Ms Lucy Irvine

MFA (VCA), BFA (Hons) (Leeds Met, UK)

My practice-led research draws from and contributes to textile, sculpture, public art, architecture and design discourse.  The innovative weaving methods that I have developed are as conceptually and theoretically driven, as they are materials and process based.  By presenting my woven works as a form of knowledge in their own right, I collaborate with other forms of knowledge in order to find new models for spatial, epistemological and pedagogical discourse.

The central themes that drive my research are the following:

Relational knowledge making: by collaborating with stakeholders, community, industry and fellow creatives, new knowledge emerges through relation to site, ideas, materials, processes and each other.

Real space and time materials-based enquiry has a vital part to play in addressing the epistemological repercussions of how we map, model and make as part of a hybrid digital/analogue culture.

The accessibility of complexity: my research crafts language and communication across disciplines, abilities and knowledges. This includes community engagement, professional development for educators and working with children through to traditional academic outcomes such as conference papers and publications.