Get the chance to win a hand-woven cloth made by Maria Sigma at ‘The Future Of Craft’ at Bargehouse Oxo Tower during London Craft Week in collaboration with Design Nation.
Maria Sigma at Bargehouse during LCW shot by Dan Weill Photography.
At a time when there is a surge of interest in craft and in a dialog with the inaugural exhibition of The Harewood Biennial ‘Useful/Beautiful: Why Craft Matters’, Maria seeks for answers to this question.
To enter the competition send an email to info@mariasigma.com [Subject: LCW Competition] with your contact details and answering the question: ‘Why craft matters (to you)?’ until Sunday 30th of June.
WHY CRAFT MATTERS (TO ME)?
Living in a digital era of single-use objects, where people discard things easily, the need for tangible and real materials arises. Craft is more than just a way of making things; for me it’s a way of thinking and living in the most sustainable way. It questions the different processes of dealing with the material world, and it brings back a certain level of human dignity. Craft calms down our high-speed society. In a way, craft is a tool to connect the heritage of the past with our present. Craft can invest a context of regionalism and history to our convenience-based economy. Craft is an event that starts with a physical sense of relationship between materials and people.
More specifically, hand-weaving - one of the oldest crafts, like a portal to past eras and candlelit work environments, brings back a long- forgotten, almost romantic, collaboration of the body and the mind, and relationship between the domesticity and the creativity.
Hand-crafted goods remind us how and why we are humans - they carry a story, maker’s personality and the emotional state of their creator. Textile heirlooms, passed on from one generation to another, become narrative objects of great sentimental value, which encompass a particular sense of belonging for me: ‘feeling at home’.
CLOTH:
DIMENSIONS: approx. 135 x 115 cm
MATERIALS: 100% natural undyed British wool
CLEAN & CARE: hand-washing /washing machine: hand-wash/wool cycle in max. 30°C / & low spin, ironing/steaming in medium temperature
TO BE USED: sofa/floor cushion cover(s), fabric for garment(s)/accessories, baby blanket/throw/mini- blanket, fabric for upholstery: arm-chair, ottoman, stool/chair top.
DETAILS:
ENTER COMPETITION: email info@mariasigma.com with your answer to ‘Why craft matters (to you)?’
SUBJECT: ‘LCW Competition’
DEADLINE: Sunday 30th of June
The winner will get notified by email.
IMPORTANT: 1. The cloth is for personal and non-profit use only. You may not sell the cloth itself as a whole , as a part, as an addition to any other product(s)/good(s), nor as an item(s) made from it. 2. By entering the competition you are subscribing to the newsletter. You can unsubscribe anytime.
For all enquiries email: maria@mariasigma.com
