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Object of the Week

Artist’s statement:The content of my work deals with visualising humorous stories/narratives. I deal with ironic and playful themes throughout my work. The imagery is emblematic throughout and deals with everyday icons juxtaposed into intriguing compositions. My work to date is a combination of hand manipulation and photomechanical processes. They are neither painterly nor prints, butContinue reading “Object of the Week”

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) designContinue reading “Object of the Week”

Object of the Week

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 modularContinue reading “Object of the Week”

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 weContinue reading “Object of the Week”