Alix Swan
little bits of printy things
As a lover of story, print, textiles and graphics, my works are engineered from paper and mixed media producing unexpected combinations. My home is a treasure trove of found, pre-loved materials waiting to be used together with four old typewriters and a wide selection of collected lettering as I love a ‘printer’s pie’ of type (old printmaking slang for jumbled, unsorted letters!) I make everything myself using traditional bookbinding, assemblage, sewing, collage and print. With origins in happy childhood story sharing reawakened by my MA in Contemporary Craft where I discovered more about the need for storytelling and keeping traditional tales alive, I draw on vintage texts, rhymes and sayings to produce a collection of bookworks, larger paper characters, collages, illustrations, prints and keepsakes. Often described as quirky and amusing, my work brings an original but personal connection to people’s own memories.
Exhibitions
2021
*Digital Craft Festival
online www.craftsfestival.co.uk
26-28 March
*Craft Festival Cheltenham
Cheltenham Town Hall GL50 1QA
13-15 August
*Crafts Festival Bovey Tracey
Bovey Tracey Devon TQ13 9AL
10-12 September
*Craft Festival Bath
Bath Assembly Rooms BA1 2QH
27-28 November CANCELED due to covid
*Digital Craft Festival
online www.craftsfestival.co.uk
13-14 Nov
*MAC Christmas Arts Market
Midlands Art Centre Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH
4-5 Dec
2020
*Llantarnam Grange Dolls House Exhibition
Torfaen NP44 1PD
(30 November '19)- 18 January
*Craft Festival Cheltenham
Cheltenham Town Hall GL50 1QA
20-22 March POSTPONED
*MAC (Midlands Art Centre)
Birmingham B12 9QH
Sunday 5th April POSTPONED
*Digital Festival
Online www.craftsfestival.co.uk
26-28 June
*Digital Festival
Online www.craftsfestival.co.uk
25-27 November
*Craft Festival Bath
Bath Assembly Rooms BA1 2QH
28-29 November POSTPONED
2019
*MAC (Midlands Art Centre)
Birmingham B12 9QH
Sunday 3 March
Sunday 6 October
Saturday 30 November
Sunday 1 December
*Contemporary Craft Festival
Bovey Tracey Devon TQ3 9AL
7-9 June
*British Crafts at Blackthorpe Barn
Rougham, 3 miles east of Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP30 9HZ
9-10 November
16-17 November
*Llantarnam Grange Dolls House Exhibition
Torfaen NP44 1PD
30 November - 18 January 2020