Musa Art & Music Café
33 Exchange Street
Aberdeen
01224 326009
www.jilliblackwood.com and www.musaartcafe.com
Tue-Sat, 9.30am-11pm until September 5
With a revolving programme of exhibitions, its current show is piggybacked on to the ubiquitous Homecoming theme and features work by several artists, including internationally feted textile artist Jilli Blackwood. Glasgow-based Blackwood, whose textiles are a beguiling blend of elegance, playfulness and vibrant touch, is represented in many prestigious museums as well as corporate and private collections worldwide. Be it one of her funky kilts, striking wall hangings or handmade sporrans and bags, she is a quivering bundle of creative energy who is never anything other than completely original.
Renowned for her embroidery techniques and for combining different fabrics such as silk, leather and linen to create a three-dimensional surface, all her materials are hand-dyed before being transformed into textile sculptures which spark with an innate love of form and colour. This latest show features wall hangings and textile pieces, including the silk embroidered wall hangings Earth Song and the joyous Big Pink.
Edinburgh-based Malcolm Cruikshank is also exhibiting his alternative kilts and sporrans, while Debby Forsyth has come up with a pâpièr maché portrait of Robert Burns. The exhibition also features Beverly Moore’s silver kilt belt buckles and ceramic figures by Ludmilla Kosmina.
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