A Visible Thread

Seam are a contemporary textile collective based in Bath, England. We are emerging and established embroiderers, printers, knitters, weavers, dyers, fashion designers, eco-designers, makers, artists. This exhibition aims to encourage viewers to rethink their relationship to thread, be aware of its materiality, its possibilities and limitations. Thread, as cloth, is woven through our lives. It surrounds us and accompanies us from the moment we’re born till the day we die. It’s like a second skin. Yet, precisely because of these close connections, it becomes almost invisible to us. There will be opportunities for visitors to take part and play.