Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Selvedge Spring Fair 2015. KateWhiteheadTextiles © 2015 Kate
I will be showing my work at Selvedge Spring Fair @ Chelsea Old town hall on 25th April in the main hall stand B6...I hope to see you there x
Sunday, 1 February 2015
Hand Weave 2015 Pieces to wear, hang or fold. KateWhiteheadTextiles © 2015 Kate
My hand woven shawls created from Wool, Cotton, String & unwanted yarns. Pieces to wear, hang or fold...
Friday, 30 January 2015
Onwards & Upwards 2015. KateWhiteheadTextiles © 2015 Kate
Happy new year...I have returned from my trips and travels to Paris & Amsterdam, visiting family and showing my textiles. Back to creating new stock for this years' shows. Fingers crossed my new website will be finished at the end of February that will (at last) include a shop for the bags, bracelets, kimonos and shawls that I've produced from rags and tatters with love and care.
Highlights of my trips were the Textile and Fashion Museum in Tilburg and the Museum of Decorative Art in Paris. If you get the chance, I'm sure you'd find them inspiring!
On a more sombre note, I passed through Iepers (Ypres), a town obliterated during WW1 and visited Anne Frank's home in Amsterdam. These places were as intriguing as they were harrowing. I am blessed to be experiencing this bitter weather and so much enjoying the slow appearance of spring.
Highlights of my trips were the Textile and Fashion Museum in Tilburg and the Museum of Decorative Art in Paris. If you get the chance, I'm sure you'd find them inspiring!
On a more sombre note, I passed through Iepers (Ypres), a town obliterated during WW1 and visited Anne Frank's home in Amsterdam. These places were as intriguing as they were harrowing. I am blessed to be experiencing this bitter weather and so much enjoying the slow appearance of spring.
Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Artmarket & Hepworth. KateWhiteheadTextiles © 2015 Kate
I am pleased to have been asked to show my work at the Hepworth market this Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th 10am-4pm. This will be my final show this year; I hope to see you there.
It has been an exciting year, starting with my work being shown in Selvedge magazines shop window for a month in the Spring, taking part in a dual city print and weave course in Istanbul and London with Mimar Sinan University and Central Saint Martins, being invited to show my work at the Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, The Artmarket and The Hepworth. In the new year I will be introducing my new shop online, building stock of areas of my work to avoid disappointment at shows and I will lead a series of workshops.
Saturday, 8 November 2014
Art Market & Stock. KateWhiteheadTextiles © 2015 Kate
I have had many enquires about buying my work since the #GNCCF ...I have stock of my books(Mend),seed bags and jewellery. My new website shop will be ready in the new year which will make life much easier for all...Many thanks x
Monday, 13 October 2014
Yorkshire Post Magazine. KateWhiteheadTextiles © 2015 Kate
Sunday, 21 September 2014
KateWhiteheadTextiles. KateWhiteheadTextiles © 2015 Kate
identity
- 1.the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
- The work is a continuation of The Beauty Of Poor Materials; the title for my final collection presented at the end of my degree, at New Designers in Islington and Selvedge magazine's shop window London. As I take time to reflect on my journey through life, starting out as an adopted baby I have become fascinated by IDENTITY... WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE?
For many years my love of finding what are commonly regarded as poor materials, fabrics that have been rejected, the discarded and the overlooked has grown. I over dye, stitch, weave and embroider my finds to create textiles to desire and cherish. My current pieces are numbered with a patch to give them an Identity. They are distinguished as a piece of me and a part of who I have become as an individual artist and designer. © 2015 Kate Whitehead
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