Past
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Somerset Almanac
6 Jan 2024 - 10 Mar 2025 Somerset-based artists Helen Carnac, Alice Kettle, and Carinna Parraman worked on a project at the Centre for Print Research titled The Somerset Almanac . Drawing on the almanac as a... Read more -
Commission: Fabric of the City
Manchester Metropolitan University 1 Jun - 1 Sep 2020 Fabric of the City comprises two interconnected textile works by Alice Kettle, commissioned by Manchester Metropolitan University. Together, they celebrate the University’s multi-disciplinary creativity, drawing inspiration from the diverse schools... Read more -
Sewing Group & Booklet
20 May 2020 - 20 May 2021 The Sewing Group was a series of workshops launched and supported by Alice Kettle with Refugee Action, that came out of Alice Kettle's Thread Bearing Witness Project. The Sewing Group... Read more -
Common Threads
20 Mar 2020 - 20 Oct 2024 Common Threads is a women’s collaborative embroidery project initiated by Alice Kettle, following her ‘Stitch a Tree’ project for the Karachi Biennial. The project brings together artisans from the Ra’ana... Read more
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Horizontal Crossings
28 Apr - 29 Jul 2019 Horizontal Crossings was a project exploring how a single ‘thread’ can connect people, and how this simple element, together with the technique of stitching, can be transformed into both embroidery... Read more -
Thread Bearing Witness
1 Apr 2017 - 10 Feb 2026 Thread Bearing Witness is a major project by Alice Kettle that explores themes of migration, displacement and cultural heritage through the contributions of migrants and women’s groups. The resulting artworks... Read more -
Making Ground
16 May 2016 - 13 Jun 2017 Spanning 2016-2017, the Making Ground project was a 12 month Arts Council funded collaboration between basket maker Annemarie O’Sullivan and ceramicist Elaine Bolt. The project involved creative exploration of place,... Read more -
A Map to the Future
Lloyd's Register Commission 10 Jan - 14 Dec 2015 In 2015, Alice Kettle was commissioned by Lloyd’s Register to produce a monumental new work for their new Global Technology Centre at the University of Southampton. 'A Map to the... Read more
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Reverie and Enchantment
1 Sep - 14 Oct 2014 In 2014 Alice Kettle and visual anthropologist Amanda Ravetz undertook a research residency at the ANU art school in Australia. During the residency, they developed their own shared ‘making space’... Read more -
The Boat Project
1 May - 7 Jul 2012 The Boat Project by artists Lone Twin (Gary Winters and Gregg Whelan) was a major arts commission for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Using modern yacht-building methods, they transformed donated... Read more -
Cotton Exchange: Material Responses
12 Feb 2012 - 1 May 2013 Cotton Exchange was a project that ran over two years, involving 13 artists from the UK and India who exchanged ideas and travelled to each other’s cities. The project explored... Read more -
A Fine Line
Residency in India 1 - 15 Oct 2011 In 2011, Alice Kettle took part in A Fine Line , a residency programme at Arts Reverie in Ahmedebad, India, working alongside one of India's foremost contemporary traditional artists, Pushpa... Read more
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Wisdom ond Lar
Commission for the University of Winchester 1 Mar - 1 May 2010 ‘Wisdom ond Lor’ is a specially commissioned wall hanging that was created by Alice Kettle for the University of Winchester. The title is taken from the university’s motto, which translates... Read more -
Commission: Looking Forwards to the Past
Winchester Discovery Centre 1 - 30 Jul 2007 In 2007, Hampshire County Council commissioned Alice Kettle to create a major public artwork for the soon-to-open Winchester Discovery Centre. To realise the project, Kettle transformed the Guildhall Gallery in... Read more -
Red and Blue Movement in Three
14 Jan - 14 Apr 2004 Alice Kettle’s 'Red and Blue Movement in Three' was commissioned in 2004 by The Oglesby Charitable Trust for the Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, University of Manchester. Artist... Read more -
Australian Landscape Series
Commission for the National Library of Australia 4 Mar 2001 In 1999, Alice Kettle was commissioned by the National Library of Australia to create the Australian Landscape series (1998–1999) for the Main Reading Room. She produced four machine-embroidered panels which... Read more
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Gloucester Cathedral
1 Mar 1999 - 1 Nov 2001 In 1999, Alice Kettle was commissioned to produce three altar frontals for the high altar at Gloucester Cathedral. Artist's Statement I have been very moved by the process of making... Read more -
Winchester Cathedral
1 Feb - 5 Apr 1994 In 1994, Alice Kettle was commissioned to produce an altar frontal for the Holy Sepulchre Chapel at Winchester Cathedral. Artist's Statement My aim has been to complement the artistry, imagery... Read more
