Judith to show off wrap-thread jewelry line at SAFW Arts & Culture Fashion Seminar

07 Jul '05

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Novice or expert, explore this fun and creative technique of making jewellery with Judith Rouhani at the Arts and Culture Fashion Seminar on Friday 29 and Saturday 30 July.

BIOGRAPHY:

Judith Rouhani – Textile Artist
Contemporary Silk Textiles

“I would first describe myself as a colourist who has chosen textiles as a medium of expression. I use white silk as a base for my work and treat it as a blank canvas. The work evolves naturally, often changing from the original idea. The designs are inspired by the African culture. The shapes and patterns that surround us. The colours are symbolic, the language of colour being the expression of the soul.”

Judith Rouhani is a textile artist living and working in Claremont, Cape Town. She trained overseas studying fashion and classical embroidery for four years at the Swansea College of Art.

She then joined the staff at the Royal School of Needlework where the variety of work included restoring valuable tapestries.

Thereafter she worked as a professional textile and lecturer, and exhibited widely throughout Britain and undertook commissioned work for the Derby Museum. The artist taught summer and winter school at the University of Cape Town.

She taught at the Montebello Design Centre, Frank Joubert Art Centre and has worked at the Community Arts Project with women from disadvantaged communities. She has undertaken several commissions, including one for the South African Embassy in Germany.