Thread and Tread - A Shoddy Silence
Carrie Scott Huby Artist Book Hnad Block Print
Exhibition Text Carrie Scott Huby
‘Thread and Tread – A Shoddy
Silence’
Exhibition Project title:
‘Thread and Tread’ – A Shoddy Silence’.
The journey began in 2009 in which I explored my thoughts of war and
emotive responses to a Family Photograph of my grandfather photographed wearing
his WW1 Uniform. Over the years further investigations has led to contemplating
how many uniforms would be needed to be produced for the mobilised soldiers?
Where were they produced? Which Leeds
Textile Mills they were made-up in? The sourcing and thus the processing of the
wool material to make the Uniforms and blankets. How much cloth was actually
needed to produce the uniforms and blankets? Did the quality of cloth remain
the same as more and more uniforms were as mass demobilisation took hold? The
above questions in turn led me back to my keen interest in ‘Shoddy’.
Thinking about my
grandfather’s life before he went to war, his job, his life style, I thought
further on how many men worked in the Heavy Woollen Textile industry before,
during and after WW1? Questioning as to whether there are any similarities of
both environments for the work force at two both fronts; either the front line
of the mills or the front line of war.
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Date
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Carrie will be Working and Facilitating in Room 700
05.04.2018
09.04.2018
12.04.2018
14.04.2018
16.04.2018
19.04.2018
21.04.2018
23.04.2018
26.04.2018
22.04.2018
11.00am
-2pm
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06.04.2018
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28.04.2018
Days
when artist is not available
Open
times of the library the public may leave a written contribution to the collective installation
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Artist Talks
12.04.2018
19.04.2018
26.04.2018
TBC
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Closing Event
29.04.2018
2pm
4pm
?
TBC
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