SALLY HEWETT:
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WHILST I WAS ON THE STEERING GROUP AT THE STONE SPACE, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH SALLY HEWETT ON HER EXHIBITIONS 'THREADBARE' AND 'SKIN DEEP'
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EXHIBITIONS:
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'THREADBARE' WAS AN EXHIBITION OF STITCHING AND EMBROIDERY BY SALLY HEWETT AND HER GRANDMOTHER, VIOLET KESBY WHO DIED IN 1965 AND LEFT MOST OF HER COLLECTION OF CLOTHING, EMBROIDERY, FABRICS, LACE AND SILKS TO SALLY.
'SKIN DEEP' WAS AN EXHIBITION OF EMBROIDERED AND STITCHED PIECES BY SALLY HEWETT. SALLY’S WORK IS INSPIRED BY BODIES: NOT CONVENTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL BODIES, BUT BODIES WHICH SHOW THEIR HISTORY, THAT HAVE BEEN ALTERED BY THEIR EXPERIENCES, THAT ARE DECORATED WITH SCARS, SPOTS, STRETCH-MARKS, VEINS – BODIES THAT HAVE THE MARKS OF LIFE ON THEM.
SALLY SAY’S “I AM INTERESTED IN HOW WE SEE THINGS AND HOW WE INTERPRET WHAT WE SEE. WHY ARE SOME BODIES CONSIDERED BEAUTIFUL AND OTHERS UGLY? HOW DOES MY USE OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PRETTINESS AND GENTILITY AFFECT HOW THE CONTENT IS SEEN? |