Sue Lawty

7 - 8sl LEAD 1 -2
lead warp and weft, hand woven and beaten
24" x 18" x 1.5"
61cm x 48cm x 4cm
2007
$2,400 each

9 - 10sl LEAD 3 -4
lead warp and weft, hand woven and beaten
24" x 18" x 1.5"
61cm x 48cm x 4cm
2007
$2,400 each

11 - 12sl LEAD 5 -6
lead warp and weft, hand woven and beaten
24" x 18" x 1.5"
61cm x 48cm x 4cm
2007
$2,400 each

1sl LINE
linen, hemp, paper, cotton tape, pewter
96.75" x 12" x 1.25"
240.5 x 30.5 x 3 cm, 2005
$7,500
(ON HOLD)

Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England (Concealed-Discovered-Revealed, solo exhibition;acquistion); Bankfield Gallery and Museum, Halifax (Rock-Raffia-Linen-Lead, solo exhibition, permanent collection); Central Museum, of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (International Triennial of Tapestry); Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Suffolk England (arttextiles I and 2,traveling exhibitions); the Barbican Centre, London, England (Woven Image: British Contemporary Tapestry, traveling exhibition); Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, Washington (Tapestry: Contemporary Imagery/ Ancient Tradition, traveling exhibition); British Crafts Centre, London, England (Wall Hung Textiles); Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia (Sue Lawty: A Woven Language, solo exhibition, artist residency); Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, England (Cloth & Culture NOW, traveling exhibition); Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Ireland (Contemporary Textile Art: International Open). Artist-in Residence: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England.

2sl Detail TERRA

Statement:
Climbing a mountain: Touching the rock – feeling the texture – exploring it for holds: balance – poise – rhythm – physical control – tension - total concentration – focus – clarity of mind; seeking a way through – movement – adrenaline – being scared. These are not different from the creative process of weaving a tapestry or making a drawing – being on the knife-edge arête between relevance and rubbish. A journey with an uncertain end.

The heightened experiences of being alone in the mountains and alone in the middle of a piece of weaving are glorious and frightening and totally consuming.

The content of my work is rooted in landscape – wild, remote. Rock and stone play a large part in my understanding for their embodiment of structure and time. I am interested in paring away the excess, refining an idea down to its essentials, intuitively feeling my way. Using linen, hemp, raffia, ramie and increasingly metals; I seek an understated restraint. I seek to produce work that is essentially still.
Sue Lawty

6sl Detail GRID

Cloth
and Culture
NOW
January 29, 2008 -
June 1, 2008

Sainsbury Centre
for Visual Arts
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ UK
T: 01603 593199
http://www.scva.org.uk
/planyourvisit/gettingtous/

Whitworth Art Gallery,
University of Manchester
Autumn 2008
(additional venues in 2009)

The exhibition Cloth & Culture NOW brings together 35 artists from Estonia, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania and the UK, including Agneta Hobin, Merja Winquist and Sue Lawty. Textile has played an important role in the cultural identity of these countries and each of the artists is using that textile history to investigate the importance of specific cultural identity and trans-cultural influences in their work.

Most of the selected artists have made new work for the exhibition, reflecting the social, political and utilitarian history of textile within the context of shifting experiences of culture and tradition. These works include the contemporary use of traditional techniques and materials: knit, tapestry, embroidery, felt making, plus explorations of new materials and technology, large architectural installations, performance work, video, narrative based textiles, decorative textiles.g experiences of culture and tradition. These works include the contemporary use of traditional techniques and materials: knit, tapestry, embroidery, felt making, plus explorations of new materials and technology, large architectural installations, performance work, video, narrative-based textiles, decorative textiles.

A 180-page book, Cloth and Culture NOW, has been published to accompany the exhibit. Order at http://www.clothandculturenow.com/book.html.

Catalog #33
BEYOND WEAVING: International ArtTextiles
click for more information
Catalog #34
10TH WAVE III:
Art Textileand Fiber Sculpture
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Book #14
ARTEXTILES:
a major survey of British art textiles
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Book #15
ARTEXTILES 2:
a major survey of British art textiles
click for more information Book #27
SUE LAWTY: rock-raphia-linen-lead
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To purchase the artwork of Sue Lawty
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
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Catalog #33 BEYOND WEAVING: International ArtTextiles click for more information	Catalog #34 10TH WAVE III: Art Textileand Fiber Sculpture click for more information


Book #14 ARTEXTILES: a major survey of British art textiles click for more information	Book #15 ARTEXTILES 2: a major survey of British art textiles click for more information	Book #27 SUE LAWTY: rock-raphia-linen-lead click for more information