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Shane Waltner at Siobhan Davies Studios

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Drawn to motion, written in space, stitched over time by Shane Waltener
12 January – 11 March 2012, Free entry, drop-in at Siobhan Davies Studios

Shane Waltener, an artist renowned for his large-scale interactive textile installations, presents an exhibition of new works designed specifically for Siobhan Davies Studios. By using the Studios’ Creative Dance class participants and members of the public as human bobbins to weave thread throughout the building, Waltener explores the performative dimensions of his craft.

 

Choreographic sequences offer a reflection on weaving and stitching processes, and the relationship between object and action. I’m interested in revealing and discovering something about this through the silent negotiation between dancers, space and materials, which you can capture with dance. -Shane Waltener

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Rachel Gomme | Hour (for Penelope)

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Hour (for Penelope) is a 24-hour durational performance by artist Rachel Gomme in the Libeskind Building at London Metropolitan University, Holloway Road, London N7. The performance will take place on the 21/22 of October from 6:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
The building is open from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. Outside opening hours the performance can be viewed from Holloway Road.

Time passing, time returning, suspended time. 

Through a continual process of knitting and unravelling, this 24-hour durational performance examines time as line and cycle, moment and infinity, chronology and memory.

The event is FREE and is part of the One More Time symposium and exhibition.

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Michael Brennand Wood at ACAD

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The ACAD Fibre Department is very excited to present world renowned visual artist Michael Brennand-Wood to kick-off our new scholastic year. There are two events associated with Michael’s visit:

Lecture “Pretty Deadly”
Monday, September 12 at 5:30 pm in the  in the Stanford Perrot Lecture Theatre at ACAD
‘Pretty Deadly’ will focus on selected key themes mapping the development of Michael’s work, including exhibition, commission and public art projects. This lecture is FREE and open to the public – EVERYONE WELCOME. For more information on the lecture please feel free to contact Tara in the Fibre Department at 403.338.5584 or email tara.griffiths@acad.ca

Workshop “Random Precision
Tuesday, September 13, 9-4 pm at ACAD

Using a personal collection of materials with strong linear qualities, participants will develop an individual vocabulary of three-dimensional line. This provides the essential components of this challenging workshop to be used in an exploration of stitch, dept, translucency, illusion and structure.

This is a rare opportunity for individuals outside the ACAD degree program to work with an artist of this stature. Fibre artists, sculptors, mixed media artists and those interested in jumpstarting the creative process would enjoy working with Michael Brennand-Wood in this one day workshop.

‘Random Precision’ is open to the public through ACAD Extended Studies (contact 403.284.7640) The cost of the workshop is $159.00 plus GST.

For more information on Michael Brennand-Wood and his work, visit his website or read this interview on Ideas in the Making.

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Love Lace

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Anne Mondro | Detroit's Shadow, 750 x 500 x 500 mm, thin steel and copper wire crochet | image: Patrick Young

134 artists from 20 countries unleash their passion for lace in this spectacular exhibition of winning entries and finalists in the Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award.

Shane Waltner | Another World Wide Web, 1500 mm (approx), Shetland lace knitting using shirring elastic | photo: Marinco Kojdanovski

Lace offers the mystery of concealment and the subtle interplay of space, light and shadows. Its layering can enhance the human body and create alluring effects in interior design and architecture. Though lace is usually associated with textiles, curator Lindie Ward broadened the definition of lace to include any ‘openwork structure whose pattern of spaces is as important as the solid areas’.

The exhibition ranges from bold large-scale installations and sculptures to intricate textiles and jewellery. Materials include gold and silver wire, linen and silk as well as mulberry paper, tapa cloth, horse hair, titanium and optical fibre.

Kim Lieberman | Tribe, 300 x 150 x 80 cm, bronze figures with bobbin lace

See and read more on the museum’s website.

Love Lace runs until April 2012 at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia.

Links to artists in this post: Anne Mondro, Shane Waltner + Kim Lieberman

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Freddie Robins | The Perfect

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The Perfect | machine knitted wool, dimensions variable

“‘It’s not perfect, but who cares?’ Well I do. I enjoy imperfection in you and yours but not in me and mine. I am very attracted to the imperfections, failings, and roughness of the material world. I enjoy the evidence of human hands, the inevitable wear and repair of objects. I love the obviously hand-made. But I suffer from being a perfectionist.”

THE PERFECT: ALEX | machine knitted wool and acrylic yarn 580 x 920 mm

“This body of work deals with the constant drive for perfection. It is made using technology that was developed to achieve perfection. Technology developed for mass production to make garment multiples that are exactly the same as each other: garments that do not require any hand finishing, garments whose manufacture does not produce any waste, garments whose production does not require the human touch. Garments that are, in fact, perfect.

I have produced my knitted multiples through the use of a Shima Seiki WholeGarment® machine (a computerised, automated, industrial V-bed flat machine, which is capable of knitting a three-dimensional seamless garment). These multiples take the form of life size, three-dimensional human bodies. I have combined them in a variety of different ways to create large-scale knitted sculptures and installations.

Perfectionism is associated with good craftsmanship, something to aspire to. I aim for perfection in all aspects of my life, my work and myself. It can be very debilitating and exhausting and it is of course, unachievable.”
READ MORE about this ongoing project.
View more of Robins’ work on her WEBSITE.

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Shane Waltner | Stitching Circle #1

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Artist Shane Waltener is well known for dramatically transforming spaces using a wide variety of techniques and materials. From 7-10 October, Shane will transform the entrance to the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace. Organised by Birmingham-based Craftspace, visitors will enter through the impressive space as they walk into the main exhibition of the Knitting and Stitching show. Visitors are also invited to contribute to the
collaborative artwork, stitching in unison using Husqvarna Viking sewing machines and watching the work grow and spiral its way up and around the grand foyer.

Stitching Revolutions sees Shane working live with participants on six Husqvarna Viking overlocking machines. Stitchers will include women from culturally diverse community groups including St Hilda’s Women’s Group in Shoreditch, London and the Community Integration Partnership in Birmingham, as well as visitors to the Knitting and Stitching show. They will work in unison to create this new piece, Stitching Circle #1, reworking fabric from old clothes. They will simultaneously pass and receive their continuous creation while negotiating the pace to keep the work flowing. Visitors can bring along old fabric and clothes which will be incorporated into the work.

Craftspace and Husqvarna Viking present this exciting event.   www.craftspace.co.uk.  www.husqvarnaviking.com The event links to the touring exhibition Taking Time:  Craft and the Slow Revolution.   www.takingtime.org

See more of Shane Waltner’s work HERE

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Lesley Bricknell | Collaboration

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Lesley Bricknell | image made in response to 'Sister of swans', 2010

Lesley Bricknell | image made in response to 'Sister of swans', 2010

I have recently made a collaborative piece of work with another artist entirely through the medium of our respective blogs with no face to face contact! I have long admired Marion Michell’s combination of poetry and objects, often knitted or crocheted, on her blog ‘my art grows around me’. She in turn admires my work, predominantly photo images, on my blog ‘Surfacing’ Art Journal.

I took as my inspiration one of this particular artist’s poems ‘Sister of swans’ and made five photo images in a loose visual interpretation of her writing. Marion’s response to this was extremely positive prompting her to respond to my piece of visual work. Whether this is visual, written or a combination of practices remains to be seen. In what I hope will be an ongoing, fruitful collaboration. And we have never met each other!

submitted by Lesley Bricknell

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Lesley Bricknell | feather in my cap

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Lesley Bricknell (2010)

I am starting to work with feathers again inspired by the phrase ‘broken wing’. A phrase mentioned to me by fellow blogger Marion. Feathers feature in my work from time to time. I am currently working on a sequence of moving images (not yet ready at time of posting). The imagesmade to date, however, are visceral, arresting. Broken, useless. A mixture of red photo dye, nail varnish and wax. Collected and retrieved from pillows, eiderdowns, coastal walks. A loose continuation of my work ‘Cardinal’ at Poplar Gallery.Online last year.

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Kate MccGwire ‘Vex’ (2008)

Nothing of my own activities. surpasses the collecting abilities of artist Kate MccGwire. I saw her piece ‘Vex’ (2008) in the City Museum, Plymouth (UK) last year and was completely knocked out by it. Composed of feathers from racing pigeons, each one is numbered, and looks constrained (but great!) within the classical museum cabinet. Other pieces use pigeon feathers, glue, polystyrene, felt. Sensational!

submitted by Lesley Bricknell

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