Cordage Making Workshop
Saturday 18 July, 10.00 - 16.30
Booking link coming soon
Working with a variety of repurposed materials, including paper, cloth and plastics, this one-day workshop, led by artist Alice Fox, introduces cordage (string) making, followed by looping with the cordage to make small vessel forms. Combining basic techniques with an experimental approach to materials, this workshop has an emphasis on process and will provide you with the skills to experiment further with a range of materials. We will also look at examples from the collections to inform our making.
About Alice Fox
My process-led practice is based on personal engagement with landscape and has sustainability at its heart. I am fascinated by the detail of organic things and my work celebrates and carries an essence of what I experience in the natural world. My background in physical geography and nature conservation underpins my artistic practice. I work with natural fibres and gathered materials, employing natural dyes, stitch, weave and soft basketry techniques. These elements come together in different combinations to create grouped surfaces and structures.
I studied Contemporary Surface Design & Textiles at Bradford School of Arts & Media and completed an MA in Creative Practice at Leeds Arts University. I work from the allotment and my studio in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, UK. I exhibit, lecture and teach workshops nationally and internationally. I am a member of the Textile Study Group.
