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Joshua Raffell: Sensibilities on the Bonnet
An exuberant installation exploring the lives of working women in Winchester is coming to The Arc this Summer.
The City Space is proud to welcome a carefully and chaotically crocheted exhibition celebrating working women in Winchester. Colour, craft and care will overwhelm the mezzanine. Engaging with and responding to local women鈥檚 stories and experiences, Raffell is stitching together a show of equal heart and wit to uncover the complexities of working life for women in the city.
Acting as both facilitator and creator, Raffell is set to bring his brand of non-conformist absurdism and irreverent crocheting to our city. But he will not be alone as we are reaching out to local groups, clubs, partners and more to collaborate with Joshua in the making of the works and the telling of stories.
Raffell on the project:
鈥業 am excited to be creating work for my upcoming solo show at City Space, inspired by the Jane Austen exhibition 鈥楤eyond the Bonnets鈥�. This project aims to shine a spotlight and celebrate women living and working in Winchester today. To hear their otherwise overlooked life stories. I like to play with words, so for my show the 鈥榖onnet鈥� is not a hat but a car engine cover, reflecting on the women who are powering the engine driving Winchester. I work with mixed media, including textiles, fibreglass and found materials.鈥�
Joshua Raffell is a Hampshire based artist who explores ideas unconventionally through installations and performances produced with materials and mediums relevant to his background and heritage. In his hands crochet, craft, and DIY adjacent materials metamorphose into vibrant but often challenging displays. Raffell brings an empathetic outsider perspective and an irrepressible creativity to every project.
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An exuberant installation exploring the lives of working women in Winchester is coming to The Arc this Summer.
The City Space is proud to welcome a carefully and chaotically crocheted exhibition celebrating working women in Winchester. Colour, craft and care will overwhelm the mezzanine. Engaging with and responding to local women鈥檚 stories and experiences, Raffell is stitching together a show of equal heart and wit to uncover the complexities of working life for women in the city.
Acting as both facilitator and creator, Raffell is set to bring his brand of non-conformist absurdism and irreverent crocheting to our city. But he will not be alone as we are reaching out to local groups, clubs, partners and more to collaborate with Joshua in the making of the works and the telling of stories.
Raffell on the project:
鈥業 am excited to be creating work for my upcoming solo show at City Space, inspired by the Jane Austen exhibition 鈥楤eyond the Bonnets鈥�. This project aims to shine a spotlight and celebrate women living and working in Winchester today. To hear their otherwise overlooked life stories. I like to play with words, so for my show the 鈥榖onnet鈥� is not a hat but a car engine cover, reflecting on the women who are powering the engine driving Winchester. I work with mixed media, including textiles, fibreglass and found materials.鈥�
Joshua Raffell is a Hampshire based artist who explores ideas unconventionally through installations and performances produced with materials and mediums relevant to his background and heritage. In his hands crochet, craft, and DIY adjacent materials metamorphose into vibrant but often challenging displays. Raffell brings an empathetic outsider perspective and an irrepressible creativity to every project.
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