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Stoffe zum Traumen (Materials for Dreaming)

Three pieces : 'Metalloid'; 'Fali-form'; 'Ripples & Reflections'

‘Stoffe zum Träumen’ (Materials for Dreaming), Handwerksform, Hannover, Germany was a juried exhibition of 23 textile artists from countries across Europe. These included participants from Germany, Italy, Iceland, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Austria and Switzerland.

The textile artists contributed materials and textile artefacts for the International Exhibition of ‘Handwerksform – Materials for Dreaming’. An exhibition was made up from a collection of unique/innovative material pieces that demonstrated that the production of innovative tactile fabrics does not necessarily have to reside in the domain of industrial production but can evolve within a Craft/Designer maker studio environment.

Fabrics ranged from: exquisite woven damasks to screen printing fabrics; from silk-felt to marbled tissues, the range of works that were on display in the exhibition included Intricate paper lace fabric, marbled felt and high-tech shibori as well as innovative material creations from screen printed rubber, cloth made of linen and silver-plated wire, fabrics with fluorescent yarns or fabrics created from PVC tubing and steel. These reflected the current philosophies of: ‘Slow Textiles’, ‘Hi-tech Verses Low-tech’, ‘Techno-textiles’ and Eco-textiles.

Three textile pieces were accepted and exhibited: ‘Metalloid’, ‘Fali-form’ & ‘Ripples & Reflections’:

• ‘Metalloid’ employed aluminium splatter coted polyester material with heat setting techniques to create permanent 3D form.

• ‘Fali-form’ employed ‘melt-off techniques and heat setting to a polyamide/Lurex fabric creating transparency and opacity with permanent 3D form.

• ‘Ripples & Reflections’ employed heat setting and shibori ‘pole-wrapping’ techniques to a Latex/Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) fabric creating areas of texture and clarity and variable depths of colour from one process.

All the textile pieces were the output of the bringing together of hi-tech materials, finishing/dyeing technology with a low-tech (hand) processes and simple chemicals and heat to create new form and texture.