Weaving
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Ismini Samanidou is showing new work at the
Jerwood Contemporary Makers Exhibition!
Timeline - a large scale 3D installation.
Timeline explores the transformative nature
of textiles within an architectural environment referencing the history of the Jerwood Space
Visit timeline
Jerwood Space, London, 10 June-19 July (map)
Dovecot Studio, Edinburgh, August and September
for information on the Jerwood Contemporary
Makers click here
The piece maps out the timeline of the Jerwood Space site, from the first evidence of the site in 17C maps, to poor housing on Princes Row prior to the building of Orange Street School, to the character of the space as it exists today. The textile references the relationships between formal, informal and unintentional recordings of history and the textile patterns draw on text, diagrams, presence, traces and movement.
The piece articulates the layered nature of the building, creating a large scale three dimensional piece that is a surface, a wall, a room and allows the viewer to experience a textile space.
The textile is woven on a digital jacquard loom, an industrial technology that enables the production of large scale woven cloth with complex illustrative patterns.
Grateful thanks
Supported by Arts Council England and the Oriole Mill.
Information by Richard and Imogen Lee, dance photography by Jessica Angel. Installation by Amos Marchant
Weaving timeline at the Oriole Mill
Ismini Samanidou is an award winning textile designer and artist with work exhibited worldwide.
Commissions for private and public spaces range from one off pieces to limited edition textiles including work for Allen & Overy and the Worshipful Companry of Weavers (now part of the Victoria and Albert Museum textile collection.)
