#Co-Creation Category
Rebekah Harbord: A work placement project
MA Conservation student Rebekah Harbord summarises her work on 1940s designs at MoDA
Jamie Burnett: Grabbed by a biscuit tin
On how a tattered tin captured one of the most significant periods in British history, and grabbed my utmost attention
Cecilia Hughes: Katagami Stencils
Staring at the stencil, layers of a mind-warping visual unfold. The katagami cutout, housed in the Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MODA), at first glance seems an abstract optical illusion, its two-toned linear patterns almost moving on the surface. On closer observation, individual sparrows, each unique, emerge from the background. This Japanese stencil dates […]
Anders Myrset: Banknotes from a desperate period
Three banknotes. Three snippets of paper. Three different prints, but with a single purpose: exchanging goods. A form of unofficial currency produced in Weimar Germany in response to the hyperinflation of the 1920s. A collection of sixty German bank notes, or ‘notgeld’, from that troubled era are held by Middlesex University’s MoDA (Museum of Domestic […]
Caroline Collinge: ‘Waves’ dance performance film
Designer-maker Caroline Collinge was one of the participants in our Katagami in Practice project. Inspired by Japanese paper stencils used within traditional textile printing of kimonos, Caroline’s film Waves draws on the rich textile culture of Japan and the traditional art of paper folding ‘origami’. The title of the piece was suggested by the water and wave […]
Drawing Thoughts, Deconstructing Patterns
How a workshop used drawing as a means of exploring the Japanese stencils, or katagami, from MoDA’s collection
Deborah Sugg Ryan: the age of affordable suburbia
Deborah Sugg Ryan has drawn extensively on MoDA’s holdings for her new book Ideal Homes 1918-39: Domestic design and suburban modernism, which will be published by Manchester University Press in March 2018. In this extract from the book she discusses the home of Ronald and Miriam Kingham, which is documented in MoDA’s collection. Ronald and […]
Naoko Nomoto: Silver Studio grasspaper stencils (2018)
Our conservator Emma Shaw looked at some intriguing stencilled materials of the 1890s with the help of Naoko Nomoto, a postgraduate volunteer.
Deborah Sugg Ryan: TV historian publishes new book
You may have seen Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan recently on the BBC2 programme A House Through Time. Deborah appears on the programme and also acted as consultant to the series. She is Professor of Design History and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at University of Portsmouth. In addition to her TV work, […]
Mamiko Markham: Katagami Findings
What have we found out about the historic background to MoDA's katagami stencils?