Shibori Landscape (2005)

Detail of dancer's skirt - MA Show

Shibori dyed cotton

Photograph: Mitch Phillips

Madame Butterfly (2001)

Detail of silk kimono for Captain Pinkerton - BA(Hons) Degree Show

Shibori dyed silk, silk screen printed, hand and machine embroidered

Photograph: Mitch Phillips

Madame Butterfly (2001)

Detail of silk kimono for Madame Butterfly - BA(Hons) Degree Show

Shibori dyed silk, screen printed and hand embroidered

Photograph: Mitch Phillips

 

'Dress to dye for' (2005)

Shibori and Indigo dyed cotton - MA Show

Photograph: Mitch Phillips

 

'White dress in flight' (2005)

Shibori textured polyester, hand and machine embroidered - Diploma Show

Photograph: Mitch Phillips

 

Artist Statement

Mitch studied printed textiles and embroidery at Cumbria Institute of the Arts where she successfully achieved a BA (Hons.) and an MA (Dist) in 2005. She specialises in printed and dyed cloth. Her work uses a Japanese process known as Shibori and Indigo Dyeing: the cloth is then constructed into stage costumes. She is also interested in the collaborative process, working with artists in other media. "It allows you to take your work in different directions, as well as giving it a new and exciting platform to work on." In a recent collaborative project with Choreographer Gill Roncarelli, Mitch designed costumes for three dancers, using shibori techniques. This dance was filmed by Media Production students. A dvd was produced called 'Shibori Landscape'.

Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions regionally, nationally and internationally.

Mitch currently works as a Senior Technician and as a Graduate Research Assistant to Angie Wyman. She works with Angie in setting up this textile network.

Exhibitions

• Fusion Exhibition, Cumbria Institute of the Arts 2006
• Shibori Exhibition, Arimatsu, Japan 2005
• Cumbria Institute of the Arts Staff Exhibition, Theatre by the Lake, Keswick 2004
• Cumbria Institute of the Arts Support Staff Exhibition 2003

Awards

• MA in Contemporary Applied Arts 2004
• BA(Hons.) Design Crafts, Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Carlisle 2001
• Winner of Texere Yarns Award 2001

Commissions

Commissions welcome

Press

• Work featured in ' Workbox Magazine' 2002

Professional Experience

• Delegate- International Shibori Symposium, RMIT, Melbourne,Australia
• Lecturer (P/T), BTEC Foundation Studies in Art & Design, Cumbria Institute of the Arts 2003
• Senior Technician P/T), Printed textiles, Cumbria Institute of the Arts