The maker - Alicja Kaczmarek
Textile education:
- 2016-2018, Diploma HE course in Contemporary Textiles, Shetland College, University of Highlands and Islands, Scotland
Courses and workshops attended:
- 2015, ‘Traditional Polish doubleweave technique’, Folk Culture Museum in Węgorzewo, Poland
- 2013, ‘Finnish ways to recycle textiles’, Kerava, Finland
- 2011, ‘Traditional weaving techniques’, Akademia Łucznica, Poland
Collaborations and memberships:
- 2019 - 2022 - Stowarzyszenie NÓW. Nowe Rzemiosło (New Craft Poland Association) member
- 2018 - 2021 - woven textiles teacher at School of Form, Poznań, Poland
- spring-summer 2017 - part-time weaver and designer at Global Yell weaving studio, Shetland Islands, Scotland
- 2016-2018 - Shetland Organics associate member
- 2016-2017 - Shetland Arts and Crafts associate member
- 2015-2017 - Shetland Wool Week weaving instructor, in cooperation with Shetland Organics CIC, Shetland Islands, Scotland
- 2013 - exhibition scenario and content creation for Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, in cooperation with HD House media company, Łódż, Poland
Group exhibitions:
- September 2020 - "Nów w pełni", Pasaż Wiecha, Warsaw, Poland
- September 2020 - "Progress does not exist", Łódź Design Festival, Poland
- November 2019 - "Nów w pełni", Stacja Muranów, Warsaw, Poland
- October-November 2019 - "Is coral a colour?", City of Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- September-October 2019 - "Making / things", Zamek Cieszyn, Poland
- May 2019 - "Making / things", Łódź Design Festival, Poland
- October 2018 - "Is coral a colour?", Budapest Design Week, Hungary & Designblok Prague, Czechia
- July 2018 - Shetland College Contemporary Textiles exhibition, Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland Islands, Scotland
- May 2018 - Shetland College Vision 18, Shetland Textile Museum, Shetland Islands, Scotland
- October 2016 - Traditional weaving from Poland, Tokyo, Japan
- October 2015 - Traditional weaving from Poland, Tokyo, Japan
- September-October 2015 - Shetland Organics textile exhibition, Vaila Fine Art Gallery, Shetland Islands, Scotland
- September-October 2014 - Shetland Organics textile exhibition, Vaila Fine Art Gallery, Shetland Islands, Scotland
