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HANNAH ROBSON Hannah Robson constructs sculptural textile pieces using combinations of weaving and lace-making, exploring how threads can escape the traditional vertical and horizontal pathways imposed by the loom. She creates opportunities for threads of metal, paper and polyester to break away from woven surfaces, taking alternative routes and joining together in three-dimensional forms. She exploits the tensions between rigorously controlled constructions and free-flowing loose threads, balancing structure and chaos. This installation – inspired by the story “Ersilia” in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities – focuses on making invisible connections tangible. The work combines contrasting properties: two versus three dimensions, light versus shadow, reflective versus matt materials. CONTACT TBAC Business Centre Osney Mead Oxford OX2 0DR UK +44 (0)7527 564532 hannah.robson@network.rca.ac.uk hannah-robson.com HANNAH ROBSON Twists, 2017 H35×W5×D44 cm Polyester yarn and copper wire Photo: Hannah Robson 130 COLLECT OPEN
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MELLA SHAW CONTACT 48 St Albans Road Edinburgh EH9 2LU Scotland UK +44 (0)7813 796166 mella.shaw@network.rca.ac.uk mellashaw.co.uk Mella Shaw is an artist using clay to make thought-provoking objects and site-specific installations. Underpinned by a background in anthropology, museums and the study of material culture, Shaw’s practice centres on reoccurring themes of balance, tipping points, thresholds and edges. While sometimes purely formal and at other times figurative, her strong but delicate work explores and confronts weighty themes of fragility and loss. Her installation HARVEST focuses on the environmental tipping point of plastic pollution in the oceans and seas. Shaw has an energetic desire for exploration and uses a wide range of ceramic techniques in her work, both traditional and digital. For her, the individual idea determines her method of approach: always thinking through making. MELLA SHAW HARVEST (detail), 2017 H100×W100 cm Ceramic Photo: Andrew Norman COLLECT OPEN 131

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HANNAH ROBSON Hannah Robson constructs sculptural textile pieces using combinations of weaving and lace-making, exploring how threads can escape the traditional vertical and horizontal pathways imposed by the loom. She creates opportunities for threads of metal, paper and polyester to break away from woven surfaces, taking alternative routes and joining together in three-dimensional forms. She exploits the tensions between rigorously controlled constructions and free-flowing loose threads, balancing structure and chaos. This installation – inspired by the story “Ersilia” in Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities – focuses on making invisible connections tangible. The work combines contrasting properties: two versus three dimensions, light versus shadow, reflective versus matt materials.

CONTACT TBAC Business Centre Osney Mead Oxford OX2 0DR UK +44 (0)7527 564532 hannah.robson@network.rca.ac.uk hannah-robson.com

HANNAH ROBSON

Twists, 2017 H35×W5×D44 cm Polyester yarn and copper wire Photo: Hannah Robson

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