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A LABOUR OF LOVE |
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Did
you know that tumble-dryers account for 4.9% of the UK’s entire
domestic electricity consumption? Turning your machine off and opting
to let Mother Nature do the work is one of the most significant contributions
you can make to lowering your carbon emissions. And you can do it
in style with 20% off our range of Teresa Green peg bags and ironing
board covers until 20 February. www.selvedge.org |
| Julie
Haslam is just one of the talented designers you will find at this
year’s Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair. If you would
like to join her then send your entry before the 1st May. To ensure
high standards exhibitors will be selected by an independent panel
of craft experts. Entries will be open from 1st March. www.juliehaslam.co.uk, www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk |
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To celebrate the opening of the Glasgow School of Art’s new Archives and Collections Centre 15 design academics, researchers and staff from the school’s acclaimed Department of Textiles have been invited to unlock and explore the conceptual and creative possibilities of reinterpretation and appropriation, www2.gsa.ac.uk |
| At the heart of Metropolitan Works is the Digital Manufacturing Centre, housing a range of technology for prototyping, manufacture and experimentation. To celebrate its launch Metropolitan Works are hosting a free exhibition featuring work by Antony Gormley, Timorous Beasties and Charlotte De Syllas, until 12th March, www.metropolitanworks.org |  |
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Hand
& Lock are hosting their first sample sale in 5 years. Over 500
samples will be on sale in their London studio and prices start from
£5.00. The sale is also a wonderful opportunity to see the famous
studio at work and meet the Hand & Lock team. 12-13 February 2009,
86 Margaret Street, W1W 8TE, 9.30-5. www.handembroidery.com |
| DATES FOR YOUR DIARY... | ||
| Until 21 Feb | Gothic: Dark Glamour | Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue at 27 Street,New
York www.fitnyc.edu |
| From 24 Feb | HATS: An anthology by Stephen Jones | Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell
Road, London www.vam.ac.uk |
| Until 27 Feb | contenantcontenu, A juried exhibition | Montreal Centre for Contemporary textiles,
Canada www.textiles-mtl.com |
| 1st March | Antique Textile Fair | Armitage Centre, Fallowfield, Manchester www.textilesociety.org.uk |
| From 6 March | Fashioning Felt | Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum,
New York www.cooperhewitt.org |
| Until 31 March | Art of the Poster | London Transport Museum, Covent Garden,
London www.ltmuseum.co.uk |
| Until 17 May | Hussein Chalayan | Design Museum, Shad Thames, London www.designmuseum.org |
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