A Group of Small Similar Things
Polly Pollock
Polly Pollock
Polly Pollock
Polly Pollock
Polly Pollock
Polly Pollock
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Coiling, a unique basketry technique that’s stitched, not woven, can be used for making anything from beautifully simple basketry forms through to free-form experimental structures - there are very few rules, just some basic techniques.
Many materials can be used and very little equipment is needed for exploring materials, textures, colour, pattern, form, surface; coiling can be worked on a scale of tiny to huge.
You’ll be introduced to the basics : ways of starting, stitches which produce different textures, creating form, and approaches to finishing. You’ll make a few samples to get a feel for material(s) you like working with, moving on to making a collection of exploratory samples or small baskets which relate to each other to form a group, or cluster, of objects.
Coiling is a slow technique, so possibly you might not complete your work, but you will go away with enough materials and knowledge and ideas of how to finish it.
Polly Pollock
My work combines basketry and stitched textile techniques which explores themes of homemaking and nurture, damage, protection and repair.
I work mostly with paper yarns which I dye using gentle eco-dyes, often produced from my vegetable peelings, tea leaves, etc, to give soft and gentle colour palettes. I try to ensure my work, albeit in small ways avoids contributing to the mounting levels of waste in the world today.
Polly has been making and teaching basketry for many years. Her long basketry journey began with an interest in textiles, her work having gone through many transitions. For the past 15 years Polly has worked increasingly with paper, exploring more personal themes, most recently in her work “Kitchen Drawer: Emergency Home Repairs” for the TSG Making 50 exhibition.
Polly taught at the City Lit in Covent Garden, London for over 30 years.
| Tutor: | POLLY POLLOCK | |||||||||
| Course length: | 3 sessions | |||||||||
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| Cost: | £255 |