Kemp, Sandra (2019) Pattern/Patwrn. [Exhibition]
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Pattern / Patwrn (26 September-20 December 2019/ 5 March-20 December 2020) From the collection of Jane Beck. Welsh textiles tell a story of people and place, material and means of production, through rich colour and pattern. Explore the history of the Welsh woollen industry through eight tapestries, including a rare example of a hand-woven, raw cotton and wool bed cover dyed with Indigo, woven in North Wales c. 1830, and a selection of vibrant commemorative blankets. Part of a new programme in partnership with Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, connecting Ruskin’s ideas to other artists, designers and makers, in his time and our own. As part of the Blanket Heritage Project led by Professor Judith Mottram, the project explores colour and pattern, approaches to recording skills and knowledge at risk, and cultural memory through heritage textile technologies. The resulting exhibition Pattern / Patrwn (26 September-20 December 2019/ 5 March-20 December 2020), curated by Sandra Kemp, was a series of displays of Welsh Blankets in The Ruskin from the collection of Jane Beck, and provides a backdrop to reconsidering the role of regional identity, tourism and functionality attributed to high value textiles.