Collaborative projects: Regards textiles 1 – exhibition

Collaborative projects: Regards textiles 1 – exhibition

Collaborative projects: Regards textiles 1 – final

Collaborative projects: Regards textiles 1 – detail
A fresh look at the textiles used in tapestry at Chaise-Dieu
Collaborative projects
Format: 200 cm x 300 cm – 6ft 7in x 9ft 10in, two-sided
Weight: 23.200 g – 51 lb 2 oz
Date: 2019- 2020
No. 209.2020.1
Technique: 864 polyester rectangles covered with fabric, with silk and cotton edging then wound around them
Description: Art residency, Joint Syndicate of the Chaise-Dieu Project for the International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles (FITE)
A collaborative project to foster dialogue among inhabitants and their textile heritage.
With 75 participants, two 2m x 3m panels were produced, to rework the composition of tapestries for the Chaise-Dieu Abbey choir. Created at workshops focussing on the colours on either side of early 16th-century tapestries.
Edging donated by sponsors Denis & Fils
FITE 2020Festival International des Textiles Extraordinaires
Exhibition Hôtel de Chazerat Clermont-Ferrand – France
La Chaise-Dieu Abbey 2020 – France
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