tea. Joanna Kinnersley-Taylor’s printed textiles share space with the work of Kuru artists from the Kalahari Desert. www.northernprint. org.uk Until 6 May.
To mark their 10 year anniversary, chic Parisian label Comptoir des Cotonniers are asking real mothers and daughters to be face of their 07/08 Fall-Winter collection. For the first time castings will be held in each of the countries where the brand is available. So if you and daughter (or vice versa) make a fetching pair head along but remember matching outfits are strictly forbidden! www.mothers-and-daughters.com London session: 25 April, 5-8 Exhibitors at the Saloni Milano or Milan Furniture Fair 2007 will include Finnish textile artists Woodnotes www.woodnotes.fi The company’s signature spun paper yarn fabrics and home accessories have been causing a stir with their cool, elegant design and use of natural materials. Luisa Cevese www.riedizioni.com will be also be there launching her fashion collection made from her own innovative material: fabric waste generated by the textile industry and plastic. 18-23 April www.cosmit.it
Liberty has entered into the spirit of Spring
with a new
look, Mondrian-inspired dress fabric department. Expect a more
contemporary craft focus with commissioned designs from London
College
of Fashion graduates. www.liberty.co.uk
Other events for your diary...Cefyn Burgess will
be showing at the Mission Gallery
as part of Catalyst, an exhibition exploring the
role that the Craft Setting Up Grant
has played in the development of the applied arts in Wales www.artswales.org.uk Until
14 April; also worth noting is In the Footsteps
of Bauhaus; Woven works
by Kitty van der Mijll Dekker, at The Textile Museum in
Tilburg (Netherlands)
www.textielmuseum.nl Until
22 April; finally, The Textile Museum have
launched an online exhibition Pieces of a Puzzle: Classical
Persian Carpet
Fragments which you can view anytime you like! www.textilemuseum.org
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