Amour Magazine
January 2008
NME
1 September 2007
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Tactile
Published by Die-Gestalten
September 2007
Defunktion.net
July 2007
Emma Fergusons original aim was to become a Graphic Designer - she enrolled on a course and began pursuing her chosen career with passion, developing an eye for detail and a love of the intricate. Somewhere along the way though, Ferguson became enamoured with one particular practice not usually associated with Graphic Design,
With each new project I was given, the outcomes became more tactile - it was at this time that I first picked up a sewing machine. Though it wasnt until my final year of university that I really learnt the traditonal embroidery methods. I became more of a craftsman, making sure I knew names of stitches and the importance of embroidery as a social and cultural artistic practice.
Ferguson was rallying against everything that popular contemporary Graphic Design seemed to stand for, The work I produced was very much a reaction against computer generated imagery appearing all around me on club flyers, magazines and design books. She created a series of pieces that celebrated
The pieces on show in this Defunktion exhibition continue with Fergusons emerging cultural narrative, juxtaposing high-technology with traditional craft practice, imbuing the objects she renders with an alternative tangibility and unexpected resonance.
Technology is something thats considered quite masculine, giving it a feminine touch pulls the two opposites together. I wanted to take things not considered pretty and transform them in to lovingly crafted items.
Jelly Fish
May 2007
Retro To Go
March 2007
Vista Adecuadamente
March 2007
The Bag Lady
March 2007
Neet Magazine
March 2007
Disorder Magazine
Young Guns Issue
February 2007
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January 2008
NME
1 September 2007
Tactile
Published by Die-Gestalten
September 2007
Defunktion.net
July 2007
Emma Fergusons original aim was to become a Graphic Designer - she enrolled on a course and began pursuing her chosen career with passion, developing an eye for detail and a love of the intricate. Somewhere along the way though, Ferguson became enamoured with one particular practice not usually associated with Graphic Design,
With each new project I was given, the outcomes became more tactile - it was at this time that I first picked up a sewing machine. Though it wasnt until my final year of university that I really learnt the traditonal embroidery methods. I became more of a craftsman, making sure I knew names of stitches and the importance of embroidery as a social and cultural artistic practice.
Ferguson was rallying against everything that popular contemporary Graphic Design seemed to stand for, The work I produced was very much a reaction against computer generated imagery appearing all around me on club flyers, magazines and design books. She created a series of pieces that celebrated
The pieces on show in this Defunktion exhibition continue with Fergusons emerging cultural narrative, juxtaposing high-technology with traditional craft practice, imbuing the objects she renders with an alternative tangibility and unexpected resonance.
Technology is something thats considered quite masculine, giving it a feminine touch pulls the two opposites together. I wanted to take things not considered pretty and transform them in to lovingly crafted items.
Jelly Fish
May 2007
Retro To Go
March 2007
Vista Adecuadamente
March 2007
The Bag Lady
March 2007
Neet Magazine
March 2007
Disorder Magazine
Young Guns Issue
February 2007