Michael brennand wood textile artist clothing

michael brennand wood textile artist clothing

Michael Brennand-Wood Archives - Taste Contemporary

    Visual artist, curator, lecturer, arts consultant, since he has occupied a central position in the research, origination and advocacy of contemporary international art textiles.

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    Michael Brennand-Wood has an international reputation as one of the most innovative and inspiring artists working in textiles today.

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    Visual artist, curator, lecturer, arts consultant, since 1979 he has occupied a central position in the research, origination and advocacy of contemporary international art textiles.

Archive - Michael Brennand-Wood

  • Recognizing that textiles historically has constantly referenced floral imagery as a source for textile patterning it seemed important to research the one area of textiles expression I had avoided.
    • I first made lace as a student and the influence of this fabric has been a constant source of inspiration.
    Recognizing that textiles historically has constantly referenced floral imagery as a source for textile patterning it seemed important to research the one area of textiles expression I had avoided.
    Michael Brennand-Wood produces work which can be described as Art Textiles, but which uses many non-traditional materials, including wood and metal.

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    The Ties That Bind

    The defining characteristic of my work has been a sustained commitment to the conceptual synthesis of contemporary and historical sources. In this respect I have persistently worked within contested areas of textile practice embroidery, pattern, lace and recently floral imagery. Sites, which offer unbroken traditions, cross cultural connections and a freedom to work outside the mainstream. Personally, I’m interested in understanding the connections between the information I collate, the reason’s I associate one material with a specific idea,, instead of something which would appear initially to be a more logical choice. The adventure is to discern why and make sense of the clues amassed.
    The two primal materials in my work, textile and wood relate directly to my maternal Grandparents. My Grandmother worked in an industrial mill in Lancashire, as a young woman, weaving cloth for

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  • I have persistently worked within contested areas of textile practice embroidery, pattern, lace and recently floral imagery.
    • Slow Turning - Michael Brennand-Wood

    Textile Course - Michael Brennand-Wood

  • Visual artist, curator, lecturer, arts consultant, for over 40 years has occupied a central position in the research, origination and advocacy of contemporary international art textiles.

    • News Articles Archive - Michael Brennand-Wood

  • Clothing Lace and its histories are something I return to, on a very regular basis, the fabric has also informed, several large-scale public art projects.

    • the textile artists - Michael Brennand-Wood, UK

      In at Art School, textiles seemed to offer unlimited possibilities, analogous in my mind to the advent of abstraction in My Grandfather was an engineer, introducing me to wood and metal-based technologies.