The Woven Threads Project has been created by woven textile
artist and designer, Amie Wiberley. This project focuses on
the Silk Ribbon Weaving Industry local to the Coventry,
Nuneaton and Bedworth areas of the West Midlands in the 18th
and 19th Centuries. The project explores the history, heritage
and designs specific to this place and period of time.
Research into this fascinating area of history will inspire
new artworks in woven textiles. An exhibition of the project
will take place at Nuneaton Art Gallery and Museum in October
2010, moving to the Parsonage Heritage Centre in Bedworth in
2011.
This project is funded by a Grant for the Arts Award from Arts
Council England and the National Lottery.
Amie Wiberley
BA (Hons) Textile Design
MA Creative & Media Enterprises
Amie is a woven textile artist and designer with a BA
honours degree in Textile Design from Winchester School of
Art. She also has an MA in Creative and Media Enterprises
from Warwick University.
This is Amie's first major solo project inspired by a desire
to research her local and personal history and develop her
artistic craft and creative practice.
"I would like to explore the connection with my heritage
that so closely links to my artistic practice and my
specialism in woven textiles. The ribbon weaving industry
employed some of my ancestors and is part of the history
of my local area."