Talk
Artist Talk with Bel Pye
11 Oct 2024
Project Ability Ltd
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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A mix of small quilts cover the entire image. They are stitched in many different ways, using fabric of different colours and textures. The text over the image reads: Bel Pye’s a soft place to land. 14 September - 26 October.
Exhibition
a soft place to land
14 Sep 2024 – 26 Oct 2024
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Free admission
Address
- 103 Trongate
- Glasgow
United Kingdom - G1 5HD
- United Kingdom
Event map
a soft place to land is an exhibition of textile sculptures, wall quilts and hangings inspired by natural elements.
About
Stitched by Bel Pye, this exhibition holds a sensory space within texture, play and rest. Most of the materials used are recycled or repurposed. a soft place to land has challenged the artist to increase the size of their work, as most of their previous work was lap-sized and often made whilst watching telly.
Bel Pye started working with textiles because the materials needed are cheap to acquire and textile projects are easy to work on from bed. Yarn crafts like knitting and crochet are portable, not very messy, and allow the artist to find a rhythm to keep working with even whilst chatting or watching TV. Bel is also drawn to textile art due to its long history of radical resistance, producing large community projects such as the AIDS memorial quilt.
Pye focuses on the experience of making, rather than the finished product, asking themselves what they enjoy from the process: Is it the rhythm of the stitches, the feel of the material, the weight of the project on their lap? Pye hopes people will enjoy exploring the objects as much as they have enjoyed making them.
