Brunel
Broderers………Inside Out
Their new
exhibition at Nature In Art gives members of the Brunel Broderers the opportunity
to develop a number of themes about the natural world and to examine the
possibilities of making work about the environment shown in an interior space
and expands ideas by taking them outside. While each member works individually
there are many links between them.
Linda Babb uses
recycled papers and henna dyes to reflect her journeys in foreign climes. The
Berbers are believed to be the only people to use henna to dye wool and Linda
uses symbols from their architecture and textiles on her work.
Susi Bancroft
also uses natural dyes and is concerned with both ancient and contemporary techniques.
Her prayer flags in the garden use ancient dyeing techniques with tea, turmeric
and woad. The flags move in the breeze and send out their messages of peace and
hope. In the gallery a film of the flags brings them into the twenty first
century.
Stephanie Wooster
contrasts the textural qualities of calico with the softness of knitted
lambswool on which are stitched animal portraits. The piece creates a
sculptural installation in the gallery.
Carolyn Sibbald
observes birds in flight soaring on invisible currents of air. They change
effortlessly in the breeze and dissolve into wings and feathers. Using both
hard and soft materials the pieces capture her perception of flight.
Louise Watson’s
work, on a smaller scale and with emphasis on hand stitch is also concerned
with birds. These are water birds she has observed and drawn to use in a series
of narrative pieces.
Drawing is
the basis for the patched strips that Kay Swancutt shows outside. Details are
printed onto fabrics echoing the movement of the grasses. Indoors a patched
hanging uses pieces of much washed worn fabrics reflecting the reusing of
discarded cloth.
Alison
Harper is well known for her considered re-purposing of waste materials. In the
gallery there is a host of butterflies constructed from one dismantled paper
cup. Outside an installation called ’Pass me another Crisp Packet’ will be
added to during the exhibition using waste bags from the café.
Carla Mines’
work reflects environmental concerns about harm being done to the planet.
Outside is a trail of brightly decorative mushrooms while indoors she uses
mushrooms and mycelia, the mushroom root system. Mycelium acts as a filter to
break down man made poisonous waste products.
Corinne Renow-
Clarke is concerned with her local landscape. Outside is work that has been
made inside the studio while inside are pieces that refer to her drawing in the
environment.
Liz Hewitt
is interested in trees. Her gallery piece is stitched reflecting walking in the
woods and the contemplative quality of stitch remembering images, and thoughts.
In the garden her focus is on Celtic mythology related to the hazel tree which
she wraps in a protective jacket.
Liz Harding
also uses walks to generate work. In the gallery is a work made in the
environment with the film made at the time. Outside is a piece that is about
light, colour and movement seen through trees.
The
exhibition as a whole gives a broad expressive view of the potential of textile
art.
Liz Harding 15. 05. 15
www.brunelbroderers.blogspot.com
Websites /
blogs of members of Brunel Broderers:-
Louise Watson http://louisemaywatson.blogspot.co.uk
Alison Harper http://www.alisonharper.net/
Come & see Brunel Broderers as
Artists in Residence from 11th – 16th August
Tuesday 11th August Liz
Hewitt
Kay
Swancutt
Wednesday 12th August Liz Hewitt
Kay Swancutt
Thursday 13th August Alison Harper
Susi
Bancroft
Friday 14th August Corinne Renow-Clarke
Carolyn
Sibbald
Carla
Mines
Saturday 15th August Stephanie Wooster
Sunday 16th August Louise Watson
Linda
Babb
Creative Recycling for Children
Workshops with Alison Harper & Carla Mines on August 19th for
full details and booking contact Nature in Art
Lunchtime talk August 19th –
Making Inside:OUT by Susi Bancroft No
booking necessary
Mushroom Trail around gardens for
Children – through the exhibition.
