This is a guest blog by Intoart about their current research and artistic development programme ‘Place and Repeat’.
Six artists from Intoart are engaging with the V&A collections over seven months, Sept 2015– March 2016 to make new visual artwork that will be realised as unique fabric designs. The resulting printed fabrics will include silk, cotton drill and upholstery fabrics. A key element of the project is the professional and artistic development of learning disabled artists, learning from archivists at Blythe House and curators from Fashion and Textiles and Prints and Drawings Collections.
Session 1.
Introduction to The Clothworkers’ Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and Fashion at Blythe House.
Session 2.
Research has included visits to the Fabric of India exhibition, time spent in the Prints and Drawings Study Room and engagement with the permanent collection. Each Intoart artist is developing designs based on their own thematic and aesthetic interests.
Two events will be held at the V&A led by Intoart artists sharing the process, ideas and final fabrics, the first event taking place in March 2016 and the display of the final fabrics in May 2016.
For more information on the six Intoart artists please see the links to their studio practice:
Ntiense Eno Amooquaye http://intoart.org.uk/live-archive/ntiense-eno-amooquaye/
Clifton Wright http://intoart.org.uk/live-archive/clifton-wright/
Kevin Jacobs http://intoart.org.uk/live-archive/kevin-jacobs/
Andre Williams http://intoart.org.uk/live-archive/andre-williams/
Christian Ovonlen http://intoart.org.uk/live-archive/christian-ovonlen/
Lisa Trim http://intoart.org.uk/live-archive/lisa-trim/
www.intoart.org.uk
