Kitty Wilson Brown — Cornwall 365 What's On

Location

The Best Little Hen House In St.Veep, Lostwithiel | Address and Map

Dates

Sat 25th May, Sun 26th May, Mon 27th May, Tue 28th May, Wed 29th May, Thu 30th May, Fri 31st May, Sat 1st Jun, Sun 2nd Jun

11am - 5pm

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About this event

Exhibiting and demonstrating textile practices from a 5 month research trip in Southeast Asia, working with the hill tribes.

Kitty is a textile artist who thrives working with colour and pattern. She graduated in 2021, with a BA in Textile Design specialising in woven textiles at Chelsea College Of Art, UAL. In her second year she was nominated and studied at Tama Arts University in Tokyo, Japan. Japan is where she learnt and became fixated with weaving.

Since graduating she completed an internship with the Liverpool weaving company and co founded Contemporary Hempery. Contemporary Hempery is a field to fabric project on a mission to revive the hemp textile industry, here in the UK. Kitty grows flax and hemp and her own natural dyes.

This year for Open Studios she will be exhibiting and demonstrating textile practices from her research trip in Southeast Asia. She has recently spent 5 months there researching traditional textiles, working with the hill tribes and learning backstrap weaving. Her trip had a big focus on hemp, researching and visiting the Hmong hill tribes who are known for growing hemp and are still keeping this tradition alive. She also worked with women from the Karen hill tribe learning backstrap weaving, which will be on display at the exhibition.

Contact

07365 815 533 | [email protected]

Accessibility

Details

Toilet access but not suitable for wheelchairs.

Directions

Head towards Lerryn and continue towards St Veep at the five way cross road ( with millennium stone) take the second left turning signed Tencreek/Polgreen, follow the road all the way down and take a right turning into a signed gateway

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