exhibition – KDD & Co

meet, make, collaborate

creative, collective and protective acts of making

the Carbeth creature goes north

The Carbeth creature takes a trip to Banchory

virtual viewing

By: Kate Davies Designs May 9, 2020May 12, 2020

art, exhibition, photographyart, Dorothea Lange, gallery, light by the sea, Museum, National Galleries of Scotland, photography, Rembrant, Tig Gallery, Tignabruaich gallery, Tom Barr29 Comments

Kilbride Bay by me, Tom Barr, from my Light by the Sea exhibition Hello, it’s Tom here. This week I’ve been thinking a lot about what’s been happening with digital / virtual exhibitions, and I thought I’d spend today’s post talking about some of the ways in which galleries and museums, large and small, have…

Write by the Sea

By: Sam Kilday March 22, 2020March 22, 2020

exhibition, ootlier, photography, reading, writingArgyll, disability, exhibition, landscape, nature writing11 Comments

The inaugural Write by the Sea Festival in Argyll, celebrated writing and writers exploring themes connected with the sea, food, coast, nature and place

light by the sea

“the times of dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean’s skin” Herman Melville, Moby Dick Hello everyone, it’s Tom here. In today’s post I’m excited to tell you more about my latest body of work, which also comprises my first solo exhibition – Light by the Sea. (Otter Ferry) Like…

light, write, colour

By: Kate Davies Designs March 9, 2020March 9, 2020

design, exhibition, knitting, patterns, photography, poetry, publishingClaudia Fiocchetti, colour moves, light by the sea, Make / Mark, publishing, Write by the sea10 Comments

The past few weeks have seen some rather intense creative activity, as Tom and I prepare for an exciting weekend in Argyll. On Friday, Tom will be opening an exhibition of his new work at the Tighnabruaich gallery, Light by the Sea. As well as his beautiful photographic seascapes, each of which evokes the distinctive…

at EYF

By: Kate Davies Designs March 12, 2017March 12, 2017

Edinburgh, exhibition, textiles, yarnEdinburgh Yarn Fest40 Comments

Well, that’s the hard work of Edinburgh Yarn Fest over for another year! We took all the samples from Inspired by Islay with us, and many people mentioned what a difference it made being able to see my designs in person. . . . and to be able to browse through our books. Here’s Mel…

Fair Isle in Whalsay

Are you going to Shetland Wool Week this year? If so, can I strongly suggest you set aside a day in your itinerary for a trip to the wonderful island of Whalsay?. The Whalsay Heritage Centre is currently hosting an exhibition of the island’s fair isle knitting that will, I assure you, really blow your…

Delaunay retrospective

By: Kate Davies Designs April 19, 2015April 19, 2015

art, design, exhibition, interview, textilesart, design, exhibition, modernism, Sonia Delaunay, Tate, Tate Modern, textiles32 Comments

You all know of my Sonia Delaunay obsession, and I was extremely excited to attend the opening of the retrospective of her work at Tate Modern last week. Box, (1913) Delaunay crossed disciplinary boundaries effortlessly, and it was wonderful to see her ease in various aesthetic / commercial contexts properly represented. Delaunay did not impose…

Great Tapestry of Scotland 93-123

Panel 94: Hill and Adamson The silver herrings and striped petticoats of the Newhaven fisherwoman. In the comments on yesterday’s post, Heather linked to an interesting take on the “when is a tapestry not a tapestry” question from a tapestry weaver who strongly objects to the misappropriation of the term in reference to non-woven textiles.…

knitterly things

(Tom takes a wee break from knitterly things in the Unst Bus Shelter.) As you may have guessed, I was occupied with a few knitterly things while visiting Shetland. I can’t really talk about these yet, unfortunately, but hopefully it will be worth the wait. I can say, though, that I met some truly lovely…

outing

By: Kate Davies Designs November 7, 2009June 3, 2010

exhibition, fashion, Harris, knitting, landscape, rant, textilesborders textile towerhouse, Boutique Knits, Harris Tweed Orb, Hawick, Hawick Balls, Vivienne Westwood19 Comments

It has been a very frustrating week. I’ve not been up to anything much, and have been unable to go outdoors. Tom decided to cheer me up with a non-taxing outing, and we drove to Hawick. I love to walk in the Borders, but when one cannot walk, pootling around in the car will do…

Katherine Emtage at Concrete Wardrobe

On Saturday evening, Mel and I popped in to the opening of the Spring collection at Concrete Wardrobe. I can’t believe I’ve not mentioned Concrete Wardrobe here before. It is certainly the best place in Edinburgh, and probably the best place in Scotland, to discover all kinds of original things both beautiful and useful from…

in with the new

After the conclusion of my clothing-myself project in 2008, I have a new project for 2009. I think that most things are seen better when seen from on foot, and I am often struck by just how much more atuned one becomes to the changing uses and meanings of a landscape when walking through it.…

Henry Moore Textiles

By: Kate Davies Designs December 8, 2008December 11, 2008

design, exhibition, fabric, textilesdesign, Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, exhibition, Henry Moore, Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore Textiles, review, textiles9 Comments

It has been a very busy week! But one of its real highlights was visiting the newly refurbished Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh with my friend Melanie, and seeing their superb exhibition of Henry Moore’s textiles. Looking at his designs, and the 1940s upholstery and clothing fashioned from them, I got about as excited as I’ve…

troubled

By: Kate Davies Designs May 27, 2008June 1, 2010

exhibition, feminism, gardens, reviewbotanical illustration, exhibition, Inverleith House, John Hutton Balfour, Louise Bourgeois, Nature Study, review, Royal Botanic Garden, scientific illustration4 Comments

Needled reviews Louise Bourgeois, Nature Study. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Until July 6th. I like Louise Bourgeois. I like what she stands for. She’s a woman whose early work challenges and outlasts so many of her surrealist contemporaries, with their ludicrous, dick-swinging excesses. I like her investigative, excavatory treament of sexuality and power. I particularly…