Masters Artist weaves New Union for Europe, a Journeys in Design commission
Akshata Mokashi
Scotland
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Our Linen Stories programme of Exhibitions and Events links art, design and industry to explore a rich heritage, new work and insights into contemporary materials and manufacturing at home and abroad.
The core Exhibition is presented below in three sections:
The exhibition continues to evolve as generous contributors offer us their stories and further items for display.
Our new Flax Futures Exhibition and Design Projects can be viewed HERE.
We lead our exhibition displays with contemporary interventions that utilise linen and innovative flax fibre composites to tell stories drawn from Scotland, N.Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium and France and further afield.
Masters Artist weaves New Union for Europe, a Journeys in Design commission
Insightful sustainable design initiative Label/Breed couples top designer Meindertsma with manufacturer Enkev
Multi-talented creative works with responsive Scottish Textile Company
An old-established textile firm provides a nest for entrepreneurial design talent
International and National Agencies enable creative collaboration
Émigré weaver develops bonds with key design talents Day, Conran and Liberty
Graduate combines passion for the mountains with sustainable materials
Textile designer draws on Perthshire linen roots
Materials industrialist illuminates with innovative composite designs
Sibling design team refocus business model to market
Enlightened museum commissioning policy bridges creative disciplines
Designer-maker lifts the soul with products that stand the test of time
Curator Producer John Ennis heartily thanks all those who continue to support Our Linen Stories programme.
Particular thanks here to key Exhibition and Events colleagues.
Linen Paper: Our Linen Stories are printed on specially commissioned paper from Alison Newman of PULP in Glasgow.
As the programme continues to develop, we are grateful for the generosity of expert colleagues. including researchers, authors and editors, past and present.
Online search engines are fine but nothing beats a good book! Our research, development and practice has been enhanced by a dip into many papers, journals and books. The Linen Shelf of our Journeys in Design Library is groaning with collections of wonderful essays and images about the contemporary design and heritage of linen and flax fibre. We include our favourites here grateful for the expertise of others and delighted to pass this on to those with a shared passion.
“The aim of the book is to showcase the widest possible range of projects where a sustainable design approach has been adopted in response to social, economic and environmental issues. With this book we aim to illuminate the subject of sustainability as applied to the built environment.” Robin Harper
Date: 2017
Author: Richard Atkins; Emily Stephen
Publisher: Scottish Ecological Design Association
ISBN: 978-0993054457
https://www.seda.uk.net/products/100-sustainable-scottish-buildings
Date: 1887
Author: Alexander Brown
Publisher: James P. Mathew & Co., Dundee
You can view a pdf of the fourth edition of this book here: https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/ba_loom.pdf
Date: 2019
Author: Catherine Aitken
Publisher: The History Press, Cheltenham
ISBN: 978-0750989350