Thread Count. An exhibition of contemporary textile practice in two parts, co-curated by Freddie Robins and The Art Station, Saxmundham, Suffolk.
Exhibiting artists: Rosie Edwards, Woo Jin Joo, Sophie Giller, Feifan Hu, Daisy Collingridge, Andrew Omoding, Jevan Watkins Jones, Freddie Robins, Peter Collingwood, Rebecca Riess, Mikey Cuddihy, Julie Cockburn, Abigail Lane, Srinivas Surti, Annabel Elgar, John Craske, Emily Cannell and William Wallace.
Part One
Opening event: Saturday 8 June 2024 at Sax Arts Fest, 12 – 5 pm. All welcome.
The Old Bank, 24 High Street, Saxmundham, IP17 1AJ
and
The Lobby at The Art Station, 48 High Street, Saxmundham, IP17 1AB
Open Wednesday – Saturday, 12 – 4pm (or by appointment any other time), until Saturday 31 August 2024.
Part Two
Including new site-specific large-scale textile installation by Sophie Giller.
The Old Theatre, Framlingham, IP13 9BH
Opening event: Saturday 6 July 2024, 12 – 4 pm. All welcome.
Open Wednesday – Sunday, 12 – 4 pm (or by appointment any other time) until Sunday 21 July 2024
All exhibitions are free of charge
Thread Count is supported by the East Anglia Art Fund.
Thread Count presents textiles as a medium for self-expression and communication. Here, the role of textiles is not about its decorative and functional qualities, although these qualities are not to be disregarded. Materials and processes carry meaning, and the presence of skill does not indicate the absence of concept. The artists in Thread Count work with thread, fibre and cloth for many reasons, but there is a strong undercurrent of a desire for creative and physical freedom. This freedom is expressed through the choice of materials, processes and imagery. Working in textiles can give you the freedom to work wherever you want. For the most part, the work is light; it can be folded or rolled up and easily stored or transported. The materials are readily available and can be cheap or even free if you reuse fabric items from around the home. Textiles and textile practitioners still find themselves and their practice undervalued or dismissed because of the medium’s enduring associations with gender and the domestic environment. This exhibition tramples over those preconceptions, evidencing the hard resolve of the soft discipline. Threads count.
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