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National Wool Museum,
Drefach Felindre, Wales, SA44 5UP

Organised by Oriel Myrddin gallery, the warp+weft symposium will explore how woven structure informs far more than the textiles that surround us. Directed by Dr Jessica Hemmings (Edinburgh College of Art), invited speakers will consider weaving in relation to topics as diverse as the World Wide Web, poetry, mathematics, architecture and film.

Speakers include:
Professor Lesley Millar, curator of a number of key textile exhibitions in the last decade, including “Textual Space” and “Cloth & Culture Now”.
Andrew Ross, Creative Director of ASF Shetland and GlobalYell Music speaking about the relationship between weaving and music www.creativeindustriesshetland.org.uk
Ruth Greany, Textile Trend Researcher for Materials at WGSN on trends in woven materials.
Screenings of short experimental films will explore the rhythms of weaving at the Dovecot Tapestry Studio by filmmaker Matt Hulse and Anne Wilson’s recent “Walking the Warp” project.
Dr Wayne Forster, Deputy Head of the Welsh School of Architecture will talk about the parallels between textiles and architecture.

Expanding the boundaries of what we might consider as ‘woven’ will provide delegates with an opportunity to reconsider how central weaving is – not only to textiles – but to many other seemingly unrelated disciplines.

Delegates £45 Concessions £25
Price includes refreshments and buffet lunch

Tel: 01559 370929 / wool@museumwales.ac.uk / www.museumwales.ac.uk

Free parking available
Generously supported by the Laura Ashley Foundation

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