Exhibition
Sew Darn Good: A Textiles Exhibition
The Art Society welcomes you to our spring 2023 showcase, Sew Darn Good: A Textiles Exhibition
Sew Darn Good: A Textiles Exhibition is a collection of works carefully curated by students at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.
Thank you to everyone who submitted to this exhibition, and a special thanks to our exhibition coordinators Elizabeth Wu Yang and Finn Fallowfield.
We hope you enjoy!
Lara Thain, Knitted Vest, Knitting. A knitted patchwork sweater vest made with a mix of wool and acrylic yarns.
Raeann Lim, Sea halter, Crochet. Hand crocheted halter top from premium acrylic fibre designed by Raeann. Instagram: @raeannlx
Raeann Lim, The obnoxious cardigan, Crochet. Patchwork cardigan crocheted with cotton yarn. Instagram: @raeannlx
Raeann Lim, Valentines cardigan, Crochet. Crocheted cardigan with furry trim, inspired by miu miu fall winter 21. Acrylic fibre. Instagram: @raeannlx Raeann Lim, Spiralia bikini top, Crochet. Crocheted out of 100% acrylic yarn. Instagram: @raeannlx
Raeann Lim, Granny hat, Crochet. Crocheted bucket hat with fuzzy trim. 100% acrylic. Instagram: @raeannlx
Raeann Lim, Granny hat. Crochet. 100% acrylic Instagram: @raeannlx
Raeann Lim, Granny hat, Crochet. Crocheted bucket hat with fuzzy trim. 100% acrylic. Instagram: @raeannlx
Raeann Lim, Garden gnome backpack, Crochet. Patchwork crochet backpack made from cotton yarn. Instagram: @raeannlx
Vivian Myron, Tarot Embroidery: The Lovers. Embroidery. A hoop embroidery inspired by Tarot card design representing The Lovers Tarot Card. Instagram: @vivianmyron
Vivian Myron, Embroidery, A hoop embroidery design. Instagram: @vivianmyron
Vivian Myron, Tarot Embroidery: The Wheel of Fortune. Embroidery. A hoop embroidery inspired by Tarot card design representing the Wheel of Fortune Tarot Card. Instagram: @vivianmyron
Emma Dalton, Up-cycled corset, Embroidery. Emma handmade this corset from an old cushion cover and some charity shop items. Instagram: @emmadaltondesigns
Emma Dalton, Up-cycled corset Embroidery.Emma handmade this corset from an old cushion cover and some charity shop items. Instagram: @emmadaltondesigns
Emma Dalton, Up-cycled corset, Embroidery. Emma handmade this corset from an old cushion cover and some charity shop items. Instagram: @emmadaltondesigns
Chandler Rawson, Klaud-O, Wool, cloth and thread. Klaud-O the cloth highland cow was made on May 27th- he was made alongside his partner Finnigus who is now traveling back to the states. Instagram: @chandler.rawson
Sharonne Specker, Adventures in colour and pieces of string, Yarn, found objects/frames Sharonne has been a knitter for many years, but for this project, was interested in exploring the artistic potential of the swatch - the small experimental rectangles that one creates prior to making the time-consuming "final object" (e.g. a jumper) that one ends up with. Usually seen as inconvenient precursors to the main event, these objects are often messy and process-oriented, generating information about the project to come. However, in this way, they are also sites of latent possibility and experimentation, before a set path has been chosen, and in many ways can be more subtly liberating and creative than the final project. They are also intensely personal and unique, as by providing information about the maker's knitting gauge and tension (to calculate final measurements), they are - by definition - materializing the maker's embodied movements and practice. Sharonne hopes to experiment with framing and mounting a variety of swatches, to explore how their presentation leads to differences in their perception - Sharonne has included a photo of one for initial reference, and would like to eventually create a collage of different media and formats. Sharonne could also have included some of the "finished objects" that the swatches led to, such as the jumper in the photos - however, she made it from someone else's pattern. Instagram: @puddles.and.parsnips
Sharonne Specker, Adventures in colour and pieces of string. Yarn, found objects/frames. Sharonne has been a knitter for many years, but for this project, she was be interested in exploring the artistic potential of the swatch - the small experimental rectangles that one creates prior to making the time-consuming "final object" (e.g. a jumper) that one ends up with. Usually seen as inconvenient precursors to the main event, these objects are often messy and process-oriented, generating information about the project to come. However, in this way, they are also sites of latent possibility and experimentation, before a set path has been chosen, and in many ways can be more subtly liberating and creative than the final project. They are also intensely personal and unique, as by providing information about the maker's knitting gauge and tension (to calculate final measurements), they are - by definition - materializing the maker's embodied movements and practice. Sharonne’s hope is to experiment with framing and mounting a variety of swatches, to explore how their presentation leads to differences in their perception - she has included a photo of one for initial reference, and would like to eventually create a collage of different media and formats. She could have also included some of the "finished objects" that the swatches led to, such as the jumper in the photos - however, she made it from someone else's pattern. Instagram: puddles.and.parsnips
Sharonne Specker, Adventures in colour and pieces of string. Yarn, found objects/frames. Sharonne has been a knitter for many years, but for this project, she was be interested in exploring the artistic potential of the swatch - the small experimental rectangles that one creates prior to making the time-consuming "final object" (e.g. a jumper) that one ends up with. Usually seen as inconvenient precursors to the main event, these objects are often messy and process-oriented, generating information about the project to come. However, in this way, they are also sites of latent possibility and experimentation, before a set path has been chosen, and in many ways can be more subtly liberating and creative than the final project. They are also intensely personal and unique, as by providing information about the maker's knitting gauge and tension (to calculate final measurements), they are - by definition - materializing the maker's embodied movements and practice. Sharonne’s hope is to experiment with framing and mounting a variety of swatches, to explore how their presentation leads to differences in their perception - she has included a photo of one for initial reference, and would like to eventually create a collage of different media and formats. She could have also included some of the "finished objects" that the swatches led to, such as the jumper in the photos - however, she made it from someone else's pattern. Instagram: puddles.and.parsnips
Sharonne Specker, Adventures in colour. Knitting, yarn. Instagram: puddles.and.parsnips
Sharonne Specker, Adventures in colour, Yarn. Instagram: puddles.and.parsnips
Kate Kinloch, Distressed jeans, Denim. The world walks towards the flames with open arms.
Chandler Rawson, Picnic, Crochet. Yarn and a found stick. Instagram: chandler.rawson
Nina Zmelonek-Mulligan, Untitled.
Nina Zmelonek-Mulligan, Untitled.
Nina Zmelonek-Mulligan, Untitled.
Beth Rabjohn and Tala Musallam.
Beth Rabjohn and Tala Musallam.
Ava Benbow.
Ava Benbow.
Ava Benbow.
