Re-make, Re-use, Through Stitch and Print
Jennifer Hollingdale
- When?
- Tuesday 20 November 2012 to Wednesday 19 December 2012, 10:00-17:00 Mon-Fri, weekends by prior appointment (48hrs)
- Where?
- Lewis Elton Gallery
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
- Admission price:
- Admission free
Until 19th December. Jennifer originally studied Fine Art and Mathematics and began using fabric and stitch in the 1980s. In this collection of work she is examining the old fashioned virtues of thrift and domestic economy.
Old materials with all their associations of long usage, often decayed or damaged are re-formed into something new with a contemporary reference. Included are household linens, bedding, wallpaper, sections of clothes, labels, packaging, and sewing notions. Jennifer has always been a collector of objects and pieced into her quilts you will discover screen printed images taken from these objects, some of which are on show in this exhibition. She also displays a series of stitched prints, assemblages, and a free standing screen using postcards and vintage furnishing fabrics. This is her fourth exhibition at the University of Surrey.
Private view: Tue 20 Nov, 18:00-20:00
“Very nostalgic”
Flora Gare
“Brilliant combination of textures and colour in the stitched textiles”
Liz Chang
“The materials used were pushed beyond their boundaries”
Janet Challis