Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
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The Textile Study Group is a group of nationally and internationally recognised textile artists and tutors, well known for innovative and challenging approaches to art practice and contemporary teaching. The objectives of the group are to cultivate and advance the practice of stitch and textile art through a broad spectrum of education – workshops, courses, lectures, publications,..
Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
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Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
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Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
3y ago
This week we are excited to have one of our newest members Polly Pollock talk about her fascinating practice.
Polly Pollock – Nests Group (detail )
I’ve been looking at several ongoing themes in my work over the past few years around homemaking and nurture, protection, damage and repair. I combine basketry and stitched textile techniques and work mainly with dyed paper yarns – I often use gentle ‘eco’ dyes which give soft and muted colour palettes. I like to add in scraps of other materials eg thread, string and yarns, raffia etc. often using up scraps of left-over materials from o ..read more
Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
3y ago
We are nearly at the end of our artists interviews, this being the penultimate one, with Amarjeet Nandhra. Hopefully you have enjoyed these posts and they have allowed you to gain a brief insight into the way TSG members think and work.
Amarjeet NandhraAre the ideas/themes for this project ongoing or are they new ?The Insight project was more about recording the way we work rather than responding to a set brief. So there was a sense of freedom to follow my own pathway. Exploring my Indian heritage plays an important role in my work and for this project I continu ..read more
Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
3y ago
Artists can be inspired by many things, nature , surroundings , memories and emotions . Sometimes a place that you experience a close connection to can be the source of continued exploration. In this weeks conversation Gwen talks about walking along the coast shoreline and how it is a multi-sensory experience, with constantly changing sounds, sights and smells.
Gwen Hedley
I was born and raised by the sea, so the coast is where I feel I most at home. Once again, I live very close to the sea, and can regularly amble along the beach.
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Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
3y ago
Looking back to the past for inspiration can be a way to move your work in a different direction. Researching techniques from the past, a collection of old textiles could provide the stimulus for new work. Working with these ideas to celebrate tradition, yet create a new relevant dialogue for modern times. Ann shares how finding an old school exercise book of hers started a new narrative.
Ann WheelerDuring this project have you looked at a new way of working?Previously much of my work has been exploring traditional bobbin lacemaking techniques, to be used in a l ..read more
Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
3y ago
What stops you finding a solution to that creative problem you have? Is it fear of failure, lack of time, or you maybe you don’t know were to start? Sometimes revisiting ideas that you began to explore but never fully resolved , gives you a gentle nudge in the right direction. Even if the incubation period was fifteen years ago as Kay shares in her interview.
Kay GreenleesAre the ideas /themes for this project ongoing or are they new?Since finishing my work for Dis/rupt I had been looking forward to revisiting my sketchbooks and notebooks for some ‘old’ ideas that I had ..read more
Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
3y ago
As artists we spend quite a bit of time observing the world around us and responding to these events. We have to look no further than the current situations we are faced with ; racial injustice, a pandemic and climate change just to mention a few. What ever your subject, it is an opportunity to engage with creative solutions to raise awareness, create change and even trigger action. This week Shelley talks about her continued investigation and response to problems encountered by the world’s coral reefs.
Shelley Rhodes
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Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
3y ago
In this weeks artist interview we share Jan Millers thought provoking response to the questions.
Jan MillerAre the ideas for this project ongoing or are they new ?Making new work for a group project and exhibition with an agreed title or given brief is not the same as following my own interests and ways of thinking and working. I make notes (selecting a suitable sketchbook is the first challenge, as if that matters to the outcome, yet somehow it does) to record lines of development … words, layouts, sequences, quotes … gathering information … a game ..read more
Textile Study Group | artists and tutors sharing ideas imagination and skills
3y ago
As we adapt to the new normal, most of us have seen many changes to our lives and how we navigate creating may also have been impacted. Artistic inspiration may have eluded you or maybe this period of time has given you more energy to devote to your practice. Our artist this week Julia faced many additional challenges and she discusses just how inventive she had to become. Sometimes we are forced into new ways of working and just have to embrace these moments.
Julia TristonDuring this project have you looked at a new way of working ?Working towards the Insights project ..read more