Collect Open 2020 For Collect Open 2020, I have created new work in textile and metal in response to a residency I undertook in Kachchh, Gujarat in 2017. Here I became fascinated by pieced and embroidered fabric dowry sacks used by the nomadic Rabari tribe to transport their possessions on their camels. My interpretations are large metal tassels welded [...]
Indian Threads at Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Heidi Baker2020-01-20T20:26:14+00:00Indian Threads: textile inspirations Sat 14 September to Sat 9 November 2019 Very excited to that the Indian Threads exhibition is showing Aberystwyth Arts Centre. As well as my own work, also on show is work by Rajiben M. Vankar, Champa Siju, Eleri Mills, Laura Thomas and Louise Tucker. Threads is produced by Ceri Jones, Fieldwork, in [...]
Indian Threads at Ruthin Crafts Centre
Heidi Baker2020-01-20T20:23:48+00:00Indian Threads: textile inspirations 24 November 2018 – 27 January 2019 ‘Weaving is the work of the heart and the mind, not only the hand.’ Champa Siju, artisan This exhibition is a celebration of the wider exchange project called Threads. Artists from Wales and artisans from Kachchh in rural Gujarat have shared studio time and field [...]