STG Members Ready for Christopher Kane AW2013!

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 Thank you to our fab Roger Vivier couture tutor, Eline le Callennec,  for teaching Saturday’s workshop in how to create Christopher Kane’s catwalk look for Autumn/Fall/Winter 2013 with couture couching and more.
As always, we’re ahead of the game with our Skills Development Training and uber-talented members and tutors! Next date for Skills Development Training is August 3rd 2013 for Mountmellick Embroidery White on White with Zoe Powell.
Book early to avoid disappointment!
 
 
 

SURFACE Show at Chelsea FutureSpace

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Rose, silk, detail, Emma Neuberg, 2012.
We’re delighted to announce that silk triptychs created by STG founder, Emma Neuberg, whilst Artist in Residence (AA2A) at Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, are selected for an exciting new exhibition exploring surface, texture, semiotics and meaning taking place February 13th to April 14th 2013 at Chelsea FutureSpace.
The show represents an introduction to the study of surface as texture and skin to interpret and express the liminal space between internal and external worlds.  Other artists in the show include Sanghyun Kim and Kangwook Lee.
Awake, Sanghyun Kim, 2012.

 

Kangwook Lee, 2012.

Pua Kumba Weaving in Marik Empang!

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TSTG members recently enjoyed an evening with Nancy Ngali from Malaysian Borneo, wearing her own pua kumba woven jacket and beaded marik empang at the fantastic current exhibition called 
Endangered Textiles taking place at the Brunei Gallery in London.
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Here’s the process of the warp preparation – hundreds of white silk threads being tied with lengths of plastic rather like tie-dye – in order to prepare the weave to make a jacket or skirt.
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After all those white threads are dip-dyed in indigo they are set up on a back-strap loom ready for weaving. 
The whole process takes between 3 to 5 months!

For more information on the process, there’s a great introductory article in the wonderful Hand Eye magazine.

MEET US AT LONDON PRINTWORKS TRUST

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Pat Albeck, Counter Feat, London Printworks Trust, 2011.
We’re delighted to announce that TSTG joins the iconic London Printworks Trust for the
Slow Design School Stitch & Book Club this weekend!
Our Slow Design School students follow in the footsteps of Great British designers such as Pat Albeck, Holly Fulton, Jonathan Saunders, Eley Kishimoto and Zandra Rhodes who have all worked with London Printworks Trust to develop their stunning textile collections!
Each of those designer’s work is so diverse, and many others’ who have worked with LPT,  yet all display a mix of lyricism, wit and energy that is quintessentially British. That’s what makes them so timeless, iconic and desirable!
The London Printworks Trust is synonymous with nurturing and promoting these qualities so it is with great excitement and honour that TSTG has their first Practice+Theory event there this Saturday!
There’s no advert for this event as it’s exclusive to the Slow Design School Programme however, we’ll be putting some pics on Twitter for you to enjoy!
Holly Fulton, Counter Feat, London Printworks Trust, 2011.
Jonathan Saunders, Counter Feat,  2011.
             Eley Kishimoto, Counter Feat, London Printworks Trust, 2011.
Zandra Rhodes, Counter Feat, London Printworks Trust, 2011.

 

Slow Design School Open Day This Saturday!

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YOU are invited to the Slow Design School Open Day this Saturday at 3pm in
West Hampstead, London, United Kingdom!

If you’re not in the United Kingdom, just ask for a login link and we’ll send you a recording
of the event!

Meet like-minded people, learn new things, develop your practice, get access to the theoretical framework of sustainable design, ideate, collaborate, exhibit and get funding through the Slow Studio platform!

Send an email with Open Day as the subject to guarantee your place!

A Slow Studio Ideation Day, 2011!