Ismini Samanidou designs woven fabrics for interior spaces, ranging from one off pieces to limited edition textiles, woven mainly on industrial computerized looms. Resulting fabrics retain a very personal hands on and considered feel with highly abstracted patterns and focus on the texture and patina as well as the colour and graphic design. The wall hung textiles relate to the historical use of textiles both as decoration and practical insulation. Commissions are undertaken for galleries, private and public interiors and site specific projects. Recent projects include a commission for a textile wall piece for the new Norman Foster building for international law firm Allen & Overy in East London and a textile wall hanging commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Weavers, later to be part of the Victoria and Albert Museum textile collection. The interior textile 'Ismini' has been licensed to George Spencer designs and is available from their London showroom. Ismini is currently a designer in residence at University College Falmouth and is a member of Hidden Art Cornwall, Design Nation, Axis, the Clerkenwell Green Association and the Society of Designer Craftsmen. Price range: from £500 2007 COLLECT with the Lesley Craze Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK 2006 Hidden Art Cornwall Design Fair, Godolphin House, Cornwall, UK Milan Furniture Fair, Salone Satellite, Milan, Italy COLLECT with the Lesley Craze Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK 2005 Kaunas Textile Biennal, Kaunas, Lithuania 100% Design with Hidden Art Cornwall - Earls Court, London, UK Decorex with Design Nation, London, UK Visions in Textiles - Izmir State Art and Sculpture Museum, Izmir, Turkey Designer Crafts Exhibition - The Mall Galleries, London, UK 2004 Chelsea Crafts Fair - Chelsea Town Hall, London, UK The Highland Craft Exhibition - Touring Group Exhibition in The Highlands 2003 The Revenge of the Spider - Solo show in the Enamel Factory of Kea, The Island of Kea, Greece 2000 Futuremap - The London Institute Gallery, London, UK 2007 Private commission to create a wall hanging as a wedding gift. St Agnes, Cornwall 2006 Selected to produce a textile wall piece for the new Norman Foster building for the Allen & Overy offices. Commissioned by Allen & Overy with Art for Offices. Spitalfields, London, UK 2004 Commissioned to produce a textile wall hanging for the Worshipful Company of Weavers. The textile will be on permanent loan to the Victoria & Albert textile collection. Commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Weavers, London, UK 2006 Crafts Council Development Award. Awarded by the Crafts Council, London The John Dunsmore Scholarship. A travel bursary to Malaisia and Vietnam 2004 Next Move awarded by The Crafts Council - Recipient of a placement on the setting up scheme supported by the Crafts Council, the Arts Council England, University College Falmouth and NESTA 2003 National Grid Transco Award, London, UK Emerging Talent Award, British Interior Textile Association, Manchester, UK 2002 George Spencer Scholarship, work experience for one month in a textile mill, Antigua, Guatemala Worshipful Company of Haberdashers Prize for Textiles, London, UK 2006 Insight: Born to weave, Modern Carpets & Textiles, Winter Superstructure, Selvedge, November, Issue 14 Ismini Samanidou, Domino (Greek Edition), November Design Education, Modern Carpets & Textiles, Summer “Applied weaving”, Vogue Casa (Greek edition), May Home Maker, Cornwall Today, May Art Craft News, Elle Decoration (Italian Edition), April Décor People, Elle Decoration (Indian Edition), Spring Lifestyle Magazine (Greek Edition), February 2004 La Ricercatrice: ismini samanidou, La Seta (Italian Edition), anno 55, No1 2003 'lookout: Ismini Samanidou' p44-45, - CRAFTS magazine, November/December, No.185 The Lesley Craze Gallery (between 2nd March – 24th March) 33-35a Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R ODU, UK TEL: 020 76080393 www.lesleycrazegallery.co.uk
Ismini Samanidou designs woven fabrics for interior spaces, ranging from one off pieces to limited edition textiles, woven mainly on industrial computerized looms. Resulting fabrics retain a very personal hands on and considered feel with highly abstracted patterns and focus on the texture and patina as well as the colour and graphic design. The wall hung textiles relate to the historical use of textiles both as decoration and practical insulation. Commissions are undertaken for galleries, private and public interiors and site specific projects. Recent projects include a commission for a textile wall piece for the new Norman Foster building for international law firm Allen & Overy in East London and a textile wall hanging commissioned by the Worshipful Company of Weavers, later to be part of the Victoria and Albert Museum textile collection. The interior textile 'Ismini' has been licensed to George Spencer designs and is available from their London showroom. Ismini is currently a designer in residence at University College Falmouth and is a member of Hidden Art Cornwall, Design Nation, Axis, the Clerkenwell Green Association and the Society of Designer Craftsmen. Price range: from £500 |
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Forest Fabric prototype woven on a computerised jacquard loom using viscose and metallic threads. Price: POA Dimensions: W90cm Photo: Tass Kyprianou height="173" width="260" id="Thumbnail1" alt="Forest" src="/Easysite/admin/AssetManager_ServeAsset.asp?crypt=%C2%89%C2%AD%C2%A8%C2%95%C2%91%C2%93%C3%80%C2%BB%C2%B4%C2%A8%C2%AE%C3%82y%C2%AC%C3%8E%C3%92%C3%81%C2%B5%C2%9B%C2%88h%7D%C2%8C%C2%90zu%C2%B3%C2%BF%C2%97%C2%8Ez%7Bfuvjl%C3%93%C2%99%C3%85%C2%8A%C2%90%C2%A6%C2%93%C2%8F%C2%AF%C2%99%C2%80%C2%9E%C2%93%C2%96%C3%8D%C2%99%C3%81%C3%8B%C2%AC%C2%AD%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2" style="border: 0" /  |
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Wisteria Panel Detail of a panel made for the curated area at Hidden Art Cornwall Design Fair at Godolphin House. Woven in response to a 300 year old wisteria plant in the cellar of the house. Price: nfs, commissions welcome Dimensions: W65 x L120cm Photo: Justin Marshall height="260" width="228" id="Thumbnail2" alt="Wisteria Panel" src="/Easysite/admin/AssetManager_ServeAsset.asp?crypt=%C2%89%C2%AD%C2%A8%C2%95%C2%91%C2%93%C3%80%C2%BB%C2%B4%C2%A8%C2%AE%C3%82y%C2%AC%C3%8E%C3%92%C3%81%C2%B5%C2%9B%C2%88h%7D%C2%8C%C2%91tu%C2%B3%C2%BF%C2%97%C2%8Ez%7Bfuvjl%C3%93%C2%99%C3%85%C2%8A%C2%90%C2%A6%C2%93%C2%8F%C2%AF%C2%99%C2%80%C2%9E%C2%93%C2%96%C3%8D%C2%99%C3%81%C3%8B%C2%AC%C2%AD%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2" style="border: 0" /  |
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Twigs on the Cuadra Chair Textile design developed for collaboration with furniture designer John Miller. The chair was exhibited at the Milan Furniture Fair in April 2006. Price: POA, commissions welcome Photo: Matt Jessop height="260" width="203" id="Thumbnail3" alt="Twigs on the Cuadra Chair" src="/Easysite/admin/AssetManager_ServeAsset.asp?crypt=%C2%89%C2%AD%C2%A8%C2%95%C2%91%C2%93%C3%80%C2%BB%C2%B4%C2%A8%C2%AE%C3%82y%C2%AC%C3%8E%C3%92%C3%81%C2%B5%C2%9B%C2%88h%7D%C2%8C%C2%90%7Du%C2%B3%C2%BF%C2%97%C2%8Ez%7Bfuvjl%C3%93%C2%99%C3%85%C2%8A%C2%90%C2%A6%C2%93%C2%8F%C2%AF%C2%99%C2%80%C2%9E%C2%93%C2%96%C3%8D%C2%99%C3%81%C3%8B%C2%AC%C2%AD%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2" style="border: 0" /  |
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Ismini Fabric Textile design developed for George Spencer fabrics as an interior fabric. Inspired by images of peeling walls it is woven in paper and cotton. Price: £118 pm Dimensions: W128cm Photo: Ismini Samanidou height="195" width="260" id="Thumbnail4" alt="Ismini Fabric" src="/Easysite/admin/AssetManager_ServeAsset.asp?crypt=%C2%89%C2%AD%C2%A8%C2%95%C2%91%C2%93%C3%80%C2%BB%C2%B4%C2%A8%C2%AE%C3%82y%C2%AC%C3%8E%C3%92%C3%81%C2%B5%C2%9B%C2%88h%7D%C2%8C%C2%90%7Bu%C2%B3%C2%BF%C2%97%C2%8Ez%7Bfuvjl%C3%93%C2%99%C3%85%C2%8A%C2%90%C2%A6%C2%93%C2%8F%C2%AF%C2%99%C2%80%C2%9E%C2%93%C2%96%C3%8D%C2%99%C3%81%C3%8B%C2%AC%C2%AD%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2" style="border: 0" /  |
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Moss Fabric length woven on a computerised jacquard loom using cotton, wool, paper, linen and metallic yarns. Price: POA Dimensions: W90 x L170cm Photo: Ismini Samanidou height="260" width="183" id="Thumbnail5" alt="Moss" src="/Easysite/admin/AssetManager_ServeAsset.asp?crypt=%C2%89%C2%AD%C2%A8%C2%95%C2%91%C2%93%C3%80%C2%BB%C2%B4%C2%A8%C2%AE%C3%82y%C2%AC%C3%8E%C3%92%C3%81%C2%B5%C2%9B%C2%88h%7D%C2%8C%C2%90%7Cu%C2%B3%C2%BF%C2%97%C2%8Ez%7Bfuvjl%C3%93%C2%99%C3%85%C2%8A%C2%90%C2%A6%C2%93%C2%8F%C2%AF%C2%99%C2%80%C2%9E%C2%93%C2%96%C3%8D%C2%99%C3%81%C3%8B%C2%AC%C2%AD%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2%C2" style="border: 0" /  |
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Forest Fabric prototype woven on a computerised jacquard loom using viscose and metallic threads.
Price: POA
Dimensions: W90cm
Photo: Tass Kyprianou |
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