Friday 13 June 2014

DCCOI Textile Exhibition



DESIGN & CRAFTS COUNCIL OF IRELAND (DCCOI) EXHIBITION BY MEMBERS OF THE TEXTILE GANS 
(Guilds, Associations, Networks and Societies) 
at The Knitting & Stitching Show, RDS 30th October to 2nd November 2014.

THEME: Entwined Memories
Brief:
Entwined Memories evokes a myriad of responses and inspiration for textile artists and designers. Work in this exhibition is to be made in response to memories, threads and stories of life; nostalgic tales, reminiscence, meditative, reflective, reliving, evocative, interwoven, rites of passage, social history and time.
Work can take the form of literal or abstract interpretation, functional and non-functional, wearable and non-wearable.
Pieces must be contemporary in design and can be in any textile media utilising slow and/or fast craft techniques, handcraft and digital technologies.

Selection:
• Work will be selected on the basis of excellence in design and making, its fit within the overall exhibition and creative interpretation of the brief.
• Work must have been made within the last three years and not previously shown in The Knitting & Stitching Show.
• Successful applicants will have their work photographed and exhibited in The Knitting & Stitching Show. Work may also travel to other venues.

Application form available on