Smocked Building Project
A smocked art installation covering Ruth Smith Gallery, a film piece with local archival images, and smocking workshops.
Installation and workshops by New York based artist Annie Coggan. Film in collaboration with Exeter/Berlin artist Sam Godfrey.
We're very excited to be pioneering the first Smocked Building Project by US artist, Annie Coggan, who will be covering Ruth Smith Gallery with smocked hessian.
It will use the honeycomb technique associated with the rural English smocked frock, while the hessian nods to its traditional use covering buildings to regulate the drying times of lime render.
Along with smocking a North Tawton building, Annie has collaborated with artist Sam Godfrey to make a film showing the history of smocking and its contemporary uses.
Furthermore, Annie will teach a series of smocking workshops that outline the history of the craft and show the “how-to’s” and “what could be's” by passing on this haptic knowledge.
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Annie Coggan, smocking, detail.
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Corn Harvesting at Rill, Buckfastleigh, c. 1911, Devon Rural Archives.
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Annie Coggan, Silkscreen Edition LITTLE SMOCKED BUILDINGS, Edition 35, Printed by Kingsland Editions
It will use the honeycomb technique associated with the rural English smocked frock, while the hessian nods to its traditional use covering buildings to regulate the drying times of lime render.
Along with smocking a North Tawton building, Annie has collaborated with artist Sam Godfrey to make a film showing the history of smocking and its contemporary uses.
Furthermore, Annie will teach a series of smocking workshops that outline the history of the craft and show the “how-to’s” and “what could be's” by passing on this haptic knowledge.
Annie Coggan, smocking, detail.
Corn Harvesting at Rill, Buckfastleigh, c. 1911, Devon Rural Archives.
Annie Coggan, Silkscreen Edition LITTLE SMOCKED BUILDINGS, Edition 35, Printed by Kingsland Editions