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

Fund101 . . .

I currently need 500 votes to secure £500 of funding so that I can buy yarn. Its for Millbank & Foot's new sustainable tweed project. Kate and I would be really grateful if you could vote for us and help to spread the word. Its really easy and takes 2 minutes, just follow the link below:

http://www.enterprisenation.com/funding-applications/helen-foot-design/

Catalogue . . .

Open publication - Free publishing - More brighton

With thanks to the aid of Arron Fowler the new catalogue is available for your viewing pleasure.  I also owe a lot to the fabulous Ella Ruth Cowperthwaite for her beautiful styling images which were taken last month and to my brother Richard for letting me use his polaroid series 'Journey'.  If you'd like to purchase a scarf then orders are now being taken for the Autumn and limited sample stock is available now.

Sarah Molins . . .

On Saturday I went to a fantastic symposium organised by Meadow Arts, the group responsible for putting on the House of Beasts exhibition at Attingham Park.  What I found thoroughly interesting was a talk by one of the artists Sarah Molins, who's work had totally passed me by in the exhibition.  Her piece is actually viewable online so I thought I would share the link with you.  Based on the colourful history of one of Attinghams past residents I find the story and the site most intriguing.  See what you think . . .

www.sundialinmoonlight.com