Samantha Harvey
Profile
Sam is interested in creating work to make you smile and look. Her current body of work explores the unexpected diversity, beauty and quirkiness of the fragile under-water gardens found at the edge of the sea in small stitched sculptures. Each individual piece is constructed from odds and ends such as milk bottle tops, vegetable bags, string, glow-in-the-dark threads, LEDs and wires.
Sam also runs Stitch Clubs which introduce the fun and creativity of sewing to young children, teens and adults. (see stitch-london.co.uk)
Previously Sam was involved in the pioneering development of interactive media, including CD-ROM, Web and DVD. In 2003 she gave up formally directing others to make things in order to develop her own creative ideas and skills. Her interest with art which moves and responds to interactivity is something which she is planning to develop with her textiles.
Exhibitions
Momentum with Okra Textiles, The Harvey Gallery, Guildford, September 2010
Studio 21 @ Shepherd Market, 54 The Gallery, W1, August 2010
Designer Crafts at the Mall 2010, The Mall Galleries, SW1, January 2010
End of Year Show, East Berkshire College, June 2009
Qualifications
HE Diploma Stitched Textiles with distinction at East Berkshire College, Windsor, validated by Bucks New University, 2009.
Foundation in Art and Design with distinction, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, 2006
City and Guilds Certificate in Machine Embroidery, Missenden Abbey, 2005
Bachelor of Arts with Honours, University of Melbourne, 1986
Memberships
Society of Designer Craftsmen, Licentiate Member
Okra Textile Artists
Studio 21