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Drawing and textiles: an iterative process : an exhibition at the National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik

‘Drawing and Textiles: an iterative process’ (2011) an exhibition at the National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik 15 – 23 September 2011 to support of the Knowhow 2 ‘Drawing and Textiles’, International Conference 16 – 17 September, ISBN 978-9979-70-996-1. The exhibition presented the proposition that the convention of drawing in textile design is the primary driver for creative intention and also plays a different but equally important creative stimulus in the digital design process.

The exhibition and conference was the culmination of the EU funded project 'Knowhow 2' (2009 to 2011) between the Reykjavik School of Visual Arts and the Icelandic Ministry of Education Science and Culture, in collaboration with Northern European Design Schools. A series of international workshops tested the principles and processes of culturally based research and practice, as well as knowledge exchange between practitioners and industry in the UK, Scandinavia and Iceland. A diverse set of findings were assimilated into the design and structure of the curricula and were instrumental in the creation of the national curriculum for Iceland adopted by the Reykjavik School of Visual Arts within the European Qualification Framework (EQF) for Lifelong Learning. Research in support of the KH2 project formed the early stages of the School’s Drawing Research Group. Subsequent conference papers presented first-hand accounts of observations and ideas developed through workshops including the Department of Textiles, Tsinghua University in Beijing where inter-cultural perceptions were explored using the shared method of drawing. Harley A, Parker M. (2011) ‘Exploring the inter-cultural traditions of observational drawing and copying, using the archive as a common source of inspiration and information’, iJade International Conference, and the National Society of Education in Art and Design, UK; Harley A, Parker M, Schenk P. (2011) ‘Drawing on the archive: Cultural approaches to copying in textile design education’, TRIP International Symposium, UK.