Colour Story
Welcome

This conferance pack should contain all the information you need for the day, If you have any questions please see mernbers of the Textile Forum South West management committee who will be present at the registration desk in the foyer throughout the day.

Colour Story is the second conference by Textile Forurn South West, building on the success of our launch conference in 2005. We would particularly like to thank international fashion and textile. designer Zandra Rhodes for agreeing to be our keynote speaker for this event.

The TFSW management group organised the colour conference in direct response to delegates' feedback frorn the launch event, as many people highlighted colour in textiles as a theme for future activities and discussion. The conference aims to act as a textile networking event for the region and features national and regional textile practitioners and their personal approaches to working with colour in textiles. The conference explores a variety of ideas about textiles and colour, from the use of new technologies for textile colouration to more traditional 'hands on' approaches to colour and cloth, The conference has generated much interest from within the region and nationally, attracting a broad cross-section of people with professional and personal interests in textiles. We hope that TFSW conferences will continue to feature as annual events in the region's textile calendar.

'Colour Story' opens a series of TFSW events on the theme of colour during 2006, 'Colour Ways' is a 3 day practical workshop event held at Falmouth, Cornwall, from Monday 3rd July to Wednesday 5th July 2006. Participants will have the opportunity to embark on 3 days of exploring colour and Cloth with either Carole Waller. Janet Stoyel, Janet Haigh, or one of the additional textile specialists involved in the event. The workshops include laser applications for textiles, hand painted and screen printed textiles, photoshop and digitally printed textiles, felting, stitched textiles, and knitted textiles. For further enquiries please speak to a member of the TFSW management committee who will be present at the information desks in the main hall, or contact Sonja Andrew, TFSW coordinator via email (see below) or phone 01422 842091.

Textile Forum South West Colour Ways
Colour Ways

'Colour Ways' is a 3-day practical wurkshop event held by TFSW at University College Falmouth, Cornwall, from Monday 3rd July to Wednesday 5th July 2006. TFSW members will have the opportunity to embark on 3 days of exploring colour and cloth with textile specialists, which include conference speakers Carole Waller, Janet Stoyel and Janet Haigh.

At present we are offering 6 'Colour Ways' workshops, which include:

Workshop 1 - Laser applications far textiles and paper with Janet Stoyel.
Workshop 2 - Hand painted and screen-printed textiles with Carole Walter.
Workshop 3 - Photoshop and digitally printed textiles with Chris Harper and Sonja Andrew.
Workshop 4 - Colourway development and stitch with Janet Haigh.
Workshop 5 - Felted textiles 'colour and landscape' with Claire Diprose.
Workshop 6 - Creating colour with dyed and knitted textiles with Sue Bardley.

Each workshop has a maximum of 12 participants. The TFSW mernber's fee to participate in a workshop is being confirmed, but we expect this to be around £150 - £175 per person to attend one of the 3-day workshops listed above. Workshops will have cloth provided as part of the fee, but may also require participants to bring a small selection of other materials and fabrics. Most workshops will require participants to collect visual information or bring preliminary sketches or design/art work as starting points for the first day. A refectory on the site is available to purchase rneals and parking is also available on the site. The workshops are non-residential. The workshops are being advertised to TFSW members only in the first instance, if places are still available at the end of
April the workshops will be made available to other people. Please check the TFSW website events calendar for further details about the workshops at: www.textileforumsouthwest.org

Please click here for a registration form.

The New Designers Cloth Clinic Award For Excellence in Laser

Please click on the graphics below for more info:

Award

A £1,000 cash prize award to recognise design excellence, creativity and workmanship in Art, Media and Design practice.

Criteria

• Clear and concise design reference material: Sketchbook or folio presentation.
• A clear demonstration of integrated design created specifically for laser technology through paperwork exploration.
• Type of laser system utilised for work.
• Contact details of laser contractor: Industrial or University.
• Visible sampling and design exploration routes.
• Finished design solutions to a high professional realisation.
• Costings for the production of the product.

http://www.newdesigners.com/page.cfm?HyperLink=http://www.clothclinic.com

Janet Stoyel. March 2006

Awards

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation - January 2004 Janet Stoyel has been awarded the Daiwa scholarship to research the practical aspects of Japanese Katagami with a Master Katagami carver.

More information on the scholarship:

Each year, up to eight talented British graduates are awarded with Daiwa Scholarships. The scholarships are tenable in Japan for twenty months, providing UK graduates fromany academic or professional background with a lasting knowledge of Japanese life, culture, and spoken and written Japanese. It is hoped that the Daiwa Scholars will maintain their links with the Foundation through the Daiwa Scholars Alumni Association, and contribute to UK-Japan understanding through their chosen career paths. Since its establishment in 1991, the Daiwa Scholarships programme has funded over 70 Scholars from a wide range of backgrounds and skills, including science, engineering, architecturem law, music, theatre, medicine and art.

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowships 2004 Janet Stoyel has been awarded a Fellowship to research Japanese Katagami at select Museum's and Galleries in the USA for an extended period of 4-6 weeks.   More information on the scholarship:

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust is a living tribute to Sir Winston, whose life and example are the inspiration. He died in 1965 and many tousands of people, in respect for the man and grateful for his inspired leadership, gave generously to a public subscription to fund Travelling Fellowships. These are to enable men and women from all walks of life and every corner of the United Kingdom to acquire knowledge and experience abroad. In the process, they gain a better understanding of the lives and cultures of people overseas and, on their return, their expertise is enhanced greatly, as is their effectiveness at work and their contribution to the community.

International Archive of Women in Architecture, Milka Bliznakov Prize Committee

Janet Stoyel has been selected as a finalist of Stage One for the Fourth Milka Bliznakov Prize 'Women in Architecture.'

United States - A competition focusing on the relationship between the contemporary woman, architecture and design, especially in terms of the role of women in this professional and artistic field.

For the fourth Milka Bliznakov Prize six proposals only were advanced to the second stage, one of which is, Sonicloth, a product developed by Janet Stoyel. Final projects and proposal will be submitted to a panel of judges at the beginning of September 2004. The winner of this award will receive $1,000 in cash and a showcase opportunity in New York, America.

For more details please visit www.specs.lib.vt.edu/iawa/Bliznakov/Prize2003b.htm

Press Articles

Express & Echo (Exeter): 23/02/2004

'Crafty Coup - Artist wins research award to study art form in America'
by David Edbrooke and Gary Payne

'A Devon artist has won a prestigious research award to study her passion in the United States. Janet Stoyel, from Sheldon, near Honiton, is a leading expert on Japanese stencil art and will receive a grant to research and improve her skills in the ancient Japanese art form of katagami. Mrs Stoyel, 54, was one of only 100 UK winners of the annual Winston Churchill Memorial Trust's Travelling Fellowship Award, which funds research in specialist areas of knowledge.

The artist will spend up to six weeks abroad studying the art form. Mrs Stoyel said it made sense to go to the US rather than Japan, as following the end of the Second World War, American soldiers serving in Japan had returned home with a huge collection of priceless katagami art taken from the country.
She said: 'I could go to Japan and learn more about the katagami process and the methods used today. But the really historic and valuable pieces are now in America. I have earmarked four to six weeks for a research trip to study rare examples.'
'The Boston Museum of Fine Art has a huge collection of stencils, and Japanese print expert Caroline Staley has a gallery in San Francisco where she regularly holds exhibitions of katagami.'
The ancient stencil art can be used in the process of dyeing textiles, printing on ceramics and pushing through precious metals.
Mrs Stoyel said: 'Katagami stencils are intricate and so very wonderful. They are cut into sheets of handmade mulberry paper and layered up with human hair. They are extremely intricate to produce and have a very short life.'
Mrs Stoyel, a senior researcher at the University of the West of England in Bristol, also owns a business, The Cloth Clinic in Honiton, which specialises in ladies' neckwear.
She explained that she intended to use the knowledge she would gain from her trip to the United States to benefit art students at the university.
She added: 'This project and the outcome of it will help me publicise katagami techniques, as well as laser techniques. I want to teach what I have learned and enable people to benefit from my education.'
As a result of receiving her award, Mrs Stoyel has become a Churchill Fellow. Such fellowships are open to anyone demonstrating an overriding passion for their field of study.

You Magazine - The Mail on Sunday - 01/02/2004

'Fabrics of the Future'

The cutting-edge textiles that Janet Stoyel creates, using high-tech laser and ultrasound technology that she herself developed, have been used by architects as dramatic wraps for columns, by interior designers to cover furniture and by fashion designers such as Paul Smith and Donna Karan. Before turning to textile design, Janet, 54, had several careers behind her, beginning with a seven-year apprenticeship in baking and confectionary, aged 16, and ending just over a decade ago with a masters degree in the philosophy of apparel and interior applications from the Royal College of Art in London. In between she has raised two children, and worked with her husband on his vintage car restoration projects, sewing the hoods and upholstery.

She has also taken City & Guilds courses in fashion, textiles and pattern cutting (she was so good at it she was asked to teach the other students) and completed a BA in constructed textiles at Birmingham University. 'I seem to have been born with this desire to make things and find out how design works,' she says. Janet was driven in the direction of new technologies out of a desire to be environmentally responsible. 'The processes do not create any waste; no dyes or chemicals are poured away into the waterways,' she says. 'My laser can create a herringbone weave on leather, or scorch lines on fabrics that look as though they have been drawn in pencil.' Janet creates her fabrics to order and she has also developed an almost pure gold woven textile that feels like silk. 'I aim to find ways to bend technology and fibres to my way of thinking,' she says. 'It's like baking: raw ingredients are mixed, heat is applied and then out pops something different and magical.'

Conferences

Janet Stoyel will be presenting a paper at the following conferences this year:

* Seminar in Bilbao - Spain: 6th / 7th February 2004

Title: New Technology and Craft.

Abstract: Investigation into historical materials and machinery shows a definate link between developing technology and textiles. Supporting this theory, is the notable rise in contemporary equipment and processes which have rapidly become increasingly sophisticated to keep pace with computerised systems, methods of manufacture and the development of futuristic fibre and fabric.

This paper will be presented as an investigation into the birth and subsequent evolution of the high-tech medium of CO2 Photon Laser and will be explored through a case study involving a primary collaboration between a textile practitioner and a Ministry of Defence industrial partner.

The paper will define the unique properties of Laserlace and Laseretch, and will explore the visual performance and aesthetics underpinning personal design decisions and ethics. Decorative effect incorporating, structural surfaces, repetitive patterning, etched detailing and experimental textile bonding will be illustrated and discussed.

Ecological, environmental and sustainability issues will be explored in relation to a selection of substrates.

* Intermesh Symposium, Melbourne, Australia; 19th March - 21st March 2004

Exchanges in Fashion and Textiles Symposium

Title: Look No Thread: An Alternative Method of Garment Construction

Abstract: It is a known fact that the dominant process in garment assembly is sewing, and the main objective is the construction of seams. So, what happens if thread is removed from the construction equation? This paper will investigate the relevance of thread, stitch and sewing and will examine the fundamental role each plays in the fabrication of fashion garments. The question: 'Is it really necessary to use thread for garment construction?' will be explored through a case study involving a fashion practitioner and the high-tech medium of Ultrasonic vibration.

A practical exploration into the seaming and stiching of fashion garments, using ultrasonic technology, will form the main focus of this paper and will produce strong evidence to support the use of alternative methods of garment construction. Conventional garment shapes and silhouettes will be assessed for suitability in Ultrasonic processing. Samples of threadless seams, stitch and surface decoration will be produced for discussion.

To evaluate the potential for this method of garment construction as a feasible commercial enterpise, a collection of garments was created by an innovative textile business, The Cloth Clinic, UK, using ultrasonic technology. The production process, documentation of the results and garment collection will be shown through slide representation.

For more information please visit www.rmit.edu.au/textile/intermesh

* The Space Between - Perth, Western Australia: 15 - 17 April 2004
An international conference exploring the contemporary interface between textiles, art, design, fashion.

Title: Mind the Gap: Bridging the Divide Between Textiles, Technology, Fashion and Art - visual presentation.

Abstract: Investigation of high-tech processes for the manufacture of decorative materials for use in contemporary textile, fashion and art. Photon Laser and Ultrasound techniques explored via engineered substrates to create patinated colour, structural surfaces, repetitive pattern, etched detailing and modernistic construction possibilities.

For more information please visit www.thespacebetween.org.au

* Creativity: Designer Meets Technology
Philadelphia University, USA, May 10 - 11th 2004

Abstract: Textiles and technology develop in tandem. Research into historical background of fibres; threads, yarns and fabrics prove the close development association between textiles, mechanisation and technology, a relationship between product and equipment which continues to present day. Now, sophisticated materials are complimented by computerised systems of manufacture.

Question: What is the role of the designer in this scientifically biased, technologically rich equation?

For further information please visit www.PhilU.edu/textiledesign

* The Textile Institute 83rd World Conference - Quality Textiles for Quality Life
ShaghaiMart, Shanghai, China: May 23 - 27th 2004

Title: Machinery for Textiles

For further details please visit www.dhu.edu.cn/83tiwc.htm

* Ecotextile 04 Conference - Manchester, United Kingdom: 7th and 8th July 2004

Title: Laser and Devore

For futher details please visit www.bolton.ac.uk/ecotextile04

* Textile Society of America, 2004 Symposium - California, USA: 6 - 9th October 2004

Title: Textiles and Laser Technology

For more details please visit www.textilesociety.org

Conferences presented in 2003: Fibrous Assemblies at the Design and Engineering Interface Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK 22nd - 24th September 2003 Subject: Decorative Textiles for the New Millenium.

News

05.04.2004
From 1st March 2004, Janet Stoyel is to join the membership of Contemporary Applied Arts, a high profile London based Gallery, with a Mission Statement, 'To preserve, promote and improve the craftsmanship in Great Britain'.

For more details please visit www.caa.org.uk

Handweavers Guild of America Convergence 2004 Denver:

Exhibition: Small Expressions - June 3rd - August 7th 2004
Venue: Metropolitan State College of Denver, Center for Visual Art.

Juror Arline Fisch's statement: 'I have selected works which reflect the broad diversity of style, technique and material and the exuberance of expression which I feel characterises the current fibre world and reflect the high quality of works submitted. Small works in fibre have a long history and continue to have appeal to both the artist and viewer in contemporary society. The intimacy of scale invokes a powerful connection with the maker whose hand and eye are evident and whost thoughts are slowly revealed. The viewer is invited into a private world for close inspection of material and structure in the service of form and image. There is a quality to small works which evokes quiet contemplation in the midst of our often frenetic environment.'

Janet Stoyel's exhibit, Stainless Steel Sampler, has been selected for this exciting, high profile exhibition.

For further information please visit www.weavespindye.org

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