JOURNAL ARCHIVE
Farooqui, Chinar,
Chinar Farooqui works as a researcher in the areas of craft-based textiles, with interests that cover ethnographic studies, textile construction and development. She is a Post-graduate of textiles from NID and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from MSU Baroda. She has previously worked with and for handloom weavers in Chanderi, for a design cum development project sponsored by UNIDO. She presently works in Delhi and undertakes entrepreneurial design and research projects.
Chinar Farooqui works as a researcher in the areas of craft-based textiles, with interests that cover ethnographic studies, textile construction and development. She is a Post-graduate of textiles from NID and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from MSU Baroda. She has previously worked with and for handloom weavers in Chanderi, for a design cum development project sponsored by UNIDO. She presently works in Delhi and undertakes entrepreneurial design and research projects.
Finn, Patrick J.,
Patrick J. Finn, a textile specialist, photographer and writer has been researching and photographing the cultural context of Indian textiles, specifically, Indian quilts and quilt making. He has just completed “Timeless Textiles: The Quilts of India,” the first extensive survey of Indian quilts compiled in India or abroad. The lavishly illustrated manuscripts identify and chronicle the historic and contemporary context of quilt-making from undivided India. Earlier this year he completed a fellowship as a Research Associate at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Finn is a major contributor in Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe by Spike Gillespie. He was a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Financial Award for Taos Up Close I a photographic portrait essay of the artists of the Taos art colony at the turn of the century. Finn has been collected by the Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Fine Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico and by over 30 private collectors.
Patrick J. Finn, a textile specialist, photographer and writer has been researching and photographing the cultural context of Indian textiles, specifically, Indian quilts and quilt making. He has just completed “Timeless Textiles: The Quilts of India,” the first extensive survey of Indian quilts compiled in India or abroad. The lavishly illustrated manuscripts identify and chronicle the historic and contemporary context of quilt-making from undivided India. Earlier this year he completed a fellowship as a Research Associate at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Finn is a major contributor in Quilts Around the World: The Story of Quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe by Spike Gillespie. He was a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Financial Award for Taos Up Close I a photographic portrait essay of the artists of the Taos art colony at the turn of the century. Finn has been collected by the Smithsonian Institute, Museum of Fine Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico and by over 30 private collectors.
Flury, Tracy,
Tracy Flury is a Peruvian photographer, now living in Spain. She studied photography in Lima- Perú and then went on to do a specialization at Speos Photography School in Paris. Interested in many aspects of photography, she has worked in photojournalism, portraiture and brand photography.
Tracy Flury is a Peruvian photographer, now living in Spain. She studied photography in Lima- Perú and then went on to do a specialization at Speos Photography School in Paris. Interested in many aspects of photography, she has worked in photojournalism, portraiture and brand photography.
Follen, Steven,
Steven Follen is a designer, craftsman and lecturer with specialist skills and knowledge of Design, the Applied Arts – metalwork and drawing. His studio practice includes; the design and production of metal vessels and artefacts, development and manufacture of design solutions for site specific, client focussed commissions and working in educational contexts with students, educators, professionals and the public; researching and interpreting sites and museum or gallery collections, running creative workshops and producing conclusions to projects which engage communities and make places, spaces and collections accessible to wider audiences. His research interests and practice explores techniques and methods of constructing with metal. His work is included in public and private collections including The Contemporary Arts Societies Special Collection of Metalwork at Birmingham City Museum and Art gallery. The Crafts Council’s national collection in London, Manchester Metropolitan University Contemporary Craft Collection, Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery and The Arts Council Collection at Hove Museum. Projects have included work with town and city councils, regional development organisations, arts development agencies and specialist craft and cultural centres including: The Crafts Council. The Crafts Study Centre, scientists and educators at both The Millennium Seedbank at Wakehurst Place and The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Steven is currently a senior lecturer (0.5FTE) at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University; teaching design, metalwork and drawing to Silversmithing, Jewellery, Furniture and Product Design students.
Steven Follen is a designer, craftsman and lecturer with specialist skills and knowledge of Design, the Applied Arts – metalwork and drawing. His studio practice includes; the design and production of metal vessels and artefacts, development and manufacture of design solutions for site specific, client focussed commissions and working in educational contexts with students, educators, professionals and the public; researching and interpreting sites and museum or gallery collections, running creative workshops and producing conclusions to projects which engage communities and make places, spaces and collections accessible to wider audiences. His research interests and practice explores techniques and methods of constructing with metal. His work is included in public and private collections including The Contemporary Arts Societies Special Collection of Metalwork at Birmingham City Museum and Art gallery. The Crafts Council’s national collection in London, Manchester Metropolitan University Contemporary Craft Collection, Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery and The Arts Council Collection at Hove Museum. Projects have included work with town and city councils, regional development organisations, arts development agencies and specialist craft and cultural centres including: The Crafts Council. The Crafts Study Centre, scientists and educators at both The Millennium Seedbank at Wakehurst Place and The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Steven is currently a senior lecturer (0.5FTE) at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Media and Design at London Metropolitan University; teaching design, metalwork and drawing to Silversmithing, Jewellery, Furniture and Product Design students.
Frater, Judy,
CURRENT POSITION Developing a social entrepreneurship to emphasize the value of artisan designers Judy Frater is a social entrepreneur steeped in the world of contemporary textile artisans of Kutch, India. She lived in Kutch for 30 years, during which she co-founded and operated Kala Raksha Trust, a cooperative for women embroiderers, established the Kala Raksha Textile Museum, and founded Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya, the first design school for traditional artisans. For this concept, Ms. Frater was awarded an Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship in 2003. Under her eight- year tenure as Director of the school, Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya received international recognition for its unique approach to education of artisans. Frater received the Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education in 2009, the Crafts Council of India Kamla award in 2010, and the George B. Walter’36 Service to Society Award from Lawrence University in 2014. In 2014, to expand the design education program to an institute, Frater joined the K.J. Somaiya Gujarat Trust to begin Somaiya Kala Vidya. From 2014-2020, as Founder Director she initiated a graduate business and management course, Outreach to other regions, co-design programs, and a course in craft traditions for non-artisans. Ms. Frater’s Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris received the Costume Society of America’s Milla Davenport award. Prior to her residence in India, she was Associate Curator of the Eastern Hemisphere Collections at the Textile Museum, in Washington, DC.
CURRENT POSITION Developing a social entrepreneurship to emphasize the value of artisan designers Judy Frater is a social entrepreneur steeped in the world of contemporary textile artisans of Kutch, India. She lived in Kutch for 30 years, during which she co-founded and operated Kala Raksha Trust, a cooperative for women embroiderers, established the Kala Raksha Textile Museum, and founded Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya, the first design school for traditional artisans. For this concept, Ms. Frater was awarded an Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship in 2003. Under her eight- year tenure as Director of the school, Kala Raksha Vidhyalaya received international recognition for its unique approach to education of artisans. Frater received the Sir Misha Black Medal for Distinguished Services to Design Education in 2009, the Crafts Council of India Kamla award in 2010, and the George B. Walter’36 Service to Society Award from Lawrence University in 2014. In 2014, to expand the design education program to an institute, Frater joined the K.J. Somaiya Gujarat Trust to begin Somaiya Kala Vidya. From 2014-2020, as Founder Director she initiated a graduate business and management course, Outreach to other regions, co-design programs, and a course in craft traditions for non-artisans. Ms. Frater’s Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris received the Costume Society of America’s Milla Davenport award. Prior to her residence in India, she was Associate Curator of the Eastern Hemisphere Collections at the Textile Museum, in Washington, DC.