Block Party

Block Party: Is an exhibition of contemporary craft inspired by the art of the tailor. (image) The process of transforming the flat pattern block into three dimensional form is an enduring source of inspiration. The rich cultural heritage and evocative language of pattern cutting has stimulated a broad range of contemporary applications.
Internationally renowned for her unique visual art practice fusing fashion, art and architecture, the Crafts Council invited curator Lucy Orta to select works which engage with pattern cutting on a variety of levels.Looking beyond the garment, Block Party showcases new work by international and UK artists and makers that have embraced the interdisciplinary nature of this skill, applying the aesthetics and techniques of pattern cutting to their practice in innovative and unexpected ways.

This is a truly interesting and inspiring exhibition featuring a mind stretching array of ideas and work by some of Britain's truly inspirational thinkers, artists, crafts people, and designers.

Aarhus Fashion Show III

Images from the cat walk rehearsals, for the fashion show at Aarhus, featuring clothes from Julian Roberts master class at Adam Smith College.

Aarhus Fashion Show I

Fiona McLennan, Susan McGregor, Yvonne Morrison and I have returned from Aarhus, Denmark, having put on a fashion show using clothes and accessories made by students during the Julian Roberts and Tim Johnson masterclasses.

We were there as part of a European funded Leonardo Project which allows students and staff from different colleges the chance to see each others colleges, working methods and share good practice and in this case work together to put a fashion show.

The show in Denmark featured work from Malta college of Art Science and Technology, Aarhus Tech and invited participants from TEKO (as Aarhus technical college does not have a fashion department.

Over the next few posts I will be sharing some of the images from behind the scenes and soon I hope to have a link to a film of the show made by Chris Goa Farrugia a media student from Malta.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this a great success.

Thank You

Suzie

Jim Fraser

Christine

Anita

Steve,

Elinor, Julian of course and all of the wonderful students. x

Smiles and Concentration

Some images from yesterdays master class with Professor Julian Roberts.

Julian Roberts III

Thank you everyone who helped to make this such a wonderful, inspiring, exciting and fun day. I am uploading photographs here, hope to have them all up by Monday. Sorry, it would be sooner but I am away for the weekend.

Julian Roberts II

On Friday we have the wonderful Julian Roberts visiting the fashion department at Adam Smith College to demonstrate and take workshops in his specialist technique called subtraction cutting. Julian's method of cutting is exciting, innovative and unpredictable, although with experience it becomes easier to manage the result. I am looking forward to seeing the surprising results of this workshop on the day and its impact on the work our students produce in the future.

Julian Roberts

Julian Roberts constructs fabrics like an engineer, they are folded like origami masterpieces , his technique is called 'Subtraction Cutting'.
'Subtraction Cutting' is an approach to garment design that allows for trial and error, chance discovery, multiple flipside viewpoints, and the ability to cut fast and loose without too many overbearing reference to numbers, or rigid mathematical rules.'
Please watch the 5 minute Video (you will find top right hand side of Julian Roberts website).

Furture Beauty

Future Beauty is an exhibition at the Barbican Gallery from 15th October until 6th February.

It is the first comprehensive exhibition of avant-garde Japanese fashion to be held in Europe. The exhibition is supported by many wonderful talks and workshops try and treat yourselves. On February 5th 2011 there is a workshop by Julian Roberts, that looks especially wonderful (be quick I am sure these events will be very popular).