Maria Sigma: at home with Hole & Corner
SPECIAL EVENT : 20th 21th OF MARCH | LIMITED SPACES
I am excited to announce, and invite you to join us for the first in a new series of Hole & Corner making retreats based in Dorset at the home of Sam Walton, the founder and creative vision behind the magazine.
At Home with Hole & Corner will create a platform to pair with one of our favourite makers, with the aim to deliver a personal and fulfilling experience in a truly special setting. For the first instalment we are delighted to partner with Maria Sigma , the award winning textile designer who specialises in luxurious hand-woven products with a zero-waste ethos.
The event will take place over two days (Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd March) and include lunch alongside a full day of learning and making, with everyone very welcome to join for either one or both days.
The workshops will be focussed on the craft of hand-weaving with frame looms, and will provide the opportunity for everyone to learn foundational weaving skills. Not just about specific skills, the aim is to guide and encourage each student to establish their own style and approach to colour, techniques and materials, whilst creating their own hand woven textile that can be further developed and used however you choose beyond the event – let your imagination take you!
The event will be capped at 8 people per day to ensure that everyone receives a full experience of working and learning, and will take place on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd March (10am-6pm).
The event day will also include a visit from local producers and artisans, as well as an optional walk in the local Dorset countryside.
FOR MORE DETAIL AND TO BOOK YOUR PLACE PLEASE VISIT HOLE & CORNER WEBSITE
MS @ THE HAREWOOD BIENNIAL
Useful/Beautiful : Why Craft Matters?
The inaugural Harewood Biennial : 23 March - 1 September 2019
“We are surrounded by the word craft today – whether on food packaging in supermarkets or luxury brands, galleries to gift shops to hobbies at home. What is craft and why does it matters to us today: is it a product or a process? Is it always something handmade? Is it just a marketing buzzword?”
The exhibition Useful/Beautiful: Why Craft Matters, aims to challenge preconceptions, spark interest and inspire debate about the role craft can play in culture, identity and society.
Curator, Hugo Macdonald, introduces the first Harewood Biennial.
“Have nothing in your house
that you do not know to be useful
or believe to be beautiful.”
For the inaugural exhibition, we have brought together 26 individuals, workshops and brands that practise a craft. They are exhibited in different rooms on the State Floor and Below Stairs, each relating in some way to their particular location: paper in the Main Library, pans in the Old Kitchens and garden tools in the Garden Room. Some techniques, like book-binding, basket and textile-weaving, have hardly changed for millennia. Some have evolved, incorporating technology to explore new possibilities of process, form and function. From jeans to pocket knives to reclaimed furniture to glass sculptures, every exhibitor has a story to tell. This is why we have asked each craftsperson to respond to the statement: why craft matters, to them and today.
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The title of the exhibition is derived from the quote by William Morris, pioneer of the 19th century Arts & Crafts movement. Morris believed social values were under threat from the industrialisation of life. Just over a century later, we are entering the age of automation and artificial intelligence. In these times of great change craft is not only something to rescue from the past, it is a powerful human process that can help us shape our future, too.
Hugo Macdonald, curator
TO LEARN MORE PLEASE CLICK HERE
MS x THE MAIYET COLLECTIVE @ HARVEY NICHOLS
18th - 24th FEBRUARY
at HARVEY NICHOLS
Maria Sigma | Woven Textiles will take part with selected work for only a week at the next pop-up of The Maiyet Collective in Knightsbridge's iconic Harvey Nichols Store - CANVAS Room at 5th Floor.
During the pop-up MS will also host a special Frame Weaving Workshop From Waste in partnership with Fashion Open Studio..
An in depth workshop which will teach you all the basics of weaving and how to turn your household waste textiles from old T-shirts, knitwear to pillowcases and tablecloths into textile masterpieces. The price for this 4-hour workshop includes refreshments, a kit with your own loom and everything you need to start you on your weaving journey. Yarns will be supplied but do bring your own textiles to recycle - tablecloths, bed sheets, pillow cases, knitwear and T-shirts.
FRAME WEAVING WORKSHOP FROM WASTE
WITH THE MAIYET COLLECTIVE AT HARVEY NICHOLS
Date & Time:
Saturday 23rd of February
10.00 - 14.00
Location:
Harvey Nichols : CANVAS Room Fifth Floor
Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7RJ
The Maiyet Collective is based on the founding principle that brands do better in collaboration. Bringing together an evolving curation of over 50 positive impact luxury brands on a rotational basis, our unique pop-up store with stunning interior designed by The New Craftsmen provides a showcase and community for like-minded brands and consumers alike who share our philosophy and mission. In partnership with Fashion Revolution, the aim is to educate, inspire and create a community of people who are committed to changing the way we think, create and consume fashion.
MS x dunhill @ 'Home of Craftsmanship' by Hole & Corner
The Hole & Corner x dunhill’s Home of Craftsmanship for London Craft Week has now closed its doors: here’s what you missed…
Conceived in association with dunhill, the Home of Craftsmanship saw Bourdon House – their magnificent 18th century Mayfair flagship store – transformed into a creative hub for London Craft Week.
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But perhaps best of all were the impromptu collaborations: Maria Sigma invited one of dunhill’s master tailors, Joseph Butler, to turn the weave she had been working on all week into a bespoke jacket.
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ALCYONE (OF THE SKY) JACKET: one-of-a-kind piece made with a handwoven cloth with natural undyed British wool in an improvised style without following a pattern. Hand-stitched in a Kimono-inspired shape by respecting and following the natural elements of the cloth and emphasing into its raw state. FIND OUT MORE HERE.
Read the full article here.
MS|WT :: OFFICIAL LAUNCH
I am very happy to announce that MARIA SIGMA | WOVEN TEXTILES has officially launched as an independent designer-maker weaving brand with the support of Prince's Trust and Virgin Start-Up Scheme. With their support I have invested in a brand new floor Dobby loom and new studio in East London.
I strongly believe in making ethically conscious textiles. By adhering to a Zero Waste philosophy, I aspire to make hand-weaving an even more sustainable craft. I strive to decrease to the minimum yarn waste and unnecessary cuts, carbon footprints, the use of machinery, water and electric energy. I consider the environmental impact at every stage of the design and making process to the packaging. By emphasising on materials and texture, and removing any superfluous elements, my work pays close attention to usability and aiming at producing high-quality interior products designed to become timeless heirlooms.
In recognition of the support of The Princes Trust and Virgin Virgin Start-Up Scheme I am offering my friends & followers a 35% discount ON ALL ORDERS including existing products & commissions for the whole month of November!
Order by dropping an email at info@mariasigma.com or online via SHOP - quote MSLAUNCH
PIECE OF THE MONTH :: THE PHAEDRA THROW
Taking inspiration from the colours of the Cyclades Islands in an endless childhood summer, the Phaedra V2 Throw twists natural shades of white, grey and black simplicity with an Aegean Blue hint in a classic bold twill pattern. This large hand-woven throw with a summer-in-the-inside, zero waste design combines all pure new natural undyed British wool virtues and high production principles with a discreet Aegean blue hand-crochet finishing stitch on both edges that catches the eye - a reflection of our most precious summer memories during long, gloomy, dark winters.
LONDON CRAFT WEEK
For the first time MARIA SIGMA | WOVEN TEXTILES is exhibiting at the London Craft Week.
Over the weekend of May 5th -7th Maria Sigma | Woven Textiles will exhibita selection of her hand-woven work and for the first time the brand new Pheadra V2 Throw as part of London Craft Week at Peckham Craft Weekend.
Showcasing the best of contemporary craft, celebrating tradition and innovation whilst also discussing current themes and issues surrounding craft today. Crafts people's work will be displayed in modern still lifes, exploring the theme of Instagram incarnate and encouraging discussion and interaction.
On Friday the 5th of May there will be a showcase of modern craft including; textile artists, quilt makers and ceramicists. There will be a shop area and drinks!
Dates: 5th to 7th of May 2017
Where: Copeland Gallery Unit 9I, 133 Copeland Rd, London SE15 3SN
Facebook Event
www.peckhamcraftweekend.co.uk/
CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIOS
MARIA SIGMA STUDIO would like to invite you at this year's Christmas Open Studios.
Come to say hello and have a look of our best selling Floor Cushions, Throws and Rugs as well as some brand new samples of the upcoming collection based on an old traditional and unique weaving technique; all made with 100% undyed pure new natural British wool.
This is the perfect opportunity to see behind the scenes and meet the maker.
Weaving demonstrations will take place over the weekend.
2nd – 4th December
MARIA SIGMA | STUDIO 213
Opening times: Fri 11am-9pm, Sat & Sun 11am-6pm
18-22 Creekside London, SE8 3DZ
Rail: Deptford or DLR: Deptford Bridge
Facebook Event
Christmas Open Studios
www.cockpitarts.com
