Spring 2012 - Dress and Textile Specialists

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The result was a body of creative work playing with the idea of old and new. Contemporary work was displayed alongside museum objects to appear as though it was part of the collection and not new contemporary work. Contemporary work by Kate Ward, Copyright Sarah Jane Kenyon Access To The Collection: Old, But New at Fabric Magic A partnership was developed with Fabric Magic on Silver Street, in Trowbridge. Bath Spa students had access to their shops windows for 3 weeks, to display Old, But, New. Contemporary work by Sarah Finch, Copyright Sarah Jane Kenyon Festival debuted in an International Exchange of Fabric 2 Photographs from Leer Museum Trowbridge is twinned with Leer in North West Germany and Elbag in Northern Poland. Leer had a history of flax growing and linen manufacture, started by the Mennonites. Elbag is home to the British Eastland Company from the 16th century onwards and was the primary port of entry for English woolen cloth, including West of England cloth. To symbolize this shared textile heritage, Leer Museum sent Trowbridge Museum linen cloth and 2 photographs, also a piece of Trowbridge woolen cloth was “exported” to Elbag Museum. ‘AND SEW TO READ’ at Trowbridge Lending Library 10
An exhibition from the Embroiderer's Guild, Frome and District Branch, displayed at Trowbridge Lending Library. Work was inspired by the 25th anniversary. A theme of book titles. Use of silver thread to present the anniversary. With kind permission from Trowbridge Lending Library CRAFT ACTIVITES: Copyright Trowbridge Museum Copyright Trowbridge Museum Outcome: Programme of FREE EVENTS Publicity for the Museum by promoting heritage. Access to the collection not on display. Creating exhibitions beyond the Museum. Passing on skills: How to make cloth, Rag Rug Brooch, Felting, Weaving. Building partnerships with the community- Fabric Magic, Trowbridge Library, Leer Museum, Elbag Museum. _____ Collection access strategies at the Fashion Museum, Bath - Elly Summers and Elaine Uttley, Fashion Museum Collections Assistants The Fashion Museum holds a world-class collection of historic and contemporary fashionable dress and is designated as a collection of outstanding significance. The collection numbers well in excess of 70,000 objects, and the museum is visited by over 100,000 people each year. Most visitors to the Museum are tourists to Bath and it is this fortuitous siting in a World Heritage city, a place that people seek to visit, that has shaped our current collection access practice. We have decided to eschew the pursuit of an on-line catalogue of the collection and instead, concentrate our resources 11
Page 1 and 2: DATS Dress and Textile Specialists
Page 3 and 4: DATS Committee 2012 Chair Christine
Page 5 and 6: Effective Collections - making the
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Page 21 and 22: Figure 1. Linking understanding of
Page 23 and 24: Josie Sheppard, previously Curator,
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