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SUN 31 JAN
12pm - 1pm GMT
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MON 01 FEB
12pm - 1pm GMT
2pm - 3pm GMT
OPENING EVENT
TEXTILE WIP 2021 WELCOME EVENT MEET THE MAKER
MEET THE MAKER
Hosted by the School of Design
A celebration of all the 2nd year students work and collaborations Livia Papiernik (Mixed Media) and Ruth Lloyd (Print) Natsuki Hanyu (Mixed Media), Yingzhu Chen (Knit) and Yuhan Zhou (Knit)
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE
REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE
JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE
JOIN THE CONVERSATION HERE
Dikshita Bansall (Weave) and Jane Wright (Knit)
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WORKSHOP
Dyeing at Home with Katrina Wilde
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MEET THE MAKER
Emma Wright (Soft Systems) and Rhona MacKillop (Knit)
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WORKSHOP
Let’s talk about sCRAP: 3D Fashion Illustration with Elyse Blackshaw
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MEET THE MAKER
PANEL DISCUSSION
Digital // Tactility REGISTER FOR Can digital and THE EVENT traditional hand-crafted HERE design be equally valued?
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12pm - 2pm GMT
TUE 02 FEB
WED 03 FEB
12pm - 1pm GMT
10am 10.45am GMT
12pm - 1pm GMT
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THU 04 FEB
12pm - 1pm GMT
10am 10.45am GMT
FRI 05 FEB
12pm - 1pm GMT
5pm 5.20pm GMT
MEET THE MAKER
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PANEL DISCUSSION
Nostalgia // Online Can the feeling of nostalgia be carried through into the virtual world?
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MEET THE MAKER
Chloe Rochefort (Mixed-Media) and Ganit Goldstein (Soft Systems)
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WORKSHOP
Biomaterials: The Basics with Emma Wright
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MEET THE MAKER
Elyse Blackshaw (Mixed Media) and WooJin Joo (Mixed Media)
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PANEL DISCUSSION
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Positive // Communication A designers responsibility REGISTER FOR THE EVENT to communicate a HERE positive narrative within their practice
MEET THE MAKER
Mashal Chaudhri (Mixed Media) and Jiaxi Li (Knit)
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WORKSHOP
PROCESS + PIECING Sew, Cut, Repeat with Amy Tidmarsh
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CLOSING EVENT
Wrapping up the 2021 WIP show with highlights from the week
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THU 28 JAN
10am 10.45am GMT
Anna Tamas-Katzer (Knit) and Helena Elston (Mixed Media)
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A curation of talks, workshops and discussions from 2nd year MA Textiles. Please register in advance for all Workshops, Panel Discussions and Meet the Maker sessions using the link provided. We hope to see you there!
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post-covid life, art therapy, living space / SPONTANEITY, EMOTION, SPIRITUALITY / embodied, archival, hand-crafted forms, organic shapes, stylised / MINIMALISM, MODEST, TRANSLUCENT / inclusive, empathic, well-being STRUCTURE, NATURE, AESTHETIC / co-design, interactive, play / STITCH, RELATIONSHIP, CRAFT CRAFT, HERITAGE, COMMUNICATION / storytelling, colourful, bold / CRAFTY, TIMELY, TEXTURAL
WHICH 3 KEY WORDS WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PRACTICE? monster, emotional, storyteller / CHANGE, TIME, BEAUTY OF RUINS / layers, colours, mixed-media NATURAL, SLOW, EMBODIED / knit, identity, fusion / BIODEGRADABLE, TECHNICAL, SPECULATIVE COLOURFUL, STORYTELLING, STORYTELLING ARTISAN / playful, spontaneous, sculptural / NATURAL, EXPERIMENTAL, HANDMADE process, colour, technique / SUSTAINABLE COLOUR SYSTEMS / organic, poetic, alchemic / STORYTELLING, FANCY, ODD
JANE WRIGHT ANNA TAMAS-KATZER
PAULINE GUEZNNEC
YIRU(ANNIE) CHEN
RHONA MACKILLOP
KNIT QIANHUI (NINA) NI
YINGZHU CHEN
Dubied machine 10gg cashmere, silk yarn knitted sample mended with handmade yarns
JIAXI LI
YUHAN ZHOU
LEI JANG
SIYING CHEN
LAUREN POWELL
“It changed a lot, work from home as my daily life, limited space without a loom at the beginning.”
“It has widened my ideas of what textiles can be and has broadened the mediums in which I am working (Photography, Digital programmes, etc...) It has made me aware that I need to re-evaluate my practice. ”
“It has challenged me to tell a more personal retrospective through my art, and be more confident to tell me own experiences and opinions.”
“COVID-19 had many challenges, but there has definitely been gains as well. For example, throughout lockdown, drawing has become an important element in my work. Previously, I have only used drawing as a tool to achieve certain aesthetic or communicate the idea I had before the actual textiles making process. However, with limited access to other making ways, drawing has become a practice itself in exploring my thinkings and emotions.”
“It has restricted access to specialised equipment in other London universities however it has allowed an easier access to question and collaborate with other outside of the UK.”
“Made me Trust the Process more.”
HOW HAS COVID-19 CHANGED OR CHALLENGED YOUR PRACTICE? “I have had time to focus on who I am as a practitioner and where I want my work to go, where it sits. I have had time away from making to focus on research but also I value the making I do now more.”
“Had to develop both my hand-made knitting skills and my digital skills. Weirdly, the opposite ends of the spectrum.”
“I have to use some previous material and hard to try something new like blowing glass.”
“I have started thinking more on the lines of purpose of what I make and what it has to offer to the community. It also pays more attention to how the user’s emotional quotient and how my work can have a positive impact.”
“Without fancy facilities, tools I use have changed. Working alone allows me to find my own voice.”
“I have had to embrace what is in front of me, adapting my work to make use of familiar techniques, reinventing them with fresh eyes. It has also made me appreciate what is important in my work: drawing, making with my hands, and allowing time to play.
YANJIE ZHANG
JI YOON PARK
MUNGYU FUNG
ELIZABETH FAIRLEIGH ELYSE BLACKSHAW
SOMIN KIM WOOJIN JOO
MASHAL CHAUDHRI
MIXED MEDIA NATUSKI HANYU CHASE HAFER
CHLOE ROCHEFORT JENNY CHOI
YU CAI
FEIYANG ZHANG
HELENA ELSTON
AMY TIDMARSH
KSENIA GERMANOVIC
LIVIA PAPIERNIK
DYEING / quilting, piecing and simple straight seams GARDENING / hand stitching- allows me to focus / DRAWING crochet / STITCHING AND PLASTER EXPERIMENTATIONS / macramé SEWING AND COLLAGING WITH LEFTOVER SCREEN PRINTED FABRICS / film photography
WHICH ONE HAND PROCESS HAS MOST CREATIVELY HELPED YOU THROUGH THE PANDEMIC? LATCH & HOOK AND HAND EMBROIDERY / drawing / PHOTOGRAPHY AND DRAWING Drawing & painting / TALKING TO PEOPLE / Hand knitting STORYTELLING / Dubied knit / EMBROIDERY painting / WEAVING / Cooking STITCH / Hand weaving
PENG CUI
TINGYU LUI ELENA GUCAS VIVIEN REINERT KATRINA WILDE ZIHENG GE
YE ZHANG
MEREDITH WOOD FLORA DUKE
RUTH LLOYD RAN YI RYAN HUGHES
YUNZHOU TAN
MONA MATSUI
DANYAN LIU
ARO YAO
HONGMING SHEN
“Hard to change my way of creating. Everyone has shifted digital, but I recognised the actual things are the most important.”
“Without access to the print room I’ve had to take a much more mixed media approach.
“As we don’t have any access to the print and dye workshop, I have to use other craft techniques to make my works.”
“It has allowed me to be more resourceful with materials, not as much purchasing, I collect from nature a lot more. It has challenged my inspiration as well since we have been stuck inside the house a lot. I have had to be resourceful with the places I visit nearest my home... more observation of the world because there’s nothing else to do.”
“I was forced to really evaluate my ideas of what I need in order to create. I became really interested in natural materials, biomaterials, and the body. And I’m more interested in what it means to be in community, where my material comes from, and what role I can play in uplifting a natural material narrative.”
“Confined.”
HOW HAS COVID-19 CHANGED OR CHALLENGED YOUR PRACTICE? “Polarised my practice into two directions - the digital and the handmade, forcing to rethink how the two connect.”
“It actually developed my confidence and my will to engage in new projects (digital based project for most of them). It freed my practice and my creativity deeply.”
“Pushed me to dare more, experiment more and be even more honest with my own work. Opened my mind on different practices and ways of working.”
“It makes me to focus more on working with my hands and the materials I have around me.”
“More introspection and less comparing.”
“It’s really heightened a need for the physical, and I’ve had to think a lot more about digital communication than I would’ve before. It’s fast-forwarded some parts like getting a studio, and slowed others, like workshops and community based projects.”
RUBY CHILDS
CATHERINE MONDOA
ELLIE CARR-SMITH
SOFT SYSTEMS YA TUO
MINGYUE ZHU
ZHENQIAN WU
EMMA WRIGHT
GANIT GOLDSTEIN
CONSIDERATE, MINIMAL, SPONTANEOUS / adaptable, sustainable, spectacle / DEVELOPMENT, INSPIRED, EXPRESSION storytelling, reconnection, progress / PERSONALISED, SENSORY, SUSTAINABLE / Innovative, Sustainable Engaging POTENTIAL OF MATERIAL / hybrid skills, processes, approaches / NARRATIVES, CONCEPTS, TRANSFORMATION process, craft, thoughtful / NEW INTERPRETATION OF TRADITION / interdisciplinary, narratives, transformation CONNECTION BETWEEN PEOPLE / hand made, value, comfort / VERSATILITY, ANALOG, DIGITAL
IN 3 KEY WORDS DESCRIBE WHAT CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES MEANS. INTUITIVE, SLOW, CYCLICAL / joyful, provoking, exciting / ETHICAL, BEAUTIFUL, LONGEVITY Comfortable, appealing, playful / INTENTIONAL, ENGAGING, BEAUTIFUL / Positivity, Process, Limitless STORIED, TACTILE, CLOSED-LOOP / meaningful, story, playful / QUIRKY, UNEXPECTED, BOLD Braking traditions, Bold, engaging / DIVERSE, ADVANCED, IMAGINATIVE / Innovative, speculative, eye-opening DIVERSITY, EXPERIMENTAL, ARTISTIC / Reliable, accessible, innovative / EXPLORATORY, CULTURAL, IMPORTANT
YIXIN ZHENG
MINSUN KIM HAILEY BENNETT LISA MOTA
CHENGYI TU
FEI GU
WEAVE FEIYANG YIN ELLA SMITH
DIKSHITA BANSAL
CHRISTIANE CHAVES
KE(COCO) XU
MEGAN LEECH
ZITENG (WISTERIA) HU
TIEN CHING (SANDY) SUN
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