Geometrics Day, July 14th 2012 !

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Jonathan Saunders animated, 2011.

The Slow Textiles Group are very excited to announce that their members and associates, the best designers working internationally today, are beginning their designs for The Geometrics, the first textile design band the world has seen!

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Digital Patchwork, Emma Neuberg, 2012.

Why not sign up for our Pop Art Geometrics Workshop this Saturday to develop your geometric design skills and participate in The Geometrics publications! The workshop starts at 2pm in London (and you can log in as a webinar participant also). It’s fun and easy and you get to learn and hear about some of the most exciting textile projects happening in the world today. Details here.
Chaos and Order, Geraldine Peclard, 2012.

We’re delighted to announce that Swiss designer, Geraldine Peclard will be presenting her work as part of the workshop too! She’ll be talking about her innovative and poetic combination of expressive painting within the containment of precise geometric arrangements that she prints on cotton. The textiles work arises from an extended period of empirical study and observation of mental illness within a bounded community setting.

We’re very proud to present Geraldine Peclard as our first Designer Show ‘n’ Tell in the new Textile Talks. The next one is Royal College of Art graduate, Ying Wu on August 11th. Initial details here!

Joanna Fowles and The Geometrics!

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 Joanna Fowles
We’re delighted to announce the start of our Geometrics Season! 
Celebrating, promoting and pioneering geometric design in everything textiles, The Slow Textiles Group are holding their next Geometrics Workshop on July 14th 2012 (available in situ and via webinar) at 2pm, to be followed by exhibition in October 2012, a new workshop in November and two large exhibitions in 2013! 
This marks the first formal appraisal of geometry in fashion and textiles ever! Showcasing the best in contemporary textiles talent in the UK and internationally today, the Geometrics Season pioneers the future blueprint  for textile design! 
As a sneak preview, we’re proud to showcase one of The Geometrics, Joanna Fowles‘, gorgeous geometric interpretations in her hand dyed, digital and screen-printed signature look.

To learn more, please book your ticket for the workshop Pop Art Geometrics here!

The Very Timorous Beasties!

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Ying Wu, Running Rabbit, 2012
We were really moved by Ying Wu’s graduation silk prints at the Royal College of Art this week. She graduates this summer from the prestigious postgraduate Printed Textiles department (UK) following in the footsteps of Zandra Rhodes and Alice Temperley. 
One of her personal statements on her website reads,
“My project is a commentary on life in areas that are industrialising and urbanising at a fast pace. Despite the apparent economical development, air and water pollution and the loss of cultural heritage remain an issue..
Ying Wu, Bird, 2011
“..In this project, I illustrate through my images what I believe is happening and what might happen. Hopefully, this collection will raise public awareness of those issues..allowing people to think about whether we are stepping into the idyllic future we anticipate.”
Ying Wu, City, 2011
Ying Wu, Cow, 2012
Why not join us live or online on August 11th 2012 for the Slow Textiles lecture that deals with industrialisation and its impact on human, animal and ecological balance on August 11th 2012!
Details here!

To see lots more of Ying Wu’s images, including the superlative Under the Ground, go to ying wu.