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Working Position 6, 2022
Lambswool, European pine


Hosiery Abstracts, 2022
Modern Painters, New Decorators, Loughborough
photos: MPND

Mural (samples), 2022
Emulsion paint samples

Archive materials courtesy of Leicestershire Museums Collection

Archive materials courtesy of Leicestershire Museums Collection

Working Position 4, 2022
Lambswool, European pine

Working Position 5, 2022
Lambswool, European pine

Working Position 2, 2022
Lambswool, European pine

Working Position 7, 2022
Lambswool, European pine


 Working Position 3, 2022
Lambswool, European Pine

blueprint of an emotion, 2022
 Installation view, British Art Show 9, 2021-22, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester 

The Elements, 1967, Tapestry, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, on loan to The Whitworth. Commissioned for the new Chemistry Building, The University of Manchester in 1964.   
Hans Tisdall
(designer) 1910-97 Edinburgh Tapestry Company, Dovecot Studios (manufacturer) Fred Mann, Archie Brennan, Harry Wright and apprentice Douglas Grierson under the direction of Richard Gordon (weavers)  

Display Case: Hans Tisdall, Design for a Mural, c.1966, Watercolour, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

A Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition organised in collaboration with galleries across the cities of Aberdeen, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Plymouth. (photos © Michael Pollard)

blueprint of an emotion, 2022
Installation view, British Art Show 9, 2021-22, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

Pheasant Moons, 2022, Wall painting 

blueprint of an emotion [amorphous visual vibration], 2022, Graphic artwork (in collaboration with Theo Inglis & Kate Hodgson), screenprint on paper 

blueprint of an emotion, 2022
Installation view, British Art Show 9, 2021-22, the Whitworth, The University of Manchester
(photos © Michael Pollard)

 

Welcome Mat (Unfinished), 2020
Made with Felicity Irons, Rush Matters
Rush, jute twine 
Another Crossing- Artists Revist The Mayflower Voyage, curated by Glenn Adamson
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, USA and The Box, Plymouth, UK 

(photos: Wayne Perry) 

 

Weilcom my Freinds, 2020
Made with Stephen Thompson 
Hand forged steel nails 

 Another Crossing- Artists Revist The Mayflower Voyage, curated by Glenn Adamson
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, USA and The Box, Plymouth, UK  

(photos: Wayne Perry)

 

Work Hands 10, 2021
Cotton thread, cotton mesh, frame
Thanks For The Apples, Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall, 2021-2
(photo: James Champion)

 


small wares
, Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL, 2021
curated by Clare Molloy
(photos: Franz Müller Schmidt)
exhibition booklet designed by Marianne Noordzij, PDF


alcove cushions, 2021
Broadcloth, polyester thread, foam      

alcove cushions [detail], 2021 


small wares & hard wares, 2021
Cotton, silk, linen, powder coated steel
Made with Veva van der Wolf at TextielLab, Tilburg, NL and Sam Fish, SWARF, UK
 

small wares & hard wares, [detail], 2021 

 

 


strength study, 2021
Cotton bias binding, powder coated steel
740 x 246cm

 

strength study [detail], 2021 
Cotton bias binding, polyester thread, powder coated steel

patches, 2021
Wool offcuts, polyester thread 

patches, 2021
Wool offcuts, polyester thread

tea towels
design: Marianne Noordzij
(photo: Michiel Vermet) 

A Working Building
The Gallery at Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, 2019

(photos: Andy Ford)



Mural
2019
Dulux Paint: Delhi Bazaar 4; Amazon Beat 1; Celtic Moor 1; Holiday Blues 3; Minted Glory 3; Bongo Jazz 1; Grey Steel 1
Leftover paint from This Interesting and Wonderful Factory, Tate St Ives, St Ives, 2018

Plymouth Rugs
2019
yarn, mesh

Stripes (reconstituted)
2016/19
Steel, plywood, reconstituted foam, hessian
Reconfigured stools from Jerwood Solo Presentations, Jerwood Space, London, 2016



This Interesting and Wonderful Factory
2019
Digital & 16mm video, digital photographs, scanned 35mm hand developed photograph, text
Digital footage: Alban Roinard/ 16mm footage: Katie Schwab/ Photographs: Alexei & Katie Schwab

 









Civic Centre/ City Centre
2019
Digital video, digital photographs, stop-frame animation, Tisdall script
Digital footage: Robert Marshall & Katie Schwab/ Photographs: Emily Kemp




Double Quilt (St Ives/ Plymouth/ London)
2017-19
cotton, thread, wadding
 

Relief Tiles
2019
Counter enamel, enamel, copper, bookcloth, steel
Leftover bookcloth from A Portable Mural series, mima, Middlesbrough, 2017

Wallpaper (Island Road)
2019
Block- printed wallpaper

Indigo Curtain
2019
 Indigo dyed cotton dustsheets, cotton dustsheets, thread Indigo fabric dyed with Sarah Johnson, St Ives, 2017
Leftover fabric from A Portable Mural, Serpentine Galleries, London, 2017 and Jerwood Solo Presentations, Jerwood Space, London, 2016


Pint Glasses and Water Glasses
Made with Lawrence West and Amy Whittingham at Plymouth College of Art

Cairn, Pittenweem, 2018

(photo: Sean Campbell)




 

 

All Our Own Work, 2017
MIMA Atrium Commission, Middlesbrough

Polyester, thread

Designed and made by Louise Freeman, Amy Brannan, Rebecca Bean, Lindsey Richardson, Sam Wills, Zoë Wills, Lilaf Abdo, Sameneh Khedmati, Ann-Marie Edwards, Heather Bareham, Ruth Topping, Y Tibin, Baher Aldeen, Saheba, Gemma, Uzra Ahmadi, Sally Morris & Evie.

With special thanks to Helen Wickens, Elinor Morgan and Lindsey Richardson

(photos: Jason Hynes)

Leftovers 5
Glazed stoneware, black clay and terracotta, household paint, birch plywood, ash

(photo: Tom Carter)

 

Leftovers 3
Glazed stoneware, black clay and terracotta, household paint, birch plywood, ash

(photo: Tom Carter)
 


Leftovers 1, 2017
Glazed stoneware, black clay and terracotta, household paint, birch plywood, steamed beech

(photo: Tom Carter)

Jerwood Solo Presentations, Jerwood Space, London, 2016
Lines, wood-block printed cotton dustsheets
Stripes, steamed beech, steel, wood dye
Covers, HD video and hand-scratched 16mm film converted to SD, monitor, headphones
With special thanks to Deep Throat Choir, grapefruit.london, Tom Walker and Josh Duncan.


(photos: © Hydar Dewachi)

 

Making the Bed, Laying the Table, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, 2016
Making the Bed, Laying the Table, Florence Dwyer, Katie Schwab, Simon Worthington
Mural, household paint
House, Ed Emery and Katie Schwab, MiniDV converted to HD; HD, monitor, 2014/16
Bottom Bunk, text by Rosanna Mclaughlin

(photos: Max Slaven)
With support from The Fenton Arts Trust, The Elephant Trust, Dewar Arts Award






Together in a Room, Collective, Edinburgh, 2016

Works clockwise: Sampler, hessian, Grandma's wool, pine, sapele
Ten stools made with Simon, Douglas fir, steel, wood stain, PVC
Dedicated to my great teachers (Becky Lewin, St Catherine's College, Oxford, Madeleine Ladell, Phoenix Pottery, London, Mia Schwab, London)
HD video and hand-painted 16mm film transferred to HD

(photos: Tom Nolan)


 



 

Dedicated to my great teachers (Becky Lewin, St Catherine's College, Oxford, Madeleine Ladell, Phoenix Pottery, London, Mia Schwab, London)
stills from HD video and hand-painted 16mm film transferred to HD, 10:14, 2016
Commissioned by Collective, with support from Creative Scotland

 

 





Wall Hanging

wool, dowel, American white ash, 2015







MFA Degree show, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, 2015.
Works clockwise:
Living Together, HD video, monitor
Bowls, sycamore, cherry, beech, American white ash
Wall Hanging, wool, dowel, American white ash
Bench for three people or more, American white ash, household paint

(photos: Erin Busswood)


Two Plates
photogram, mountboard, American white ash, 2015






Nesting Boxes
Made with Jonathan Tibbs
100% post-consumer recycled polyethelene, birch plywood, American white ash, 2015



 

Living Together
stills from HD video (13:13), 2015  

 

 



Work Hands 6
embroidery, beech frame, 2015

(photo: Malcolm Cochrane)




 

Cutlery Tray
photogram, mountboard, ash frame, 2015

(photo: Malcolm Cochrane)

 

 

Dinner for West Princes Street
glazed stoneware and black clay, linen, trestle table, 2014

 

 

 

Work Hands 5, Work Hands 2, Work Hands 4
embroidery, beech frame, 2014-15

 


 

Work Hands 1
embroidery, beech frame, 2014

(photo: Erin Busswood)



 

Crowd , 2013
screenprint, beech frame

(photo: Erin Busswood)

 






top: Alexei, Nisha, glazed stoneware

bottom: Elly, Ellie, Ella, Chloe, Monica, Ruth, Dave, Dan, Jonathan, Katy, Kitty, Kate, Rosanna, Melissa, Becky, Irene, Lizzie, Darcy, Amy, Antonia
glazed stoneware, table by Jonathan Tibbs

The Palace of Green Porcelain (with Dan Scott, curated by Rebecca Lewin), Breese Little, London, 2013

(photos: Tom Horak)