Platform Gallery

Talking Textures

An exhibition of contemporary textiles exploring and celebrating the tactile and textured world around us.

The York Textiles Artists present a diverse exhibition on the theme of “Talking Textures”.

This is a lively group of artists, each investigating and exploiting the theme   through a range of textile based approaches, techniques and materials, some conventional, others far more unexpected and experimental.

Engage with them on their exploration of this very important part of our world.   Seeing and touching textures is an element of the  understanding  of the materials that make our environment and the surfaces that surround us. Quite often the textures will tell stories of its creation or of time passing.

Textiles is a very tactile and physically engaging medium, we pull, roll, stitch, cut and punch to manipulate fibres and fabrics. 

Working with textures is an integral part of the process.   Each fleece, fibre or fabric feels different and reacts differently  when used, each has its own character, potential and limitations. We build new surfaces, applying layers, stitching, felting, cutting through, even deconstructing. Every process and technique will leave its  fingerprint upon the work, from the handling of the raw materials to the final finishing.  

In this exhibition the York Textile Artists are inviting you to share their delight in texture. 

Participating artists:

• Angela Anning
• Fran Brammer
• Nicola Harper
• Linda Harvey
• Jane Mercer
• Alison Spaven
• Galina Titova
• Jane Claire Wilson

Find out more at yorktextileartists.co.uk

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