OPENING THIS WEEK
A Textile Assembly opens TOMORROW and we can't wait to see you there.
We've assembled twenty of your favourite artist makers with the common purpose of exploring textile construction and the stories that are woven into them by the act of making.
It's a rare opportunity to see their work up close and in person, to really see how the makers have put them together and what their fabric is made up of.
A Textile Assembly is made up of Alice Burnhope, Caitlin Hinshelwood, Danielle Green, Deborah Manson, Ferren Gipson, House of Quinn, Jacob Monk, Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, Kimberley Cookey-Gam, Leily Mojdehi, Louisa Loakes, Merissa Hylton, Pamela Abad, Poppy Fuller Abbott, Samantha Russell, Sarabi Hawke, Tessa Silva, Tom Collison, Vicky Cowin, Woo Jin Joo brought together by Craft Show and Staffordshire St.
Come and see us this week, 13th - 19th May 12 - 6pm, Staffordshire St, Peckham.
As part of our exhibition A Textile Assembly at Staffordshire St, we have a playful workshop bringing together patchwork and stitch with us, the curators of the show, Chloe Phelps and Rachael Pilston.
The workshop will start with a walk around the exhibition with the curators, exploring the textile techniques on show and gathering inspiration from the incredible makers in the show for your own small textile sample.
From there, Rachael will lead a brief introduction to natural colour and patch working, helping you to come up with your own simple patchwork design. Selecting fabrics from Rachael’s own stash of fabrics naturally dyed with food waste or foraged materials, you’ll learn to hand-stitch each of your patchwork pieces together into your own design.
Chloe will then teach you how to finish the edges using stitch and how to embellish your patchwork with embroidery. Working with a selection of sustainably sourced yarns and threads, and some very special hand-spun yarns too. Finally, we’ll add a small loop to hang your work on the wall.
What else not to miss at London Craft Week -
Beyond Craft at B.T. Batsford Books
See Christabel Balfour 's most recent work and catch her in weaving action
A nature inspired clay workshop with Freya Bramble Carter
Rush matters at Toast
We wish we could join this Yemeni embroidery workshop
Don't miss brilliant Georgia Bosson's quilts next weekend