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Woojin Joo - Re-New |
Way back in December 2022 I went to the JGM Gallery in Battersea, London to see the Creature Comforts exhibition. This was a textile exhibition exploring the multifaceted aspects of textiles - comfort, chaos and conflict. It was great and here are my highlights...
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Woojin Joo - Glove Dokkaebi |
Woojin Joo's work is inflenced by the East Asian culture she grew up in. Her pieces were unusual and fascinating using lots or free machine embroidery. Her Glove Dokkaebi was a creature made from a lost glove. Dokkaebi are Korean mythological creatures like a kind of goblin. It is believed they are formed by the spiritual possession of an inanimate object like a lost glove. They are thought to be able to interact with humans to play tricks on them or to help them.
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Woojin Joo - Ten Symbols of Longevity (detail) |
Freddie Robbins had both machine knitted and hand knitted pieces. I liked how the handknitted word "courage" cast its shadows...
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Freddie Robbins - Be Afraid |
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Freddie Robbins - Courage |
I loved the bright colours and graphic style of Martin Maloney's embroidered piece. This was embroidered in Afghanistan using one of Martin's collages as the design...
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Martin Maloney - Red Velvet (detail) |
Molly Kent's weaving had a dramatic quality...
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Molly Kent - Stuck in Limbo |
Alice Kettle's distinctive style of hand and machine stitch was in evidence here...
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Alice Kettle - Lady With A Bowl |
The exhibition closed in January but you can get a flavour of it here.
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