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warp + weft: contemporary woven textiles11 September - 30 October 2010
Makeba Lewis
Oriel Myrddin Gallery is delighted to be presenting a long-overdue exhibition of woven textiles by contemporary artists and designers, who show a respect for tradition, yet are embracing new technology, aesthetics and making methods.
Curated by weaver, Laura Thomas and with generous support from The Laura Ashley Foundation, warp+weft will tell the story of contemporary weave in this oft overlooked field with a series of works by the following makers:
Peter Collingwood, Sue Hiley Harris, Ainsley Hillard, Makeba Lewis, Lucy McMullen, Ptolemy Mann, Ann Richards, Ismini Samanidou in collaboration with Gary Allman, Kathy Schicker, Reiko Sudo, Ann Sutton, Hiroko Takeda, Laura Thomas, Priti Veja.
All the exhibitors are well known within their field of practice: some emerging and some internationally recognized weave pioneers. The link is their ‘unexpected’ approach to weaving: their embrace of exploring structural possibilities, new yarns and new ways of presenting their work.
The cloth in all its guises will speak for itself in this beautiful and engaging exhibition. Both the acknowledged textile enthusiast and curious novice will learn something new. Weaving will reveal itself to be extraordinary, exciting and something very different from our preconceived ideas.
warp + weft symposium:cross-disciplinary approaches to weaveNational Wool Museum, Drefach Felindre Wales SA44 5UPSaturday 11 September 2010 at 11 - 5
The warp+weft symposium will explore how woven structure Dr Jessica Hemmings (Edinburgh College of Art), invited speakers will consider weaving in relation to topics as diverse as the World Wide Web, poetry, mathematics, architecture and film.
Expanding the boundaries of what we might consider as ‘woven’ will provide delegates with an opportunity to reconsider how central weaving is – not only to textiles – but to many other seemingly unrelated disciplines.
Delegates £45 Concessions £25
Price includes refreshments and buffet lunch
BOOKING:
Tel: 01559 370929 / wool@museumwales.ac.uk / www.museumwales.ac.uk
Free parking available
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