Blackwater Polytechnic will be exhibiting at
Sluice_Exchange Berlin 2018
Das Kühlhaus Berlin
Luckenwalder Str. 3, 10963 Berlin, Germany

Opening hours:
Friday 16 November 18:00 – 23:00
Saturday 17 + Sunday 18 November 11:00 – 19:00

Blackwater Polytechnic will be presenting works by EMC Collard, Ben Coode-Adams, Fiona Curran, Justin Knopp and Freddie Robins.

Read Resistant Materials, an essay by Ben Coode-Adams and Freddie Robins (Blackwater Polytechnic) in Sluice magazine, Inter/nationalism issue, Autumn/Winter 2018

sluice.info
blackwaterpolytechnic.com

Freddie Robins features in two new books and a journal published this month -

Craftfulness – Mend yourself by making things by Rosemary Davidson and Arzu Tahsin, published by Quercus, London.

Unravelled – Contemporary Knit Art by Charlotte Vannier, published by Thames & Hudson, London.

Unpicking the Narrative: Difficult Women, Difficult Work, co-authored by Freddie Robins, Lucy Day & Eliza Gluckman, Textile: Journal of Cloth and Culture, Volume 16, 2018 Issue 3: The Matter of Material, published by Taylor & Francis.

Charlotte Cameron, Knitwear Editor for Knitting Industry Creative interviews Freddie Robins (portrait: Sophie Mutevelian/Crafts Council).

Read interview here

Read designer, Donna Wilson’s, blog post about the Tormented Textiles panel discussion, where she was joined by Freddie Robins and contemporary craft expert, Martina Margetts, for a panel discussion on the trials and tribulations of living a creative life.

You can listen to the conversation and Q&A session on Soundcloud via the link below.

Read here

Listen here

Freddie Robins will be joined by contemporary craft expert Martina Margetts and designer Donna Wilson to discuss the trials and tribulations of living a creative life.

They will talk about the role of risk in creativity, what happens when you lose your spark, and what keeps you going, and will consider the intersection of craft and commercialism.

The discussion will last for around 50-60 minutes and will be followed by a Q&A session.

Refreshments will be provided.

Wednesday 19 September 2018
From 6.00pm

Donna Wilson Pop-up Shop
32 Charlotte Road
London EC2A 3PB

The event is free but booking is essential.
Book here

This event is part of Donna Wilson’s 15th year celebration at London Design Festival.