TACTILE: The Whitworth's new contemporary textile handling resource.
Explore the diversity of processes and materials that artists use.
WHAT IS TACTILE?
TACTILE is a contemporary textiles handling resource that encourages you and your students to look closely, handle and explore specially commissioned samples from some of the UK's best-known and most innovative textile artists. To accompany the works, we have produced the TACTILE factfile, full of images, interviews with artists and links for further research. It has been jointly developed by the Learning team, textile curators and conservators, artists, designers and tutors from colleges and universities in Manchester.
TACTILE fact-file
Tactile fact-file is the accompanying dynamic information resource containing a wealth of contextual sources on each of the artists. It is split into two sections:
Drawn lines, stitched lines, patterns and motifs represent the lines of thought of eight cutting-edge textile artists. These specially commissioned works explore their ideas and techniques and the crossovers between textiles, drawing and patter. Where do you draw the line?
The artists are: Polly Binns, Michael Brennand-Wood, Shelly Goldsmith, Alice Kettle, Eleri Mills, Lesley Mitchison, Lynn Setterington, Michele Walker.
Extraordinary Textiles
The everyday is a theme that links three artists from the Whitworth's Creative Practitioner Team: Elizabeth Couzins-Scott, Colette Gilmartin and Vicki Wheeler. These artists use everyday objects/materials/images/references and transform them into extraordinary objects through artistic intervention and creative processes.
For TACTILE they have produced a series of samples that visually demonstrate the methods, processes and stages of creation. How does the ordinary become extraordinary?
How to book
TACTILE is free and can be used anywhere in the galleries.
Please phone us on 0161 275 8455 to arrange a booking.