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"Making something out of nothing, or precisely, luring something from the unconscious and giving it material form is the closet thing to real magic there is in this world." art critic Michael Bonesteel Almost ten years ago I saw an article in Fiberarts by Barbara Lee Smith who is a fiber artist who creates her art and wrote the book Celebrating the Stitch: Contemporary Embroidery of North America. Barbara had written a review of an exhibit called "Metamorphosis: The Fiber Art Of Judith Scott" at the Intuitive Art Gallery on North Milwaukee Avenue in their North Gallery District. The Intuitive Gallery which opened in 1991, promotes public awareness, understanding and an appreciation of art works created without the mainstream influences. Personal visions and nontraditional folk art often self taught and somewhat ...outsider art. Judith Scott was born with her twin sister Joyce in 1943 in Ohio. Joyce was expected but Judith was a total surprise to her parents and her doctor. Judith was unable to speak and with being deaf in the 1950's being different meant somehow threatening and dangerous. When Joyce went to public school the parents took advisement to place Judith Scott in an institution run by the State of Ohio...In Columbus, Ohio. Here Judith lived in a state of crowded "aloneness" but somehow she maintained her inner voice by hoarding little bits of pieces with a purpose no one was aware of until much later...I suspect that Judith was collecting and sorting pieces of evidence of her silent witness to a life in a public institution. In 1985 Joyce moved to California and made a decision to bring her sister back into the family fold and became Judith's legal conservator and legal guardian. Judith Scott was enrolled in the Creative Growth Art Center and introduced her to independent living skills as well as fostering artistic development. Late in 1987 Judith began a workshop with fiber artist Sylvia Seventy. Judith began wrapping sticks with bits and pieces of twine. fabrics, threads and yarns. "Clearly incapable of conforming to expectations , of following instructions, or imitating what the others students were doing, ...she simply invented something totally new." Her sculptural pieces grew and grew into an almost human shape and cocoons reminding others of Giacometti figures. Judith was a tiny woman 4 feet 9 inches and her works grew to become the size of herself. Judith would work diligently wrapping her found treasures carefully and securely inside the cocoon like bodies of work. At the end of her years she was celebrating the rescue and reunion with her twin sister and in her silent world had developed a language in a visual articulation of her indomitable spirit, which she released in her layered bundles expressive of a mystery, we will never fully understand or comprehend. I have collected my bits and threads for about a year and hopefully will pay homage to this quiet little spirit. When I saw her works in Chicago I seem to instinctively recognize the powerful voice she was sharing ...maybe I was hearing the voices of my quiet spirits I grew to love when I was a special education teachers for almost sixteen years. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LICKING COUNTY ARTS! Tonight was an opening of "Color" and fifty years dedicated to the arts here in Licking County. I have been a member since 1986 and I had the best job in my position as the Gallery director and curator for the LCA. Change is inevitable and when they made the move to a different location and to run the space with volunteers there was no need for me. Now over a year later...I miss my personal daily interactions with my artists (but many still call and email me) ....I miss the regularity of my day's schedule from Tuesdays to Saturdays down at the Works. I could see and feel the synergy of collaborating with another nonprofit like the Works. I felt valuable and needed. Now I am learning to work and volunteer my time and energies to explore further avenues. I am including the FAVA art quilt postcard and information for those of you who might be in Oberlin, OHIO this summer to stop by and see a group of adventuresome artists sharing their visions. Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart p.s. Rabbit Proof Fence is the name of the movie...true account of two determined young girls walking their journey home after being kidnapped by the Australian government and removed to a Christian assimilation and education. Molly and Daisy courageously fought their way home to their mother and grandmother and their narrative tells the history of the lost generations of the Aboriginal tribes.
Haken en breien met ongewoon materiaal. In dit blog nemen we jullie mee in deze wondere wereld van ongewoon haak- of breimateriaal zoals bijv. fietsbanden.
Hinke Schreuders, interview + beschikbaar werk
De mondkapjes die we vanaf 1 juni in de trein moeten dragen mogen ook zelfgemaakt zijn. Dat schept mogelijkheden.
My current work embraces sculpting methods using textiles from sustainable recycling of cloth, fiber and found objects. I combine weaving, wrapping, felting and hand sewing in abstract whimsical sculptures or large cocoon like amulets of variant sizes. Though domestic in nature it has little or nothing to do with domesticity other than a nod to materials used by women who craft out of an affiliation with these materials or the obsessive nature of crafted textile arts I embrace the spastic and weirdly beautiful combinations to cast aside tradition as much as possible. I work wherever and whenever I have time. I use a combined studio and “portable” approach, I bring my studio wherever I go, both traveling with materials and finding them along the way. Among my inspirations for the open and productive way I work is my long time interest in “wattle and daub” a construction method using natural, readily available materials. My work is less theoretical than just about making.
CLICK photo = LARGE format + slide show .. MORE IMAGES WILL FOLLOW.. INTENSITY – POLARITY Hans Munck Andersen & Lea Mi Engholm DK Exhibition 3 - 26 October 2013 Oppositions meet in sensibility, intensity and natural dynamics of growth... The renowned ceramic artist Hans Munck Andersen exhibits together with the young talented Lea Mi Engholm. Together, they show an exhibition of pieces that contains both intensity, extremes in material and expression, but also concludes their similarities in the sensuous detailing. Hans Munck Andersen has an organic cubist approach in his new pieces 'Redesign', where lines and planes are reconstructed and rethought from older techniques and 'recycled' parts of his earlier archetypal bowl shapes. He creates a renewal through these multi-fragmented flashbacks. www.gerdoghans.dk - See VIDEO of Hans & Gerd ... Lea Mi Engholm's approach to ceramics is characterized by a curiosity for detail, an insight to the natural possibilities of the mixing, forming and firing of simple ceramic materials. She has a rare ability to capture and retain the moment when the material is at its most surprisingly interesting state. Lea Mi Engholm - www.danishcrafts.dk/PROFILES/ Lea Mi Engholm Hans Munck Andersen – Snail-pace aesthetics “Nature provides a source of inspiration. The principle of natural growth dynamics is very fascinating to me. The combination of the twisted coils and the spiral growth of my porcelain bowls, conveys an expression, far away from something constructed or mechanic dynamic. It rather has an expression as if it was created by nature. Yet another source of inspiration is the colourful, Islamic ornaments and occasionally I use the colour combinations in my work. It is a time consuming work process, and I am convinced that this shows in my finished works. I cultivate the 'aesthetic of slowness in a fast-paced world'. In 1970 when I was artist in residence at the Royal Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen, I became aware of the statuettes of Biscuit Porcelain by Jean Gauguin. These marbled figurines brought me to the coloured porcelain coils. At that time I had my focus on Pop Art and this came to be expressed in my work. Later on, my interest in Minoan ceramics as well as coloured glass of classical Antiquity and of art nouveau were determinant in the development of my own technique. A technique almost similar to the Japanese Neriage method, which I became acquainted with during my first visit to Japan in 1980. As time went by, this method became my major source of inspiration. Within the last couple of years, I have once again taken up the sculptural aspects of my craft. In porcelain paper-clay slabs, I build up cubist-like objects, with architectural lucidity and at the same time sensual body-likeness. These are created in a sort of de-constructionist kind of way where fragments are split up and then reunited in contradictory, complex connections, whereby new pictures are created.” Hans Munck Andersen was born in 1943. He graduated from the School of Arts&Crafts in Copenhagen 1963-68 and continued his studies at the Danish Art Academy of Architecture and Design Department 1972-73. He has had his own studio since 1973. In 1988-89 he was censor of the Artists Summer Exhibition and in 1988-92 examiner at the Danish Design School in Kolding. He exhibits Internationally: Hetjens Museum, Dusseldorf 1970, English Ceramic Design, USA 1981-83, IAC Member's Works, Saga Art Museum Japan 1996, Gallery Nørby 1997/2000, the Glyptotek 2002, Bornholm Art Museum 2007, International Ceramic Museum, Grimmerhus 2010... And he is represented at the Design Museum Denmark (Art, Craft and Design), Bornholm Art Museum, North Jutland Art Museum, Gothenburg Röhsska Museum, Berlin Kunstgewerbermuseum, Oslo Art and Design Museum, New York National Museum of Design, Hannover Kestner Museum, Westerwald Museum Höhr -Grenzhausen, Ichon World Ceramic Center Kyonggi, Korea ... Lea Mi Engholm – About Intensity "I am preoccupied with the clay qualities. The more one gets to know the materials, the more options open up. In this project the aim is to explore the immediate properties of the clay. Through the work process I discover, sometimes quite by accident and as a by-product of something else, new opportunities in the nature of clay that surprise me. By repetition various structures form depending on the clay consistency, if it is soft, liquid or hard. Soft slip on a plaster board, which is scraped off with a knife, a mass of discarded dry leftover clay, small rolled-up clay coils, something which in itself is not immediately interesting. But by starting with cultivating, refining and repeating the process, then new structures and details appear almost grown by themselves. I work intuitively and try to leave my options open. I have not pre-arranged the final result. The overall idea of my work for this exhibition is to cultivate the inherent properties of clay with me as an observer and actor." Photos of previous work - photographer Ole Akhøj: Lea Mi Engholm was born in 1977 and graduated in 2006 from the School of Art and Design, Kolding, ceramic department with a study at the HDK Högskolen of Design and Crafts, Gothenborg University, Sweden. She has since worked in a group studio Viktoria in Copenhagen and works now in her own studio on the island of Funen. Lea Mi Engholm has exhibited at the International Ceramic Museum - Grimmerhus, the Spring Exhibition at Charlottenborg, Talente in Germany, Biennial for Crafts and Design, Danish Crafts Collection 2011 – and received several awards including a work grant from the Danish National Arts Foundation in 2013. She is a member of the Association of Danish Arts Crafts and Design and was in 2012 by The Danish National Arts Foundation awarded for the exhibition 'Meditations on a Hobby Horse' with the artist group VERSUS. Grateful thanks to the Danish National Bank Anniversary Foundation of 1968 for the generous support of Ann Linnemann studio gallery exhibition program of 2013. CV – HANS MUNCK ANDERSEN Born on April 21, 1943 Member of IAC The International Academy of Ceramic Art and ACAB, Bornholm 1963-68 Design School in Copenhagen 1972-73 School of Architecture Design Department 1973-.. Own studio 1988-89 Examiner, The Artists Summer Exhibition 1988-92 Examiner, Arts and Crafts School, Kolding SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1970 Hetjens Museum, Dusseldorf 1981-83 English Ceramic Design , USA 1996 IAC Member's Works, Saga Art Museum, Japan 2000 97 Gallery Nørby, Copenhagen 2002 Glyptotek, Copenhagen 2007 Bornholm Art Museum 2010 International Ceramic Museum, Grimmerhus 2013 Round Tower, Copenhagen SELECTED COLLECTIONS Design Museum Denmark (ex Art,Craft & Design) Bornholm Art Museum North Jutland Art Museum Röhsska Museum, Gothenburg Berlin Kunstgewerbermuseum Art and Design, Oslo National Museum of Design, New York Kestner Museum, Hannover Ceramics Museum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen Ichon World Ceramic Center Kyonggi, Korea CV - LEA MI ENGHOLM Born in 1977 Member of the Danish Arts&Crafts Association and the artist group VERSUS EDUCATION 2001-2006 Kolding School of Design 2004 HDK Högskolen of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg University, Sweden 1998-2001 College of Arts and Crafts, Kerteminde SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2013 inwardness Additional, Ann Linnemann Studio Gallery, Copenhagen Masterpiece - miniature, Ann Linnemann Studio Gallery, Copenhagen Tangibility, curated by Norwegian Arts and Crafts, Officinet, Copenhagen Meditations on a Hobby Horse Vol II, VERSUS, Nicolai Art and Design, Kolding 2012 Meditations on a Hobby Horse, VERSUS, 68m2 Art Space, Copenhagen 2011 Transform, VERSUS, Aarhus 2010 Across, New Tap, Copenhagen Nature Morte, VERSUS, Munkeruphus, Dronningmolle 2008 Clay 08, SAK Arts Building, Svendborg 2007 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen Ceramics in Kolding, Ceramic Department 1968-2007, Koldinghus Kolding Turf Gallery, London Biennial for Crafts and Design, Koldinghus Kolding Talente, Handwerkskammer Munich, Germany Danish Crafts, Crafts Collection 11, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, NY/Ambiente, Frankfurt SELECTED GRANTS - Awards 2013 National Danish Arts Foundation, scholarship Ellen and Knud Dalhoff Larsen Foundation 2012 National Arts Foundation, Award exhibition Meditations on a Hobby Horse The Bielkeske Scholarship 2011 National Arts Foundation, scholarship Merchants L. F. Foghts Fund Hielmstierne - Rosencroneske Foundation
Sweater & Concrete TORSO by Marie Lund, 2016
Een inspirerende dosis verwondering over kunst, natuur, stijl, reizen, creativiteit en de kleine dingen van het leven.
March 19 - May 1, 2022
In 2019 brak kunstenaar Kathleen Ryan internationaal door met haar opvallende sculpturen. Zij toonde namelijk uitvergrote versies van rottend fruit.
19 artistas que expanden los límites del bordado
Hier vind je een actueel en uitgebreid overzicht van exposities en tentoonstellingen mét textielkunst in Nederland en Vlaanderen.
Aquí te dejo una lista de 5 artistas textiles para inspirarte. Me encanta descubrir obras de arte que me conmuevan y artistas que me abran la mente
Jane Wafer
23 Feb — 19 Apr 2015 at the Southbank Centre in London, United Kingdom
Poet and textile artist Miranda van Dijk prints found images onto delicate faux floral arrangements made from canvas, cotton, or voile. The vintage images are transferred onto the textile plants using a digital printing technique, and are either hidden in the curve of a petal or are displayed prominently on one of the plant’s leaves. These works are then imbedded in a natural environment, allowing her sculptures to blend into wildflower gardens and other lush scenes. More
Artist Gil Yefman’s practice is multifarious and surprising. A walk through his newest show reveals glycerin soap bars embedded with swastikas, a neon...
40cm embroidery inspired by moss, lichen, mould, mushrooms and coral
Contemporary British crafts by the designer craft makers of the Gloucestershire Guild, based in the Guild Shop in Cheltenham
‘Inspiration’ is what leads us to create with passion. We want to share the thrill of a brilliant sunset, the...
Textiles have long occupied a central place in the Latvian economy and culture. Latvian textiles traditionally use natural materials such as flax and hemp, as well as innovative techniques, to produce high-quality cloth that is sought after around the world. As in the textile cultures of Japan and India, indigo has lon
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a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
