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MOST firms in the Oxford area were anxious to help Katharine Virgils in her quest for scrap material. The Oxford University Press gave her a vanload full of spoiled paper. British Telecom produced yards of spent cable. And several Oxford printers were only too happy to offload their used metal foil printing plates on her. But not all of them realised that when the young American artist from Texas said scrap she really did mean scrap. She still remembers the look of horror on one guillotine operators face when she swept up an armful of paper shavings from under his machine. So maybe they should go and look at the exhibition she has hanging in the bar at the Old Tiro Station Arts Centre, George Street, Oxford, and on the staircase leading to it until September 1. And while they are there they might like to pop into the room downstairs where the gleaming red fire engines used to stand and see the imaginative sculptures and collages Katharine and her pupils have made out of the lubbish. She first came to Britain in 1976 to study for a BA in painting at Ravensbourne College of Art and went on to take an MA in tapestry at the Royal College of Art. Royal College of Art, but since setting up her own studio in London three years ago she has been gradually establishing a reputation for her imaginative use of other peoples throwaways, and among people who have commissioned work from her recently are Burtons the Tailors and Sainsburys. She came to Oxford as the Southern Regions first craftsperson in residence on a 20-day grant from the Oxford Area Arts Council and Southern Arts. AUG 1981MOST firms in the Oxford area were anxious to help Katharine Virgils in her quest for scrap material. The Oxford University Press gave her a vanload full of spoiled paper. British Telecom produced yards of spent cable. And several Oxford printers were only too happy to offload their used metal foil printing plates on her. But not all of them realised that when the young American artist from Texas said scrap she really did mean scrap. She still remembers the look of horror on one guillotine operators face when she swept up an armful of paper shavings from under his machine. So maybe they should go and look at the exhibition she has hanging in the bar at the Old Tiro Station Arts Centre, George Street, Oxford, and on the staircase leading to it until September 1. And while they are there they might like to pop into the room downstairs where the gleaming red fire engines used to stand and see the imaginative sculptures and collages Katharine and her pupils have made out of the lubbish. She first came to Britain in 1976 to study for a BA in painting at Ravensbourne College of Art and went on to take an MA in tapestry at the Royal College of Art. Royal College of Art, but since setting up her own studio in London three years ago she has been gradually establishing a reputation for her imaginative use of other peoples throwaways, and among people who have commissioned work from her recently are Burtons the Tailors and Sainsburys. She came to Oxford as the Southern Regions first craftsperson in residence on a 20-day grant from the Oxford Area Arts Council and Southern Arts. AUG 1981
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Dimensions: 17.5 x 17.5 cm
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