collecting home - word weaving

Pictured above and below is the outcome of a conversation through making, which had participants write down comments and reflections on Eva Sajovic and Sarah Butler's Collecting Home project, and weave these in a network of strips suspended in and around the exhibition space at the Cuming Museum in Walworth, London.

The project happened in the context of the closing event for Eva and Sarah's residency at the museum, during which they explored local stories and social histories through the collection of objects donated by residents in the area. The event was also timed for the close of Home from Home, an exhibition of portraits and stories from Elephant and Castle.

brico-basket

Back from the lowlands where I was installing work for the MK Award held at Re:Rotterdam and I’m juggling various things: the performance and talk at the Siobhan Davies Dance Studios this coming Friday, a talk and installation at the Cuming Museum for Eva Sajovic’s and Sarah Butler’s event for the conclusion of their Home from Home project on Thursday, a workshop with Entelechy Arts, and the launch of my book Practical Basketry Techniques also at the Siobhan Davies Dance Studios on Friday February 24th.

I still have a good number of baskets to weave before the launch event (yikes!), but I know where I’m heading with this. I’m working on a design of a basket that combines all of the 6 weaving techniques introduced in the book. Without giving too much away, here’s a sneak preview of what these baskets might look like.

There won’t be a exact plan for the design before I start making these. Most of the design will happen in the weaving, and that's the beauty of basketry. I’ll be taking baskets apart to add to them, combining handmade with ready made elements, improvising all along as a bricoleur-weaver. Can’t wait to make and see them displayed at the launch.

Come and see them for yourselves, and remember, the first 5 people to arrive will get a free copy of the book, so come early!

hedgerow basketry at the Cuming Museum

A couple of baskets made from green waste at the Heygate Estate (see previous posts) will be on show at the Cuming Museum in Walworth, South East London. It will be part of the project and exhibition Collecting Home by artist Eva Sajovic and writer Sarah Butler, who are currently resident at the Museum. Eva and Sarah have asked local residents to select objects from their own lives to put into a museum, objects that might represent them, their lives, the history of the area. Find out more about the project, workshops and events, by emailing them at collectinghome@yahoo.com.