Exhibition
Saturday, 16 January 2010 - Sunday, 21 March 2010
Follow a Thread, curated and produced by Amanda Game for IC:Innovative Craft, brings together 6 artists/makers from Edinburgh, linked by a common interest in contemporary tapestry.
Edinburgh’s association with tapestry is inextricably linked with the history of Dovecot Studios originally established in 1912 under the patronage of the Bute family, and Edinburgh College of Art, which until recently offered the only undergraduate tapestry course in the UK.
The six selected contributors to Follow a Thread reflect this association both through their own histories and their different ways of working. The exhibition contains examples of contemporary tapestry created by traditional means together with other contemporary works inspired by a knowledge of, or engagement with, the art of tapestry.
