Object of the Week

Needlepoint using tent stitch, part of the Needlework Development Scheme collection. The Needlework Development Scheme (NDS) was a collaborative project between art and design education and industry and was set up in Scotland in 1934. The aim of the NDS was to encourage the use of embroidery and to raise the standards of (commercial) design

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Laser cut 3D feel paper samples Artist’s statement:A fascination with the primary colouration, shapes and structures of Lego blocks has been the inspiration for my collection of multimedia fabrications, exploring knit, laser cut vinyl and paper constructed textiles. Lego’s system of colourful interlocking plastic blocks has inspired my knitted garment collection of interchangeable and modular

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An abstract composition created with found wood and off-cuts.

World Radio Day

Celebrating World Radio Day with a selection of the radios that are preserved within out collection. British made LW MW VHF and SW transistor radio featuring an external aerial socket for connection to a special in-car mounting bracket. Push button to select in-car mode. Multiply wooden case. LW MW VHF transistor radio featuring a bandspread

Object of the Week

The Supreme camera manufactured by Chas. H. Budd.91-93 Clerkenwell Road, London was used in the Textiles department at Gray’s School of Art c. 1964. Former Fashion and Textiles tutor Malcolm McCoig recollects:When I first arrived in Aberdeen in September 1964 the camera was already there and when we moved out to the Garthdee Campus we