Shoddy Nests, hand shredded wool yarn making a fine shoddy
laid on Re-claimed Batley Industrial Hessian
Shoddy - Nests
Artist Books hand felted with West Yorkshire Fleece, some with Batley hessian,
hand block printed books, text.
Photograph courtesy of Mat Dale.
Shoddy pop-up
Exhibition
Carrie Scott Huby Exhibiting
and delivering Shoddy workshop
Batley Vintage Day Saturday 28 th May 2016
Batley Library &
Art Gallery Shoddy Exhibition &
Workshop Admission FREE
Shoddy is the name for new cloth made from woollen waste and
recycled fabric. This original meaning is now largely unknown, and the word has
come to mean of inferior quality, shabby or broken down. This is the starting
point for an exhibition by disabled artists working with woollen or other yarns
and fabrics, or recycled and reused textile materials.
We are challenging ideas that disabled people are
second-rate. Instead, we think that “shoddy” could be used to describe the
government’s treatment of disabled people, with cuts to welfare benefits and
public services.
Batley Library & Art Gallery,
Market Place, Batley, WF17 5DA. 01924 326021
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