Shrewsbury Open Studios

This weekend  we opened the doors of The Creative Studio to the public as part of Shrewsbury Open Studios. Over the course of the weekend we had around 150 visitors which was absolutely fantastic! If you missed it this weekend, fear not! We will be open again this coming weekend ( 14th & 15th July ) between 11am-5pm. Take a look at the two new collections of scarves, hot off the loom. Also exhibiting in The Creative Studio is Footprint photography, R&A Collaborations, Millbank & Foot, Matt Sewell and Jacqui Dodds. Kate Millbank and Jacqui Dodds will be on hand to answer any questions you might have. 

Interdependency . . .

Here it is, the finished film made with R&A Collaborations for submission to Stroud International Textiles open call (fingers crossed they like it) . . .

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 . . .

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