In celebration of the first STG exhibition THE GEOMETRICS, Slow Textiles Group members will soon be able to access unique Research & Inspiration pages filled with theoretical references and links to enrich the learning, creating and teaching experience.
This will be a fabulous new resource to make personal and professional creative life easy and adjoin the two where relevant.
All the featured references tie in with new knowledge connectivity, research links and routes to greater insight, understanding and expertise. Check out what other benefits come to members here!
We’re delighted to announce that Alexandra Gerstein, curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Courtauld Gallery, London, is presenting an exclusive paper to the Slow Textiles Group on 27th April 2013. As curator of Beyond Bloomsbury: Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913 – 19, one of her specialisms is the Omega Workshops, twentieth century textiles and the artist’s relationship with design and commerce. Her paper, THE FREE GEOMETRY OF OMEGA WORKSHOPS TEXTILES 1913-1919, starts at 3.30pm.
The Slow Design School has had an amazing first year! The breadth and depth of work undertaken is exemplary with funding applications, publication and PhD candidacy now underway. Watch this space for details of our exciting graduate projects from Zoe Burt’s Grow Your Own Fashion to Sarah Marais’s Making & Flourishing: Crafts Practice as a Means of Building Community Assets, Health & Well-being. If you’re ready to extend your creative roots into UK and EU soil then this is the place. Equally, if you’re a teacher looking for inspiration and new knowledge then you’ve come to the right place. We take your practice to another level of value, complexity and sophistication. Details of Slow Design School enrolment for Spring 2014 here.
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