‘Knit Knot Teapot’ includes work by artists from across the UK as well as eclectic cosies created by the local community, young and old, at a series of knitting workshops held throughout March 2008.
“I wanted to make a cosy to inspire the discussion of death and - an opportunity to remember loved ones and retell memories,” says Gayle Rogers from Cardiff, who created the gravestone-encrusted ‘Teaplot’.
A crown, a cauliflower, a cemetery and an ice cream are among the weird and wonderful knitted tea cosies featured. Other unusual and quirky work in the show includes a ‘sea cosy’ complete with lighthouse, a ‘green tea monster’ based on 80s children’s TV character Gordon the Gopher, and a cosy made from wool dyed with real tea.
Curated by Joe Madeira and Jane Porter. A ‘Little Booklet of Knitting and Tea’ accompanies the show.
Sundae Special by Jane Porter
Sheep by Clarice Harkin
Sea by Margaret Porter
Caffeine by Rachel Weaver
Pink Dress by Jean England
Cactus by Amada Perkins
Red Queen by Sophie Jonas
Street by Margaret Porter
More Tea Vicar? by Hatta Hodson
Teaplot by Gayle Rogers
Flowers by Rosi Harkin
Cauliflower by Alison Porter
Cactus by Jean England
Green Tea Monster by Pamina Stewart
Boris by Frillip Moolog
Gun Powder by Joe Madeira
Make Space for a Cuppa by Claire and Evie Edgar
It's Raining, it's pouring by Claire Edgar
Exhibition Private View
Thursday 27 March 2008
18.00 - 20.00
'Blood Line' Performance
by Angela Maddock
Saturday 5 April 2008
11.00 - 15.00
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