INTERWOVEN @ South Hill Park

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Exhibition presented by members of Continuum.

INTERWOVEN is a themed response to South Hill Park and the stories that are woven into the fabric of the building and its history. Each artist has used materials that relate to their own way of working to create a collection of very personal reflections. They don't only tell stories but also illustrate the diverse nature of the group.

This exhibition forms part of the celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of South Hill Park.    

All members operate independently, producing work to a high standard of design and expertise in their chosen discipline. They come together to be part of a shared resource providing mutual support in the development of their individual practice and a platform for exhibiting their work.

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LOST LAKE

I am a multi-disciplinary artist working with textiles and found objects.

For this residency I am interested in the historical natural world of Bracknell, in particular the underground waterways.

The questions I am asking are:

How do the two South Hill Park lakes relate to the waterways?

Where is their source?

Where does the water go?

What happened to the middle lake?

The journey of the water will be documented with photography and water samples.

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www.rosiebaxter.com

rbaxter@de-risk.com

07977 483043

My response to South Hill Park as a Centre for the Performing Arts is highlighting the inevitable waste it must incur on a day to day basis.

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Courtesy of Tony James, Technical Manager at SHPK, I have salvaged end of life spotlights from the Wilde Theatre. I was also able to take advantage of a costume grab of wardrobe items that were past their best which opened to the public for a few days.

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By reducing them as far as possible down to their most basic parts I have remodelled both using techniques available to me as a textile artist thus making visible all the component parts that would otherwise be landfilled and not reused.

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By considering waste as a plentiful resource, I believe we should now be benefitting from its careful harvesting and reprocessing, thus embracing a Circular Economy approach.

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craftcontinuum.com/artist/lois-bellew

http://www.diversity-textileart.com/lois-bellew.html

loisbellew@aol.com

07792 686243

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‍_{Samantha's work for Interwoven explores the concept of the many memories made, recalled and lost by all those who pass and have passed through the doors and grounds of South Hill Park.}

_{An infinite collective memory held by hundreds of thousands of people, all different, in various stages of decay, some precious, some bright and easily recalled whilst some are fragmented and cannot be fully grasped.}

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w: samanthaenglishmetalwork.com

e. samanthaenglishmetalwork@gmail.com

i. @samanthaenglishjewellery