Jette Clover

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Jette Clover

Artist Statement

I was a journalist before I became an artist, and almost all of my art work contains text and lettering. I like words, both because of their graphic quality and because of their ability to convey meanig.

I am inspired by published text in different languages, handwritten letters and the urban communication on city walls – faded signs, tattered posters, flashy advertisements and bold graffiti.

My work is collage constructions, often in monochromatic tones. I combine cotton, linen, silk, cheese cloth and paper to which I apply a variety of surface design techniques and extensive stitching

Exhibitions

October 2018

All of the day

Borders: Master class with Jette Clover

Location

Timeless Textiles Gallery

90 Hunter Street, Newcastle NSW, Australia

Artists cross borders in new exhibition

Borders are confronted, interpreted and defined by nine textile artists in a new exhibition opening at Newcastle’s Timeless Textiles Gallery in October.

The Crossing Borders exhibition displays the results of a masterclass taught by Danish fibre artist and teacher Jette Clover. Conducted over nine months, the masterclass encouraged the students to explore the literal, political, cultural, symbolic and psychological meaning of a border.

They experimented with techniques and materials to visually express borders through lines, seams, folds, shadows, colours, and textures.

A border makes distinction between adjoining elements and spaces, and can either separate or link those elements and spaces. In everyday usage, border most often refers to a physical obstruction. It is associated with cultural and political diversity. Borders often mark language barriers and can create feelings of inside/outside and us/them.

A journalist before she became an artist, Clover helped her students to also consider those invisible borders that affect us, personally and collectively. Personally, we can be limited by fear, lack of time and means, change, gender role and family. Personal borders can stop us from developing our full potential. Communities can also create social, psychological, emotional and ethical borders. Crossing them can bring about positive changes, on an individual or societal level. For instance, the #MeToo movement empowered women to break down barriers of silence about sexual harassment.

The exhibiting fibre artists include Peta Llyod, Wilma Simmons, Cathy Jack Coupland, Margaret Adams, Anne Kempton, Jenny Broughton, Lois Parish Evans, Nanette Blachin and Jenny Florey. They have responded in diverse and creative ways to the challenge of breaking their personal borders.

Crossing Borders exhibition runs from 3 to 28 October. Jette Clover will open the show from 6 to 8pm on Thursday 4 September

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Workshops

October 2018

09:30 AM - 04:30 PM

SCRATCHES, SMUDGES AND SPLASHES – Making marks with Jette Clover

Location

Timeless Textiles Gallery

90 Hunter Street, Newcastle NSW, Australia

Jette Clover

Course Overview

Marks can be familiar signs such as numbers and letters, and they can be personal symbols or plain doodling. Your signature for example is a mark that is unique to you. This workshop introduces fun and experimental techniques,which can be applied to both paper and fabric.

We will experiment with drawing, painting, printing, rubbing, scraping and staining. We will explore monoprinting, stenciling and screening with a variety of resists such as paper, fabric, string, glue, wax, gel medium, etc. We will further use gelatin as a base for making a printing plate and use our hands as a press. Besides paint we will be using tea, coffee, ink and bleach for mark making

Teacher Profile

I was a journalist before I became an artist, and almost all of my art work contains text and lettering. I like words, both because of their graphic quality and because of their ability to convey meaning.

I am inspired by published text in different languages, handwritten letters and the urban communication on city walls – faded signs, tattered posters, flashy advertisements and bold graffiti.

My work is collage constructions, often in monochromatic tones. I combine cotton, linen, silk, cheese cloth and paper to which I apply a variety of surface design techniques and extensive stitching.

Materials List

SCRATCHES, SMUDGES AND SPLASHES

block of water color paper, 200 g, A-3 size
couple of old magazines
papers that you find interesting – drawings, old letters, music and book pages, shopping lists, tickets, wrapping paper, transparent silk paper, etc.
black/white photo copies of text and images you find inspiring
½ meter white cotton
small assortment of fabric scraps
cheap sponge
sheet of sandpaper, fine
glue stick
masking tape
acrylic paint – white, black, yellow, blue, red
plate or styrofoam tray for mixing paint
brushes and rollers
spray bottle for water
plastic spoon
old credit card
brayer (if you have one)
bone folder (if you have one)
set of (cheap) water colors (if you have it)
black marker(s)
scissors, thread, embroidery floss, needles
disposable gloves

Workshop Terms

While our fibre art workshops are usually held in the gallery's historically significant workshop space, the workshop venue may change according to the needs and wishes of the artist tutor. Likewise, the times of the workshops may vary depending on the type of workshop and its presentation.

Timeless Textiles Gallery will, at its own discretion, where a participant is unable to attend a fibre art workshop, an exchange or credit note will be made available or a refund of the deposit or payment in accordance with the following Workshop Refund Policy.

Major commitments must be met, and in fairness to all, the policy concerning the refund is:
Cancellations 3 months prior to workshop date - refund 80% fees paid
Cancellations 2 months prior to workshop date- refund 50% fees paid.
Cancellations 1 month prior to workshop date- no refund.