Hand Embroidery Performance - Demonstration

Name: Hand Embroidery Performance - Demonstration
Start: 2024-05-25T10:00:00+1000
End: 2024-05-25T13:30:00+1000
Location: Robyn Black Melbourne/Booker & Co. Boutique

Sat, 25 May, 10am - 1:30pm AEST

Robyn Black Melbourne/Booker & Co. Boutique

carlton north, australia

Studio PCL

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Join Studio PCL for their installation piece 'Precious Matters' presented in Rathdowne Village at the boutique of independent labels Robyn Black and Booker & Co. during Melbourne Design Week. The installation focusses on the role of non-virgin materials used during the process of creation of considered design objects and the values placed on raw materials used in daily life.

Applying the traditional techniques of quilting, patchwork and hand embroidery, Studio PCL re-imagines the occasional chair to create an object that blurs the lines between form and function, while locally produced fashion garments are given a 'hand' touch, focussing on contemporary forms of heritage craft.

An in-store hand embroidery 'performance' demonstration will be held in conjunction with the installation. Phong will be working live in-store, hand embroidering a Robyn Black Melbourne garment. Drop in through out the day to observe, ask, share and try your 'Hand' at some embroidery. This event will allow the community to further engage with the designer, their work and share knowledge.

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This is the story of a man who is happy making things with his hands.

When I was 16, without any tailoring knowledge I made a pair of pants that I wore to a party, the crotch ripped that night. That was the end of my fashion ambitions, but it did not deter me from the artisanal milieu, and so the story continues.

After several years as a shoe designer/maker, I took the opportunity to research & work in textile-based social enterprises in Vietnam, Nepal, China and India. This reinforced the social and environmental care that has always underpinned my ethos as an artisan – slow, functional luxury, made by hand.

Taking inspiration from my experiences, I developed my own textile practice based in Tasmania. I am currently based back in Melbourne. Turning to the immediate environment as my source of raw materials: dyes made from plants, reclaimed wool, cotton & linen.

Within a general field of contemporary though iconographic simplicity, I leave room for the chance encounter arising in the natural process – the signature of the Unknown Craftsman. Continuity in the traces of stitching forms lines of diversity that thoughts and feelings can travel down, converging with or diverging from the overall direction. It sustains a history and an ongoing narrative. I think of each piece as a new heirloom.

Phong's work has been showcased at QuiltCon in the US and The Wangaratta Art Gallery. In 2019, he was shortlisted for The Footscray Art prize. In 2023, Phong collaborated with The Social Studio on the 'Cross Stitch' program, creating a community quilt. He is part of the travelling group exhibition 'In Conversation' which will show at the Peppin Heritage Centre, Deniliquin shortly and travel to France later this year. His piece 'Creating Character' won Best Object Design at Design Fringe 2023. Phong is the current Artist in Residence at The Australian Tapestry Workshop.

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Sat, 25 May, 10am - 1:30pm AEST

Robyn Black Melbourne/Booker & Co. Boutique

carlton north, australia

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