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Lee Creswell
7 Rathmore Road
Cambridge CB1 7AB
United Kingdom
Email: cnlc1@cam.ac.uk
Web: http://go.to/leecreswell

ARTIST STATEMENT

My main media is batik and painting on silk, but I have been fascinated by the various shibori techniques (since my trip to Japan in 1961) and have only in recent years tried to incorporate shibori in my silk and batik garments. My thirst for Japanese art has made me to delve into the works of traditional and contemporary artists, and hope to learn and captivate the texture and colour harmony.

 

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Travel

Since 1961, visited textile museums, factories/shops in Japan, Southeast Asia, Africa, South America and USA.

Recent Exhibitions

Cambridge Open Studios, One person show (shibori scarves, amongst batik and paintings on silks)
10-11 July 2004, and 24-25 July 2004

Christmas Exhibition, Group Exhibition of Cambridge Open Studio Artists
25-28 November 2004-12-25
Cottenham Village College, Cambridge, UK

Forthcoming Exhibitions

Textile in Focus, Group Show
18-20 February 200

Cottenham Village College, Cambridge, UK
I am working on ro-shibori technique and hope to incorporate ro-shibori scarves in the Batik Guild Exhibition

Heidelberg Exchange Open Studios (Germany), Group Show
Easter week 2005

Cambridge Open Studios, One person show (shibori shawls and garments, amongst batik and paintings on silks)
9-10 July and 23-24 July 2005

Selected Teaching

Workshop Instructor:
Ferrous Sulphate and Black K Salt on Silk: Ro-shibori using kanoko, gangi mokume, and orinui techniques.
23 October 2004
Rainbow Silks, Great Missendem, Buckinghamshire, UK

Workshop Guest Instructor
The Japanese Art of Shibori: Arashi and Itajami
Cottenham Village College
5 February 2005


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