On Wednesday we went to Braintree for the first time to visit Braintree Museum and the 'Talking Textiles' exhibition put on by EAST. There is a charge for entry but Iwas able to go in for half price due to my student card!
The exbition is in quite a small space but it is not overcrowded and it is full of interest. everything is beautifully and professionally presented.
I liked everything in the exhibition but if pressed I would admit that my most favourites were the pictures worked by Delia Pusey on home made paper based on myths and legends. They have an oriental/fairytale feel. The work of Libby Smith is collaged with words and layers and very much appeals to me. Both of them did work that I would have liked to have done, so much so that I bought a small piece by Delia; an impulse buy I will not regret!
Carol Dixon displayed work based on her grandfather's shed and Lorna Rand had made kimonos using graffiti photographed in Prague and transferred onto fabric. Both are themes I am interested in and I was lucky enough to be able to have a long chat with Lorna about her work.
The exhibition closes on 16 October and I would thoroughly recommend it. (Warning to my fellow stitchers, the exhibition contains tassels! very good ones too.)
I also went to the Warner Textile Archive. I was able to look again at work by EAST based on the archive which was at the Knitting and Stitching Show last year. I had a quick look at the archive but it was overcrowded with a group having a guided tour. the archive closed for the year on 30 September and re-opens in June 2011
Thank you for this review - it sounds a really interesting exhibition. I kept meaning to go but I thought it had ended so thank you for the reminder. Will your Delia Pusey purchase still be on show or will you be able to bring it in to college to show us?
ReplyDeleteIt does sound good but I simply don't think I will make it before it closes. I'd love to see the piece you bought though.
ReplyDeleteI will bring it if i can carry everything! I have some postcards as well. The piece I bought was in the shop, not in the exhibition.
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