Remy Rossier

Wonderful cocoon garments Created by Remy Rossier.

 

Ayako Miyawaki

 

Oh the beauty! of applique works by Ayako Miyawaki (1905-1999), are just a joy to see, they make my heart sing.  

A retrospective exhibition of Miyako (1905-1995), "120th year of birth: Miyako's art: I saw it, cut it, pasted it," is on at Tokyo Station Gallery (Marunouchi, Tokyo) until March 16th.

Owen Kelly

This is my "Memory Skirt." It started as a practice piece for this little 5 year old boy. My mum told me I was not to use a needle on the furniture or her best curtains anymore! 🙄

So I got given an old grey school skirt that one of the neighbours was throwing out. I was told to use that for practice.

A few years later I left home I got friends to sign my skirt and draw a couple of doodles that I stitched. Over the years I added a few events like music festivals, trips abroad and when I went to Shanghai for the World Special Olympics in 2007 they all got stitched reminders.

All 4 of my children's names are stitched into the fabric, an old Irish 2p coin is on there too, to mark the change to the Euro.

There are so many memories in amongst those threads.

Way back at the start my grandmother gave me some advice that has stuck with me ever since and I know it has influenced my life.

"Make memories Owen, when you reach my age, they are the most precious things you can have."

Over 50 years later I had just the waist band left to do and then it was done. Maybe I will squeeze another memory in there one day 😉. For now it hangs in my studio and I am reminded everyday of so many wonderful people, times and places.

Now, I am never in a hurry to finish a piece and know it is the time spent and process undergone that is important to me, not the finishing line.

I think my kids know most of the main stories attached to this skirt, but I do intend to write a few of them down for when I eventually become just another one of those memories too.

I find it difficult to capture it all in a photograph but I asked a friend to model it for me and I will also add a couple of close ups.

The quality of stitchin varies! Please remember this started out as a practice piece and a safe space for a young boy to make as many mistakes as it took to learn to stitch. We all have to start somewhere and I started here. Owen Kelly

Sankim

 

Some of Sankim's inflatable shopping bag fashion. 

Sandra Junele

 

Sandra Junele is the founder of 'JUNELE', a small business that creates one-of-a-kind decor pieces. Originally from Latvia, she moved to Scotland in 2014 with limited English language skills, learned, adapted and made it her home. Sandra holds a Diploma in Interior design and a Degree in Textile Design, which she combines to bring her passion for sustainable and unique artwork to life.

At JUNELE, they believe that every person and space deserves to have decor that reflects their unique appeal. They work closely with customers to create bespoke pieces that suit their individual tastes and needs. JUNELE also believe in making a positive impact on the environment by using industrial textile waste and turning it into something beautiful rather than throwing it away.

Sandra minces up textile waste and combines with a vegetable based glue very much like paper-making this creates a kind of felt board that she then uses to create her art works.

Staffonly

Our ‘Lost in Errors’ collection delves into the fragmented nature of contemporary visual communication.The interplay between reality and AI, the warping and distorting of understanding. 

By intentionally integrating texture errors , we want to challenge the flattening of complex realities into digital distortions.

These glitches disrupt traditional image hierarchies, revealing the underlying materiality and the porous boundaries between the virtual and the tangible. This piece acts as a material sphere, deconstructing societal perceptions and exposing the fragile interplay between technology and identity. Explore how our designs navigate the collapse of seamless surfaces, inviting you to question the authenticity and depth of the images that shape our world. Staffonly

Carolyn Sutton

'Witches in word, not deed'  by Carolyn Sutton is displayed at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries  until 17th Nov.

"Carolyn Sutton’s higher degrees in library science and archival administration, heritage and exhibition design, and studio art/ photography inform her work as an artist and interpretation designer. Witches in Word, Not Deed stems from her interest in matters of social justice, difficult heritage, and folklore. She has been researching the witchcraft trials for many years, but it wasn’t until the culmination of all these things that the exhibition could come together in a way that felt right to her. It is an imperative asking us to remember the lives of the victims with dignity and compassion. It cautions us against the further exploitation of this history.

 

Witches in Word, Not Deed remembers 13 women wrongly accused and persecuted for witchcraft in Scotland under the Witchcraft Act of 1563. Through personalised and historically accurate dresses imprinted with the words that condemned them, the exhibition brings attention to the power of words and the loss of identity and life in which the witchcraft trials resulted. The exhibition is a heartfelt memorial to the roughly 4000 people accused of witchcraft in Scotland, nearly 85% of them women."