{"id":955,"date":"2020-08-04T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textilestudygroup.wordpress.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2021-07-15T18:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T18:28:09","slug":"artists-interview-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textilestudygroup.co.uk\/news\/2020\/08\/04\/artists-interview-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists Interview – Jan Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In this weeks artist interview we share  <\/span>Jan Millers thought provoking response to the questions.   <\/span><\/p>\n

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Jan Miller
\n<\/strong>Are the ideas  for this project ongoing or are they new ?
\n<\/strong><\/em>Making new work for a group project and exhibition with an agreed title or given brief  <\/span>is not the same as following my own interests and ways of thinking and working. I make notes  <\/span>(selecting  <\/span>a suitable sketchbook is the first challenge, as if that matters to the outcome, yet somehow it does) to record lines of development … words, layouts, sequences, quotes … gathering information … a game of consequences.<\/p>\n

In the case of Insights<\/i>, TSG started the thought processes with a suggestion to look back at our individual previous work. This was invaluable to prompt a personal dialogue for me and start to recognise my own practice . There are many recurring themes and passions in my process. Do we always make the same piece of work? I don’t think so … but there is an identity unique to each individual maker, which may be more important to them than to the observer<\/p>\n

What is your favourite part of the creative process <\/i>?
\n<\/i><\/strong>I really enjoy the sampling process: working new textile sketches with freedom without worrying about an end-product or to satisfy a brief. Spontaneity is important to me.<\/p>\n

I have always enjoyed handling materials: I enjoy the touch, the feel, even the smell … I remember the fabric shop in Altrincham, its location in George Street opposite Woolworths, the few steps down and then the formaldehyde, burning our eyes, tickling our throats … I am not sure what part that played in the manufacture nor if it is even allowed today. For me cloth still reaches all the senses, but I do know the feel\/handle gets better over time and use.<\/p>\n

We each have our own \u2018handwriting\u2019 even in cloth and thread … though it may take someone else to recognise that individuality  <\/span>–  <\/span>read it and identify it. I enjoy the memory and story\u2013telling held in each piece,  <\/span>a hidden history that is personal and individual to each maker.<\/p>\n

On my studio wall there are a few postcards that have retained their position … others come and go … I think these will always be markers of the most beautiful and influential images of textile process (wrapping, physicality of process, perfect folding) for me:<\/p>\n

Bellini,  <\/span>Presentazione di Gesu al tempio<\/i><\/p>\n

Pablo Picasso, Woman Ironing<\/i><\/p>\n

Robert Campin, A Woman<\/i><\/p>\n

And that is not to ignore paintings of the Last Supper<\/i> and the attention to the crisp folds of the  <\/span>tablecloth.<\/p>\n

If you have time, I would love to see your cards!<\/p>\n

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Jan in her studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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