Other Work at the Contemporary Textile Fair 2021

Opening this weekend and continuing till next Sunday the 28th, this year’s Contemporary Textile Fair has had a few false starts with COVID and lockdowns but it’s finally here!  Alongside the new series of work ‘Lockdown III – A Contemporary Circling‘ that Ross created Ross during Lockdown III especially for the Contemporary Textile Fair, we…

New Work at the Contemporary Textile Fair 2021

Opening this weekend and continuing till next Sunday the 28th, this year’s Contemporary Textile Fair has had a few false starts with COVID and lockdowns but it’s finally here! This series of work was created by Ross during Lockdown III especially for the Contemporary Textile Fair at the landmark Arts Centre, Teddington. As the COVID…

Contemporary Textile Fair 2021

In 2018, Ross was invited to create a site specific piece for the Contemporary Textile Fair at the the Landmark Art Centre, Teddington. The result was ‘Journey‘, 120m of naturally dyed and rusted recycled hotel sheets commenting on migration, refugees and the global imbalance of resources. We revisited ‘Journey‘ last year in our Open September…

Eco-dyeing Taster

Better late than never, here are some photos from the eco-dyeing taster workshop, held at the Contmporary Textile Fair, the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington. Using a very generous bundle of eucalyptus (from Saffron Flowers, Columbia Road Flower Market), donated onion skins from Tamar Balakjian and some past their sell-by date ‘Mother’s Day’ roses, we set…

A Great Weekend

Well that was a very hectic week! After months of preparation, we headed down to the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington on Thursday morning with our friend, Wolfgang Woerner, an honorary member of moderneccentrics for the weekend. With 117m of rusted and naturally dyed recycled hotel sheets, we were all ready to set up ‘Journey’,…

Looking Forward: Contemporary Textiles Fair

It’s all stations go here, as we prepare for the Contemporary Textiles Fair at the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington this weekend. Ross has been preparing for his second site specific open-air installation (the first being ‘Nest‘ at the South London Botanical Institute last year), and for the past few months, he has been natural-dyeing and…