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Th rld f l ond The Wonderful World of Rodney Peppé odne f P 16th March – 12th May 2013 Gallery 1 & 3, Ruthin Craft Centre Model for The Mice and the Flying Basket Viking Kestrel, 1985 Image courtesy of the Antique Collectors’ Club Ruthin Craft Ruthin Craft Centre Galleries / Shop / Makers Studios / Restaurant Galleries / Sho p / Makers Studios / Restauran FRE E admission. FREE on-site parkin . e for e The Cent Open daily 10.00am – 5.30pm. V the A lied Arts, Park Road, Rut Ruthin Craft Centre, The Centre for the Applied Arts, Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales UK LL15 1BB Tel: +44 (0)1824 704774 FREE admission. FREE on-site parking. Open daily 10.00am – 5.30pm. Visit our website for exhibition information www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk si r w i f r xhi i i n inf rm in, Denbi hshi i .r hin r f n r i n ww e.or .uk Also showing in Gallery 2: Gillian Lowndes, Retrospective lso showin in allery 2: illian Lowndes, Retr spectiv
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Home comfort 7 If an invitation to the ‘Wool House’ sparks hopeful visions of a human-sized knitted cottage then you may feel a momentary pang of disappointment when you reach Somerset House in London – but it will be fleeting. For although the latest event to promote The Campaign for Wool is not ‘yarn bombing’ on an architectural scale (look up Helsinki Cathedral in Finland for an amazing example of that), the entire West Wing of Somerset House has been transformed into a woolly wonderland. The Wool House presents a vision of wool as a modern, versatile fibre, by showcasing a series of room sets, the work of artisans and a variety of craft techniques including spinning, weaving and knitting. Curator Arabella McNie, has commissioned leading interior designers including Kit Kemp, Donna Wilson, Ashley Hicks, Josephine Ryan, Anne Kyyro-Quinn and the legendary Mary Fox Linton to design rooms. Featured alongside these room sets is a huge wool installation commissioned from the acclaimed Dutch textile artist, Claudy Jongstra. Further woollen delights include weaver in residence, Jason Collingwood, who will work on a loom to produce rugs throughout the exhibition. Other pieces embellishing the Wool House include a 34-metre bespoke runner featuring pixilated squares by Spanish designer Cristian Zuzunaga and Shauna Richardson’s unusual ‘Crochetdermy’ Bear will take pride of place in the entrance. There will be three rooms dedicated to fashion, including a space showcasing fine woven fabrics and live tailoring as well as numerous designer talks and classes. And a definite highlight will be the ‘Celebration of Tweed Day’, featuring a ‘tweed high tea’. Bridgette Kelly, The Campaign for Wool’s project director, said: “It is the most expansive venture the Campaign has seen to date as it looks at all the key uses of wool under one roof: and shows its potential to be both stunningly beautiful in use and yet incredibly practical too.” Wool House, 3-24 March, South Building, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA, T: +44 20 7845 4600, www.campaignforwool.org in f o r m s e l v e d g e . o r g

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Th rld f l ond

The Wonderful World of Rodney Peppé

odne f

P

16th March – 12th May 2013 Gallery 1 & 3, Ruthin Craft Centre

Model for The Mice and the Flying Basket Viking Kestrel, 1985 Image courtesy of the Antique Collectors’ Club

Ruthin Craft

Ruthin Craft Centre Galleries / Shop / Makers Studios / Restaurant

Galleries / Sho p / Makers Studios /

Restauran

FRE

E admission. FREE on-site parkin . e for e The Cent

Open daily 10.00am – 5.30pm. V the A lied Arts, Park Road, Rut

Ruthin Craft Centre, The Centre for the Applied Arts, Park Road, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales UK LL15 1BB Tel: +44 (0)1824 704774 FREE admission. FREE on-site parking. Open daily 10.00am – 5.30pm. Visit our website for exhibition information www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk si r w i f r xhi i i n inf rm in, Denbi hshi i

.r hin r f n r i n ww e.or .uk

Also showing in Gallery 2: Gillian Lowndes, Retrospective lso showin in allery 2: illian

Lowndes, Retr spectiv

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