Rituals of Making symposium 25th October

symposium called Rituals of Making (the interface of materials & process) on Tuesday October 25th. The symposium is an internal event for Level 4 HE students & staff across the Art & Design programme and is focused on how we select, use, interact with and manipulate materials in a creative practice.

Speakers at the symposium include;

Sue Lawty who is a practitioner of traditional tapestry but who also now works with found materials such as stones and lead. Sue exhibited at the Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2010 and has work in the V&A Collection amongst other notable activities.
Sue Lawty’s work has been described as
‘a deeply contemplative experience….
meticulous… minimal… spiritual…’
Work is rooted in an emotional, spiritual
and physical engagement with the land,
particularly rock. It draws upon direct
experiences of remote, raw, edgy,
landscape and an increasing interest in the
fundamental impact of geology.
Constructed pieces (often woven) and
drawings in two and three dimensions use
a range of materials including hemp, linen,
lead, tiny stones and shadow.
Matthew Harris is a graduate of the textile course at Goldsmiths College and has been working with textiles since 2000, having for the previous ten years made and exhibited drawings and works on paper. He has shown in a number of group and solo exhibitions throughout the U.K, Ireland and Japan. Matthew also took part in the Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution Exhibition in 2010. He recently had a major show with Cleo Mussi at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, a solo show called Trace Elements at the Black Swan Gallery in Frome, Somerset in 2009 and has consistently exhibited at delivered lectures at the Stroud Textiles Festival. He was commissioned to create an installation depicting a graphic score at Colstan Hall in Bristol in 2006-08.

www.matthewharriscloth.co.uk

Amy Twigger Holroyd is a designer, maker and researcher specialising in knitting, participation and sustainability. Amy's diverse craft activities take place under the umbrella of her 'slow fashion' knitwear label, Keep & Share. Each piece of Amy's knitwear is designed to satisfy over time, and is lovingly machine knitted using an array of manual techniques. In recent years her work has naturally developed to include knitting workshops, hand knitting kits and communal knitting projects, along with a new, more conceptual body of work exploring issues of authorship and longevity. Alongside her practice Amy is studying for a PhD at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, investigating the impact of making on fashion well-being. She received the Crafts Council Development Award in 2005, has exhibited and lectured widely, and has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, The Observer, The Telegraph, Fashion Theory, Fiberarts and Blueprint.

www.keepandshare.co.uk