Delighted to see Margo Selby's gorgeous work for The Festival of Making featured in The Times!
Mesmerizing celebratory textile installation, immersive in colour, form and sound, joyful and uplifting. Occupying the North Transept of Blackburn Cathedral, the site- responsive textile sculpture evokes the movement of cloth throughout the factory, travelling in waves and folds through the machinery. The suspended form initially lies on the cathedral floor, before reaching up to tower 9 metres into the vaulted ceiling, then descending back down.
This rise and fall reflects a respiratory waveform, a deep breath in and out again; ‘Breathing Colour’ the very nature of the workforce at Standfast and Barracks which aligns so closely with the work of Margo Selby.
During the residency, 160 employees chose a single tone with a memory or association behind it. The arrangement of colour is initially inspired by the methodical organisation of the colour swatches and colour cards found in the Standfast & Barracks archive.
Construction of the piece is inspired by lenticular printing, with the cloth stitched into concertinaed ‘gills’. The finished work comprises 100 metres of printed and pleated fabric, marking 100 years of Standfast & Barracks.
Selby has collaborated with composer-artist Peter Coyte to craft a sound piece. The work captures the rhythms of the machinery and the relationship between river and factory, as well as paying homage to the factory’s brass band.
A Co-commission by The National Festival of Making and British Textile Biennial.
Mesmerizing celebratory textile installation, immersive in colour, form and sound, joyful and uplifting. Occupying the North Transept of Blackburn Cathedral, the site- responsive textile sculpture evokes the movement of cloth throughout the factory, travelling in waves and folds through the machinery. The suspended form initially lies on the cathedral floor, before reaching up to tower 9 metres into the vaulted ceiling, then descending back down.
This rise and fall reflects a respiratory waveform, a deep breath in and out again; ‘Breathing Colour’ the very nature of the workforce at Standfast and Barracks which aligns so closely with the work of Margo Selby.
During the residency, 160 employees chose a single tone with a memory or association behind it. The arrangement of colour is initially inspired by the methodical organisation of the colour swatches and colour cards found in the Standfast & Barracks archive.
Construction of the piece is inspired by lenticular printing, with the cloth stitched into concertinaed ‘gills’. The finished work comprises 100 metres of printed and pleated fabric, marking 100 years of Standfast & Barracks.
Selby has collaborated with composer-artist Peter Coyte to craft a sound piece. The work captures the rhythms of the machinery and the relationship between river and factory, as well as paying homage to the factory’s brass band.
A Co-commission by The National Festival of Making and British Textile Biennial.
