Hello and welcome to my Woven Threads Project. Through this website and blog I will update you on how the project is progressing. I will share with you my research and ideas, the making process and finally the exhibitions.
If you have any information about the ribbon weaving industry that you’d like to contribute, you can contact me at amiewiberley(at)gmail.com
The Woven Threads Project has been created by woven textile artist and designer, Amie Wiberley. This project focuses on the Silk Ribbon Weaving Industry local to the Coventry, Nuneaton and Bedworth areas of the West Midlands in the 18th and 19th Centuries. The project explores the history, heritage and designs specific to this place and period of time.
Research into this fascinating area of history will inspire new artworks in woven textiles. An exhibition of the project will take place at Nuneaton Art Gallery and Museum in October 2010, moving to the Parsonage Heritage Centre in Bedworth in 2011.
This project is funded by a Grant for the Arts Award from Arts Council England and the National Lottery.
Amie Wiberley
BA (Hons) Textile Design
MA Creative & Media Enterprises
Amie is a woven textile artist and designer with a BA honours degree in Textile Design from Winchester School of Art. She also has an MA in Creative and Media Enterprises from Warwick University.
This is Amie's first major solo project inspired by a desire to research her local and personal history and develop her artistic craft and creative practice.
"I would like to explore the connection with my heritage that so closely links to my artistic practice and my specialism in woven textiles. The ribbon weaving industry employed some of my ancestors and is part of the history of my local area."
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