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Clare McEwan is a textile artist working with a variety of traditional and digital processes. Her work is an exploration of material, surface, shape and layer to build abstract and tactile compositions. Clare's work consists of a series of constructed textile wall pieces.
Clare studied textile design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and graduated with First Class Honours in 2003. She has been working as a freelance designer, investigating the use of digital photography and print media within textiles, producing large-scale textile hangings for interiors. In 2004 she secured a commission for a health clinic in the Emirates Towers, Dubai. She has also had solo and group shows throughout the South of England.
In 2005, Clare was selected for the Arts Council South East Setting Up Scheme, where she held a Digital Artist Placement with Waddesdon Church of England School, Buckinghamshire. The placement has enabled dedicated studio time and valuable art education experience. Clare carries out various workshops with both Primary and Secondary schools, leading experimental photography, digital art and printmaking projects. A development of this educational work is the Virtual Residency project which started in Autumn 2007 and will continue through to this Spring 2008. In collaboration with Waddesdon School, Clare is leading online workshops from her studio in Dartford, Kent.
Virtual Residency Project Information
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Since January 2008, Clare is working as artist in residency at St.Pancras Primary School in East Sussex, creating textile artwork with students and staff for the new Art and Science building, The Ark.
The Ark Residency information
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This summer Clare has been working with a range of schools across England on short scale projects to build permanent collaborative artwork for the school interiors.
Clare has built up an extensive digital photography portfolio since graduating in 2003. These photographs are used as image research for further textile development. A selection of this work is included in this website under the heading Photography Collection. Please contact Clare for further information about the photography.
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