UPDATE

I have some very exciting news for the new year!!

I will be having an exhibition at Artlink in Hull in "The Pocket" in February, an exhibition in the courtyard gallery at Burton Agnes in April/ May and then also running a tapestry and 3D hand weaving workshop at The Ropewalk gallery in Barton.

Pinterest

Hello,

I've recently started using pinterest again, you can view it HERE

The Art Party Conference

Spinning worsted yarn

Spinning

Whilst I'm currently working with Heidi Lichterman, I am learning how to spin yarn from start to finish with fresh fleece.

art:language:location

Whilst in Cambridge, I've been busy working away on art:language:location a project you can read a lot more about HERE

But as a little taster - 

art:language:location is an art exhibition that will take place in October 2013 in a variety of venues across Cambridge. The exhibition will feature work from emerging and established artists from Cambridge and across the UK who use text in their work.
Works will be located in a mixture of both established text-based spaces (e.g. bookshop, library, gallery) and in alternative urban sites, providing an extended, context-driven environment in which works can create a dialogue between language and location.
By choosing an extended exhibition over a single location, art:language:location aims to punctuate the town with a series of visually exciting and unexpected encounters in which our everyday interactions with text can be explored and challenged.

I was mainly focusing on setting up the gallery shop so here are some photos of it in progress...

Cambridge Life

Monday was the big move to Cambridge to embark on my placements here were I will be working with Susie Olczak, Heidi Lichterman and also on the art:language:location exhibition throughout Cambridge.

I first approached Susie as when researching I read this on her website:

"It (her work) explores how the viewer experiences space, form and light. Her installation work alters, highlights or creates space for the viewer to interact with."

And I just fell for it. I feel this is a fascinating perspective to have of art and really wanting your art to engage the viewer and make them have a real experience with the work. This is something I've always found really important with my work, the whole spectrum of human interaction.

You can view Susie's work here: http://susieolczak.co.uk/

The second person I will be working with is Heidi Lichterman, a weaver who's wall hangings are inspired by the scale and positioning of their surroundings. Her large pieces are mainly commissioned and therefore respond to the space they will be displayed in. Heidi views weaving in a very similar way to me - that it is a problem solver. You start with the idea and design and then begin to solve the problem by sussing how it can be woven.

You can view more of her work at: http://www.heidilichterman.co.uk

And last, but certainly not least I will be involved with art:language:location - a fabulous project revolving around art, language and location with over 53 artists exhibiting all around Cambridge (it really is going to be fabulous!)

You can read a lot more about it here: http://artlanguagelocation.wordpress.com/

The main thing I will be doing is helping with the set up of the pop up shop they will have in one of the galleries they're using as an exhibiting space. Susie Olczak is also part of the project so I'm sure it will be an extremely interesting and exciting project.

"Every Memory We've Ever Shared" - 2013

Studio

I've also got a new studio space at "Studio Eleven" in Hull

"What Is Textiles"

I've been busy lately preparing for my move to Cambridge but promise my blog will be back up and running as of now!

My work "Symmetry/ Asymmetry #1 - #5" have been picked to be exhibited as part of the "What Is Textiles" exhibition at Gallery 17 in Edinburgh.
You can read more about Kalopsia who have put on the exhibition here; http://kalopsiacollective.co.uk/

It will be on 18th - 23rd of October

Time out

RECENT EVENTS:

- Started internship at Creation Fine Arts Gallery
- Started internship at Studio Eleven
- Started volunteering for the Alzheimer's Society helping run Art & Design workshops
- Planning workshop me and Jade Richardson are running at Yorkshire Sculpture Park Link to workshop on YSP website


More work will be coming soon.... You can also keep up to date on my website

http://hollie-ward.wix.com/hollieward

Neglection

I feel like I've been neglecting my blog recently. This is mainly due to finding placements for part of my degree taking up a lot of my time alongside the fact I'm also part of a group project at the moment. You can view our group blog here;

http://www.t-arts3.tumblr.com/

To see what we've been up to! I'm working alongside two other textile artists who's websites/ blogs you can find on the tumblr page.

In other news whilst researching I've just come across this quote, and it made me smile.

"Things are defined by use. A work of art is a work of art because we call it a work of art, but it is not actually a work of art until we ask it to function as art so we can experience it as art.
If we ask it to be something else—illustration, decoration, political message, cover for a hole in the wall, or whatever, it becomes, for the moment, something else."

Projection experimentation

Trapped #2

Trapped #1

Untitled Extent

Projection