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textiles & contemporary crafts Saturday 30 April – Sunday 22 May

SITselect

t: 01453 751056 / 07767 763607

Please note the office is not open to visitors SITselect is a not for profit arts organisation dedicated to the promotion of the arts with an emphasis on contemporary textiles and the applied arts/crafts.

Select is an innovative annual festival that takes place every Spring.

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Welcome

craft at its best

Welcome to the 2016 select festival. This year we are

playful way that will take us back to search our wardrobes

presenting artist-led exhibitions, where the exhibiting

and old photos. Dream on girls!

artists plan and curate their exhibitions and linked events with a helping hand from SIT select.

With a belief that art and contemporary crafts need to be seen we take it out of the gallery into public spaces

Soft Engineering at the Museum has three established

like cafés, bars and shops to be on show. SITselect

textile artists who have used their individual skills and

loves to partner and we are thrilled to be partnering with

collaborated to innovate explore and inspire. Studio 21

Atelier this year, meme café, ecotricity and the new

artists never disappoint and the Sewing Machine

Malthouse Bar & Kitchen. Lots to see, do and enjoy.

Project I know will delight, excite and challenge our

A big thank you to Mary Butcher for opening the festival

view of textiles.

this year.While you are here soak up the town and the surrounding countryside. Visit a studio and buy original

Wander Stroud town and discover the cafés hosting two

handmade work lovingly created by inspiring individuals.

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Lizzi Walton Festival Director

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exhibitions. Follow the shift Works Trail in Stroud shop windows. Nine artists interpret the iconic shift dress in a

alison ellen

museum Saturday 30 April – Sunday 22 May Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm Weekends 11am – 5pm

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closed Mondays except Bank Holidays

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Stratford Road, Stroud GL5 4AF

Gallery 1, Museum in the Park, free admission

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deire wood

ann richards

soft engineering

textiles taking shape

Alison Ellen Ann Richards Deirdre Wood

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Soft Engineering brings together, for the first time, the work of three inspiring textile designer makers. Having pursued separate careers in knitting and weaving, they find many common threads that have now inspired them to work together on this joint exhibition. Despite employing different techniques and structures, their approaches interconnect and cross over in intriguing and sometimes surprising ways.

Their passion for textiles shines through the original work that has been specifically created for this

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soft engineering:

fascinating exhibition. Soft Engineering introduces a central theme of textiles that take shape through the interplay of raw material and structure that plays out in varied ways: repetition/displacement of simple shapes, pleating, folding, twisting and double-sided fabrics.

The exhibition will be complemented by workshops and a half day seminar. free admission

Alison Ellen This is an artist-led exhibition and related events

Alison approaches the design and

curated by the artists with support from SITselect.

making of handknitted garments by using the flexible structure of knitting and different stitch combinations to shape the fabric. She plays with variations in scale, stitches and the direction of knitting, allowing the structure of the fabric itself and the three-dimensional form of the garment

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to emerge seamlessly together. Her

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techniques to create elegant sculptural

most recent work applies these pieces based on organic forms.

textiles taking shape

Ann Richards

Deirdre Wood

Ann weaves fabrics that are smooth

Deirdre brings a fresh approach to

and rectangular on the loom but are

the ancient technique of strip weaving,

transformed when soaked in water.

with strips that are twisted before

The energy of high-twist wools and

being joined by sewing. The result

silks is released, causing yarns to

is a cloth that moves into the third

spiral spontaneously, pleating the

dimension, creating geometric

fabrics into flexible, textured

pieces designed for architectural

scarves and clothes. Her latest

settings. Ikat-dyeing brings dynamic

work, a range of textile jewellery,

movement and extra definition to

combines these traditional materials

these abstract forms. Her most recent

with a silk/steel yarn that gives the

work breaks new ground as curving

fabric a temporary ‘memory’ for

strips emerge from the contrasting

additional pleats and folds.

properties of linen and silk.

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workshops

Soft Engineering: Textiles Taking Shape Alison Ellen, Ann Richards and Deirdre Wood

Knitting in 3D Alison Ellen

half day seminar

one day workshop

Weaving Taking Shape Deirdre Wood & Ann Richards

Sunday 15 May 10am – 4pm

one day workshop

Any shape, flat or 3D, can be

Sunday 15 May 10am – 4pm

Saturday 14 May 2pm – 4.30pm

knitted. It is an ideal creative,

In weaving, various textures and

Gallery 2, Museum in the Park,

flexible technique for building

shapes can be created through the

Stratford Road, Stroud GL5 4A

shapes, using straightforward

interplay between the structure of

The individual artists will talk about

techniques such as increasing,

interlacing warp and weft, and the

their work, followed by general

decreasing, short row shaping, and

properties of the yarns. In this

questions and discussion.

picking up stitches to knit in

workshop we will be using simple

Alison Ellen: Knitting and

different directions.This workshop

equipment to explore these

Stitch-led Design

can be attended with basic knitting

possibilities. You will learn how to

Ann Richards: Weaving Textiles

skills, and after working on simple

make a warp and set up a backstrap

that Shape Themselves

exercises, ideas can be developed

loom, which can be used to weave

Deirdre Wood: Straight and Curved

for hats, bags, garments or

narrow strips of cloth suitable for a

Tickets: £10; concessions £8.50

sculptural shapes. Please bring a

variety of items, including bracelets,

Available from the Museum in the

variety of yarns and knitting

table mats and wall-hangings.

Park 01453 763394

needles, including double-ended

Materials and equipment will be

needles, and a crochet hook.

provided for the workshop and

Fee: £50; concessions £40

there will be an option to buy the weaving kit at the end of the day, Fee: £50; concessions £40

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Weaving kit: £5

Venue + Tickets Gallery 2: Museum in the Park, Stratford Road, Stroud GL5 4A Workshop tickets available from the Museum in the Park 01453 763394

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mosaic & automata Saturday 30 April – Sunday 22 May ecotricity showroom window 7 Russell Street, Stroud GL5 3AX

Fuel For Thought In an immoral economy Material self interest and The delusion of endless growth

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Up end the natural equilibrium.

Where as “Solving for Pattern” Fixes the whole

The Collectors’ Room: Spring Artist in Residence Annie Hutchinson

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Tuesdays and Thursdays in May 10am – 2pm Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud GL5 4AF Annie has been invited to spend time at the Museum in the Park as Artist in Residence. The aim of the residency is to study and make a body of work inspired by the Museum Collections, demonstrating that a conversation between artefact and art offers something interesting, exciting and magical to the visiting public.

Museums at Night Friday 13 May 8pm – 10pm She will also be in residence on the evening of Friday 13 May as part of a special Museums at Night opening. www.thelittlewrenhousefactory.co.uk

residency

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Solving for Pattern Cleo Mussi & Fi Hensall

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The Sewing Machine Project is a well-researched

innovative techniques and to push the boundaries of

exhibition that explores all aspects of the sewing

traditional expectations in textile art and stitch. This

machine. Projects range from sewing machine

continuing evolution is achieved through a structured

mechanics, decoration and operation to personal and

programme of workshops and critique sessions that

social histories. Each member of Studio 21 has

members participate in at a monthly meeting in

produced a comprehensive body of work that reflects

Chobham, Surrey. Many members undertake further

their personal interest in this transformational machine.

personal research, studies and courses; others work as

Studio 21 is an established group of textile artists

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that aims to challenge and support its members and to

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professional level.

provide regular opportunities for exhibiting at a The group was formed in 1997 to develop and extend

teachers, lecturers and are authors of books and magazine articles.

Studio 21 aims to produce a new body of work for exhibition bi-annually and The Sewing Machine Project is their latest venture.

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amarjeet nandhra

Susan Chapman Annette Collinge Judy Drysdale Jill Flower Anne Froggatt Linda Gleave Marion Glover Samantha Harvey Liz Heywood Denise Jones Debbie Lyddon Sandra Meech Mary Morris Amarjeet Nandhra Consuelo Simpson Dawn Thorne Anthea Vaal

exhibition mary morris

Studio 21

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the sewing machine project The Sewing Machine Project Studio 21 Tuesday 3 – Monday 23 May Tuesday – Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm anne frogatt

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Sunday 11am – 4.30pm Lansdown Gallery, Lansdown, Stroud GL5 1BB There will be a gallery tour everyday at midday by one of the artists

Meet the Artists

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Saturday 7 May 12 noon – 2pm

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shiftWorks Shop Trail seam collective Shops in Stroud Town Centre window displays Haberdashery Twist 28 High Street GL5 1AJ

Nine textile designers and artists are exploring their craft

Moonflower Fashion 55 High Street GL5 1AZ

to showcase contemporary textile design with nine shift

Rococo 30 Kendrick Street GL5 1AA

dresses. Follow the shiftWorks trail map to discover the

Made in Stroud 16 Kendrick Street GL5 1AA

dresses in participating shops in Stroud town centre.

Fourteen 14 Kendrick Street GL5 1AA

Discover the shiftWorks graffiti dress on the trail in Made

The Bluestocking Wool Shop 20 George Street GL5 3DP

in Stroud shop and help to cover the blank dress by

Oxfam 45 King Street GL5 3DA

making your mark with embroidery and embellishments.

The shiftWorks project is a celebration of 50 years since the mainstream adoption of the shift dress in 1965, with

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support from Arts Council England.

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Pick up a free map of the Trail in the Tourist office; the locations are also shown on the map on page 25

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samon yechi

anna glasbrook

tabitha stewart

displays

angie parker

anna gravelle

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Anna Glasbrook Desiree Goodall Anna Gravelle Joy Merron Angie Parker Linda Row Tabitha Stewart Penny Wheeler Samon Yechi

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exhibition The Malthouse Bar & Kitchen is situated on the edge of Stroud on the A46 Painswick Road. The restaurant has been sensitively and lovingly renovated

by Dan Sturdy and Sophie Finston with manager Sarah Capewell, who ran the Exmouth Arms in Cheltenham.

Dan also owns Black Book Café in Stroud and has a strong interest in the area and the arts. The Malthouse once housed the Stroud Brewery and sits next to a busy Antique Centre and Auction house. Now this proud industrial building has enjoyed a face lift keeping many of the original features and atmosphere.

SITselect was invited to curate exhibitions to complement and enhance the exciting new space.

It is a challenging and wonderful opportunity to bring contemporary work to a wide audience. Opening at the Malthouse the inaugural exhibition has textile work by Michelle House, Carole Waller and Fiona Hutchison presented by SITselect.

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The Malthouse Bar & Kitchen Summer Opening times: Sunday – Thursday 8am – 11pm Friday – Saturday 8am – midnight Salmon Springs, Painswick Road, Stroud GL6 6NU t: 01453 764003 e: hello@stroudmalthouse.com www.stroudmalthouse.com mbkstroud – twitter The Malthouse Bar & Kitchen – Facebook Full details and menu will be available in May by visiting www.stroudmalthouse.com

Fiona Hutchison

Carole Waller

Michelle House is an established

Fiona Hutchison designs and

Carole Waller is a painter who

printed textile artist and designer.

creates tapestries. The mediums

specialises in painting with dye

She creates unique one-off,

she uses to express her ideas are

directly onto cloth for the purpose

hand-painted and printed wall

drawing, painting and Gobelin

of making completely unique

hangings, textile panels, and large,

Tapestry, using traditional materials

painted silk clothing and large scale

site-specific pieces, as well as

and techniques.

paintings on cloth which hang freely

designing limited edition digital

in space or against walls – she can

giclĂŠe prints on paper.

laminate the paintings between

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Michelle House

toughened glass to create panels as freestanding artworks, windows, screens or door panels.

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exhibition

The Ties That Bind Bhavna Parmar

Through Pamela Bowden

Monday – Saturday 9am – 5pm

Monday – Saturday 9am – late

Sunday 10am – 4pm

meme Café Bar, 16 George Street, Stroud GL5 3DT

Black Book Café, Nelson Street, Stroud GL5 2HL

Working with domestic objects Pamela looks for the

Bhavna’s work is an exploration and interrogation of

imprint, the record of exposure, left inscribed on an

lace techniques, some established over four hundred

object by a previous life and function. In Through she

years ago. Through manipulation of these techniques

presents the ubiquitous dishcloth as relic, a

and the application of modern technology, she aims to

manifestation of time embodying beauty and loss.

bring about a new awareness and appreciation of

Pamela Bowden is a Stroud based artist with a

traditional lace-making in a contemporary setting. Once

background in archaeology and anthropology. She is

thriving and lucrative, the traditional handmade textile

currently studying for a Masters in Fine Art at Bath Spa

industries and communities have now all but

University. Her work has been shown in locations that

disappeared in the wake of the industrial revolution and

include London and San Francisco.

globalisation. “Through the use of materials ranging

free admission

from metals to paper yarns, I depict the strength and

www.pamelabowden.co.uk

demise of communities that once relied on traditions and expert craftsmanship handed down through generations. I am a practising textile artist who graduated with a Masters in Textiles in 2015 as a mature student; my UG degree is in 3D Glass, graduating in

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1992. My lifelong interest in textiles began from a very early age when I was introduced to knitting and sewing by my mother and will continue with me always.” free admission

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workshop Needle Felt Dog and Cat workshop Steffi Stern & Sophie Buckley: Mother Goose one day workshop Saturday 21 May 10am – 3.30pm Nailsworth Youth Club, Northfield Rd, Stroud GL6 0LZ Come along and make a mini sculpture of your favourite dog or cat in this day workshop. Needle Felting is fun to learn, and you will have both of the authors of Making Needle Felted Animals on hand to help guide you through the process. Relax and spend the day creating

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your animal character with soft wool and a special barbed needle. Please bring along photographs if you

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have a particular animal in mind. Lunch, tools and materials are provided. Signed books and kits will be available to purchase.

Fee: £45 including materials and soup lunch Call Mother Goose Craft Shop (01453) 298725 to book For more details email: info@themakerss.co.uk

Bailey Curtis Textiles The Canteen, Day’s Mill, Nailsworth GL6 0DU t: 01453 836172 Wednesday 14 – Tuesday 24 May Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm Sunday 11am – 4pm Meet the artist Sunday 22 May 11am – 4pm Bailey’s vibrant mix of colours with interesting textures of wool or silk and wool mix. All work is handmade from local raw sheep’s wool, washed, dyed and felted then cut up and re-arranged, using overlocked edges as a feature. The work is landscape based from North Uist in the Outer Hebrides via Pembrokeshire to Cape Cornwall in the south. free admission

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Contemporary Willow Basketry Mary Butcher 2 day workshop Saturday 30 April 11am – 5pm Sunday 1 May 11am – 4pm Museum in the Park Stratford Park Stroud GL5 4AF Experiment with unconventional willow baskets and structures, within a traditional framework. This course guides you through new ways with new textures and forms using a variety of techniques from Europe and beyond.

Originally a willow specialist, learning local, traditional work from apprenticed makers. Mary is known for her exploratory techniques exploring creative possibilities, and generated other ways of making. Her techniques and materials now vary from the traditional to the contemporary

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using natural stems, leaves, bark, wire, plastics, vellum, paper, lots of colour. For all levels of ability Fee: £100; concessions SITselect Members £85; includes teas and coffees; plus £10 for materials

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Block Printing with Natural Dyes Linda Row one day workshop Saturday 21 May 10am – 5pm Atelier, 1st Floor, 19a Lower Street, Stroud GL5 2HT Sustainable clothing designer Linda Row will take you through the process of dyeing silk with a range of natural dyes; using environmentally friendly mordants and applying a design using iron as a colour modifier.

There will be a short introduction to Linda’s work in the ethical fashion sector, followed by a demonstration of preparing a dye bath, and an opportunity to dye a pieces of silk cloth, using madder, weld, cutch and logwood. A range of materials will be available to create a block for printing and you will be able to work out a design for your fabric. Linda will then demonstrate how to print with iron and gum arabic, followed by an opportunity to experiment with your blocks. Finally you will be able to print your design onto a silk square.This technique can be applied to fabric for clothing, accessories and interior textiles.

Linda Row is founder of Clothworks in 1997 and Boutique-Ethique in 2006. Ethical consumerism has always been the driving force behind her work. During the course of her MA at Bath Spa University, in 2012, Linda started to develop ways of incorporating conductive materials into her clothing, to protect the wearer from electric smog.

Continuing with her research at Manchester Metropolitan University she is looking at the way technologies such as mobile phones are being used and becoming relied on by different sectors of the population and incorporating neutralizing elements into her clothing designs. She is also currently teaching at Manchester School of Art. Fee: £60 includes materials and teas/coffees; bring your lunch to share www.boutique-ethique.co.uk

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Sculptural Knitting Workshop Desiree Goodall one day workshop Sunday 22 May 10.30am – 5pm Atelier, 1st Floor, 19a Lower Street, Stroud GL5 2HT Textile designer Desiree Goodall will share the sculptural knitting techniques used in her capes and wraps. Using natural fibres you’ll create samples showcasing the two techniques, including exaggerated short row shaping.

Each participant will spend the afternoon working on an individual, hand knitted sculptural piece. Basic hand knitting skills required. Workshop limited to 10 participants.

Desiree has an MA in Design (Textiles) from Bath Spa University. She currently works part time at the Fashion Museum in Bath in business development and events.

As part of this manages the Bath branch of the Knitting & Crochet Guild, which has a monthly programme of interactive sessions on all things knit and crochet related. She also writes articles for the Guild magazine, Slipknot, And is a founding member of seam textile collective. Please contact Desiree on 07961 065309 with any queries.

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Fee: £60 includes materials and teas/coffees; please bring lunch to share

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Experimental Nunofelting: Felt the fabric of your past Noemi Gregoire-Kaye

Denim & Jeans: the design history William Kroll

Atelier Radio Cinema

one day workshop

illustrated talk

A sound event that will try to give

Saturday 30 April 10am – 4pm

Sunday 1 May 2pm

another way to experience spoken-

The focus of this workshop is to

William Kroll, founder of Tender

word radio by lifting it out of its

create a piece of fabric using

jeans and lecturer in denim at

traditional settings and celebrating

different materials to create your

Central St Martins & University of

it in new and exciting ways. To

own unique cloth. You will work

Westminster, will introduce some

celebrate stories told by words and

with different fibres, fabrics and

of the history of jeans design and

sounds. May’s Radio Cinema event

thread. The creative process will be

talk about the ideas behind the

will try to resonance the spirit of

concentrated around those qualities

world's favourite trousers. We'll

SITselect Festival. Tickets will be

of different fibres, fabrics and

discuss production techniques,

available on the door or in advance

thread. Materials are all provided

early branding and marketing in the

from www.AtelierStroud.co.uk.

but we encourage you to bring

American West, contemporary

Tickets: £3

something that you can incorporate

Japanese reproduction culture, and

into the nunofelted fabric. It could

innovative recent examples of jeans

be threads, strips of fabric, wool or

design. William’s talks are always

other textile pieces that may be

fascinating, engaging and

special to you. This will make the

informative. If you love denim and

fabric a personal statement of your

indigo this is a must

past. Noemi has her own label,

Tickets: £6 concessions £5

Nimpy Clothing, a small and unique clothing range both designed and made by herself.

Fee: £60 includes tea/coffee; bring your own lunch to share

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multi media event Tuesday 24 May 7pm

Venue + Tickets Atelier, 1st Floor, 19a Lower Street, Stroud GL5 2HT Visit www.

AtelierStroud.co.uk for tickets and more information for all listings on this page.

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event World Textiles Weekend Saturday 30 April 10am – 5pm Sunday 4 May 10am – 4pm Bisley Village Hall, Manor Street, Nr Stroud GL6 7BJ Information from Bailey Curtis on 01453 823375 e: bailey@baileycurtis.com Delicious food available by Woodruffs of Stroud Admission: £1; children under 15 free

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Linda Clift & Lizzie Drake

Polly Lyster: Dyeworks

Outside

Textiles, costumes and trimmings

Lovely linen, hemp or silk garments

Fabazaar

from England and France

and cloths dyed in natural shades

Contemporary

e: textile@lindaclift.co.uk

Parry-Williams Indian textiles with indigo shibori a Tim speciality

www.antiquequiltsandtextiles.co.uk

Stroud GL5 1UB andRoad, clothing www.dyeworks.co.ukThe Ferns, Springfield

Martin Conlan: Slow Loris

t: 01453 751335 Michele Moody: Karagha

Tribal textiles from Southwest China

e: 01453 Handloom woollen shawls and751335

e: slowloris@dsl.pipex.com

throws produced by www.guildcrafts.org.uk weaving

www.worldtextileday.co.uk

co-operatives in India

Jennifer Evans: Jenpatola

From M4: exit J15 totexture Cirencester work explores the and www.karagha.co.uk Tim is a weaver whose

Decorative textiles and jewellery

Caroline Purdy

sourced in India

Stroud for 8 units. miles This to Brimscombe, samplingand and weaving of one-off is often Handmade knitted garments

www.jenpatola.com

thenreflects turn right to Bisley. cycles of speculative and directly contemporary lovely stitched linen wearables

Lucy Farmer: Zeitgetist

From exit Stroud on research or inspiration.

On M5: show willJ13 be to hand towels, e: pandorasmushroom@gmail.com

Vintage & contemporary Indian textiles

A419the towards Cirencester, scarves BORrOwed artworkthen series.

Dorothy Reglar: Colours of and Asiapieces from

plus Fair Trade Ghanaian baskets

Member of Designer maker of ethnic

e: info@worldbasket.co.uk

inspired garments

www.worldbasket.co.uk

dorothyreglar@aol.com

John Gillow

www.fabazaar.co.uk

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Directions to Bisley

on Studio A419, then follow road to character of materials. practice involves

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turn left for Bisley after Waitrose

roundabout, turn 1st right into the Gloucestershire Guild.

Field Road, up past the Hospital

The studio is a shortthen walk from Stroud turn right into town Bisleycentre: Road.

African, Indian and South East Asian

At the junction of Slad Road and Lansdown turn into Directions to the village hall

textiles plus his own textile books

Springfield Road atwill the Fountain pub. The is up be on the road whenFerns you get

e: jgillow@hotmail.com

behind the Post Office on the left hand side. to Bisley.

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world textiles weekend

Stroud College Textile Students Art & Design 2nd Year: Fashion & Textiles Second Floor, Victoria Works Studios, London Road, Chalford GL6 8HN Saturday 7 – Sunday 8 May 11am – 6pm Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 May 11am – 6pm Open weekends of the Select Trail or by appointment Invited for the second year, to participate in the textile

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hattie kingston

beth day

katy eagles

trail, Art and Design and second year, Fashion and Textiles students are excited about the chance to show their work. Level 3 Extended Diploma in Fashion and Textiles is an exciting, diverse, challenging course. lydia southgate

beth day

Reflecting their personal response to their study trip to Rome, this exhibition shows the development of their ideas from initial concepts through to final swatches of fabric or garments. Level 3 Extended Diploma in Fashion and Textiles is designed to expand student’s creative skill base and introduces a wide range of these skills and specialities including printmaking, pattern cutting, experimental shape-making, sewing skills,

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fabric manipulation, surface design and textiles. Fashion is an exciting, diverse, challenging and international industry. Our School of Art philosophy is to nurture innovation and originality, alongside the development of an industry relevant tool-kit of essential skills. free admission

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documentary film screening

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katerina gibb

Lost in Living Mary Trunk

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& discussion Sunday 29 May 2.30pm

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Atelier, 1st Floor, 19a Lower Street, Stroud GL5 2HT Documentary film of the art/work/

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life balance of women in and with our community. Join the discussion on how creativity weds to domestic life, feminism, creative lives.

Tickets: £3 includes teas; tickets available on the door www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving/

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Select Trail Bus Tours Mini coach tours to the Trail Studios Saturday 7 May & Saturday 14 May Sit back relax and let the driver take the strain as you enjoy visiting the Select Trail studios and exhibitions.

Tickets are £12.50 per person for each trip Contact SITselect to book tickets: www.sitselect.org

Booking

Events information

Tickets can be booked in several ways. Please check

During the festival the stewards will be able to help

the details beside the event for booking details.

you so do go to the main desks if you have any queries.

SITselect workshops:

If you wish to find out more email or contact the

• You can send a cheque made out to Stroud

Festival Office: t: 01453 751056 e: info@sitselect.org

International Textiles for the full amount and send to the

www.sitselect.org

SITselect office address. Remember to include details of the event you are booking, and your name, address,

Stroud Tourist Information Centre

phone and email plus the postage. A form to fill in is

Subscription Rooms, George Street, Stroud GL5 1AE

included in this brochure.

t: 01453 760960 e: tic@stroud.govouk

• You can contact the SITselect office on 01453 751056

Monday – Saturday 10am – 5pm

for information.

The Tourist Information Centre can give you details on

• You can book online go to www.sitselect.org

local accommodation and they will help with directions

Note: the SITselect office cannot accept credit card

to the venues. You can also pick up the brochure there.

payments over the phone.

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information

Atelier events: • Go to www.atelierstroud.co.uk

Getting to Stroud see map on page 55

Soft Engineering workshops and seminar:

The train and bus station are in the town centre. Parking

• Buy direct from the Museum in the Park 01453 763394

is plentiful and the parking for the Museum is free and

www.museuminthe park.org.uk

located next to the Stratford Park Leisure Centre. For more information contact the Tourist Information Centre.

Ticket Prices The festival makes every attempt to make the entrance to all paid events as affordable to as many people as possible.

Concessions: Students and Friends of SITselect get reduced prices, see brochure for details. For information

SITselect

on joining SITselect please go to our website.

postal address: 49 Bisley Road Stroud GL5 1HF

Please be prepared to show your membership card

t: +44 (0) 1453 751056 / 07767 763607

when booking or on admission to events.

Please note the office is not open to the public

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Venue Information

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Museum in the Park, Stratford Park, Stroud GL5 4AF

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The studio is a 10 minute walk from Stroud centre. From

Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm

the top of the High Street cross over the zebra crossing

Saturday & Sunday 11am – 5pm

and walk up Nelson Street. At the top take the right fork

closed Mondays but note the Museum is open on

into Castle Street and through to Lower Street. There is

Bank Holiday Mondays 11am – 5pm

limited parking available by entering the street from the

The Museum is half a mile from Stroud town centre.

Hospital end and a pay and display car park in

Parking: Free parking in the main Stratford Park car

Parliament Street (with steps to Nelson Street).

park beside the Leisure Centre. There is then a short walk to the Museum. Disability parking is available by

Victoria Works Studios, London Road,

phoning the Museum and they will arrange for you to

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drive round to the Museum entrance.

Please note that the studios are only open at weekends

Buses: The number 37 Stagecoach bus leaves the town

when the Select Trail is on. If you wish to visit in the

centre from outside Lloyds Bank every 20 minutes.

week please contact the individual artists in the Trail

Ask for the Tesco’s stop and cross over the road and

brochure. There is parking for visitors to Victoria Works

walk a short distance through the park to the Museum.

Studios behind Halliday’s Mill – opposite the Lavender

Please note there are no buses on Sundays.

Bakehouse café. There is also a lay-by just before Victoria Works when approaching from Stroud.

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Liability The organizers of the festival cannot accept liability for any damage, injury or loss sustained by any member of the public visiting any of the events or exhibitions

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Accommodation For a full list of accommodation contact the Tourist information centre. You can also source registered B & Bs and hotels on www.visitthecotswolds.org.uk

There are many excellent cafes in the town centre and restaurants where you can enjoy a meal. Also on the outskirts of the town you will find places to dine and enjoy the countryside. The Museum in the Park serves teas coffees and drinks but no food.

Access Disability and pushchair access All venues have wheelchair access except World Textiles in Bisley. Some of the studios may not have disability access such as Frogmarsh Mill and parts of Victoria Works Studios. Please check before visiting as special arrangements may be possible.

Disability parking There are many pay and display car parks around the town, all offering disability parking. Fawkes Place close to the Subscription Rooms is disabled parking.

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Spring Show Exhibitors Kristian Pettifor David Ian Smith

Jewellery Tim Blades Sally Davis Fionna Hesketh Harriet St Leger Alan Vallis

Ceramics Janine Roper Bridget Williams

Leather MacGregor & Michael

Bookbinding Ursula Jeakins

Glass William Robson

Textiles Sarah Beadsmoore Alison Dupernex Cate Fox Liz Lippiatt

Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am-5pm C l ose d M ond ay s t: 012 4 2 2 4 5215

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Annie Hewett

Anna Newton

Spring Show 2016 Wednesday 1 – Sunday 5 June 10am – 6pm Free admission Tetbury Market House Market Place, Tetbury, Gloucestershire

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Contemporary design and craftsmanship by members of the Gloucestershire Guild with daily demonstrations

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Calligraphy

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It promotes and supports the exceptional, the award-winning and the best in contemporary craft

Graham Ikin

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www.guildcr a ft s.o r g .uk The Guild at 51 is the permanent showcase for the sale of original, designer work, by members of the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen

Furniture

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Experience the Extraordinary Sunday 17th July 2016 Catwalk Competitions Celebrity Judges Amazing Prizes Unique Stallholders Live Performances Discover more at www.canvasforcreativity.com

See you there....

ACP Gallery, Painwick Centre, Bisley Street, Painswick, GL66QQ 01452814522

SpearSolutionsSouthWest We design and build affordable, bespoke and mobile friendly websites for businesses in and around Stroud, Gloucestershire. We create beautiful, effective and user-friendly websites.

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PHOENIX HOUSE, LONDON ROAD, THRUPP, STROUD, GL5 2BD Please Call – 01453 883826 Email – lyn@lynsmail.co.uk www.lynniblett.co.uk

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Saturday, April 30th 10.00am - 5.00pm Sunday, May 1st 10.00am - 4.00pm Bisley Village Hall Manor Street Nr Stroud Glos.

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Linda Clift & Lizzi Drake – Textiles, costumes and trimmings from England and France Martin Conlan of Slow Loris – Tribal Textiles from Southwest China.

Jennifer Evans – Decorative Textiles and Jewellery sourced in India Lucy Farmer: World Basket – Vintage and contemporary Indian textiles plus Fair Trade Ghanaian baskets.

John Gillow – African, Indian and South East Asian Textiles plus his own textile books Polly Lyster: Dyeworks – lovely linen, hemp or silk garments and cloths dyed in natural shades with indigo shibori a speciality Michele Moody: Karagha – Handloom woollen shawls and throws produced by weaving co-operatives in India Caroline Purdy – Handmade knitted garments and lovely stitched linen wearables.

Dorothy Reglar: Colours of Asia – Designer maker of ethnic inspired garments Outside - Fabazaar – Contemporary Indian textiles and clothing

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Exciting opportunities for experienced and budding textiles artists

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Masterclasses with Dawn Dupree, Carole Waller and Christine Felce.

Silk Painting, Textured Embroidery, Dressmaking, Hand-stitching, Felting, Heatpress, Hand and Screen printing workshops and more all booking now.

Or try Stained glass, Ceramics, Stone carving, Calligraphy... so much to choose from.

Visit our Galleries, Craft Shop and On-site Makers.

Enjoy delicious home-made food in our CafĂŠ.

Stay over in our brand new Barrel ll Store accommodation ll and enjoy all that we and the Cotswolds have to offer.

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For all information and to book: www.newbreweryarts.org.uk or Tel: 01285 657181 (or pop in and see us) New Brewery Arts, Brewery Court, Cirencester, GL7 1JH

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SITselect: supporting innovation & creativity

BAILEY CURTIS TEXTILE EXHIBiTION

SITselect embraces all the applied arts with textiles very much at the heart of our work. We are passionate about profiling the hand made, and the joy of making.

We love innovative and original thinkers and we want to bring the skills of the handmade to as many people as possible. SITselect works to create opportunities for artists to develop their work. We are a unique cultural

Bailey’s vibrant handmade felt hangings will be on show at: The Canteen Day’s Mill Nailsworth Gloucestershire GL6 0DU 01453 836172

From 4th May until 24th May 2016 Cafe Open Monday- Saturday 10.00am – 5.00pm Sunday 11.00am - 4.00pm Meet the artist Sunday May 22nd 11.00 am – 4.00pm

For more information call Bailey on 01453 823375 or email bailey@baileycurtis.com

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focus for craft in the area and region.

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Our Thanks • A big thank you to Renishaw plc for sponsorship again this year. We appreciate their continued support and that Renishaw recognises SITselect’s contribution to the economy, the community and creative enterprise.

• Thank you to Arts Council England.

• Thank you to the Stroud town shops for letting the festival use their windows for the shiftWorks Trail. For this generosity we are very grateful.

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Acknowledgments Funding & Sponsorship: Arts Council England Renishaw plc Venue Support: Museum in the Park Lansdown Hall & Gallery Atelier The Malthouse Bar & Kitchen meme ecotricity Black Books Café Victoria Works Studios Haberdashery Twist Moonflower Fashion Rococo Made in Stroud Fourteen The Bluestocking Wool Shop Oxfam

Patrons Mary La Trobe Bateman OBE Jilly Edwards Professor Simon Olding Margaret Benton Lulu Guinness OBE Felicity Aylief Editor Lizzi Walton Design Chris J Bailey Published by SITselect

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