ARTIST
IN RESIDENCE
2023
Every year we offer a special creative residency for artists or any creative group in Wandsworth at Sprout Gallery, 74 Moyser Road SW16 6SQ
Weavers, Spinners & looms
Residency period: 8th August – 2nd September 2023
Geraldine Kelly is this year's Artist in Residence in Sprout and she's looking forward to hosting a very different type of residency this August - last year she and her friends took a raw fleece and turned it into wool on a spinning wheel, this year she'll be developing the work on the loom - including building different types of looms, with fun activities, workshops and exhibitions featuring textiles, tapestries and weaving skills.
You can have a go yourself at all stages of these traditional activities. Friends from the Vauxhall City Farm Spinners and the London Guild of Spinners and Weavers will run drop-in sessions to try your hands at carding and drop spinning, workshops to learn and practice spinning with a wheel, tapestry weaving techniques, demonstrations of spinning, plying, carding and blending. Or just enjoy watching the traditional craft work by experienced and expert practitioners in spinning and weaving.
If you are interested in doing a residency next year, please get in touch with Sprout - we are very keen to support different artists and creative groups by offering our space!
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Sign up for workshops on spinning and weaving, there will be different workshops for both adults and children to learn new skills such as spinning and weaving. These must be booked and paid for in advance.
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Building looms
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Drop-in sessions to watch wool being processed, with demonstrations of weaving
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Tapestry show on the theme of the over-use of plastic and recycling
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Selection of natural wool skeins, dyed yarns, and natural woollen products for sale
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Drop in and chat with us about wool and other natural fibres