story of an exhibition . . .

I've been busy with my team of helpers preparing for the forthcoming ALLOTMENT exhibition at MAC Birmingham this week.  Nearly all the pieces have been selected now and we have started to prepare a collection of second hand frames to be used in the show.  A new facebook page has also been created for you to 'like' and view our progress (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Allotment-Plot-9/296260883779259).  These images document the process so far . . .

Behind the scenes . . .

For the last week I have been working on a new film with R&A Collaborations for Stroud International Textiles open film submission.  On the theme of 'Pairings' we looked at how the process of weaving and the fabric itself could be used as a trigger in the filming and editing. The music has been created from the weave structures, colour changes have informed filters and the warp order has determined camera angles.  Here are some photos from behind the scenes of the filming process . . .

Wenlock scarf . . .

Last week Kate and I finished designing the first Millbank & Foot scarf which is inspired by the Wenlock Olympics.  We sent it off to the printers and it arrived back on Friday.  It was Kate's birthday, so a lovely present and just in time before giving birth! We now have a new team member at Millbank & Foot, baby Harris (he's been referred to as the 'tweed' baby from the start) arrived in the early hours of Sunday morning.  Congratulations to Kate and Dave! here are a few images of the scarf (baby pictures in a future post!) . . .

ALLOTMENT . . .

I'm pleased to announce that I will be curating PLOT 9 of MAC Birmingham's Allotment exhibition.  The show contains 10 'plots' which are being curated by artists and organisations from across the West Midlands.  There is even a shed to run workshops from! I will be using the space to showcase some of my favourite Shropshire artist and designers.  PLOT 9 will include work by R&A Collaborations, Hayley Robinson, Sophie Copage, Christophe Dillinger, Ella Ruth Cowperthwaite, Beth Fletcher, Pam Newall, Richard Foot,  Julie Hedges, Millbank & Foot, and a few others.

You can follow the project here: http://10plots.tumblr.com/ and on twitter @10plots

Lino Printing .....

Millbank and Foot are currently designing a digitally printed scarf for a competition. To go alongside drawn elements of the design we experimented with lino cutting to create textures based on studies of sports equipment. We had a lot of fun playing and making these designs and hope to do some more soon.....

Here are some pictures of the work that we produced

Lino printing

Our first design