Stephanie Jefferies

We’ve been working with @leedscouncil for the last three years, focusing on how to foster quality interactions between young children and their caregivers and enhance childhood development 🧸 As part of our partnership, we launched Play Together, Talk Together – a series of seven colourful playful learning installations for parents and young children to enjoy together, designed by artists and play practitioners after community consultation with families in Leeds 🎨 Find out more about the installation at The Compton Centre Community Hub & Library in Harehills, a vibrant multi-agency hub offering a range of services. Link in bio 🔗 @leedslibraries @childfriendlyleeds @play.explore.art @leedscouncil @playfulanywhere.fun

The weaving looms at Herbert Parkinson closed down in 2017, but their memory remains... Staff told us of the soothing rhythm, like a heart beating in the centre of the mill, the smell of yarn fibres, oil and mist in the air, the vibrations through your feet... and the heartbreak that they are now gone. An octagonal cloister at the heart of Blackburn Cathedral Crypt, allowed us to reimagine the missing heartbeat of the factory. The soothing, hypnotic rhythm of the looms. Jess Wild @jessicajumpers edited our footage of @_.hannah_robson 's jaquard loom @universityofbradford and the dobby looms of Weisters Mill. Buffalo Sound used sound recordings of the looms, to craft a beautiful, calming and rhythmic soundscape: "We layered sounds of the loom with the aim of creating the sense of a mechanical body as heard from the womb, a heartbeart and lots of background processes going on, but soothing and reassuring. The same gentle synth is used to create a bed over which there are loops of the loom at various speeds and frequencies. The loom stop is used to created the 'heart beat' of the piece. The metal dollies and thread from the spools create high frequency textures over the pulse.” jon foulger @linswilsonmusic @snakearrows North Light was commissioned by the National Festival of Making as part of their headline commissioning programme, Art in Manufacturing. @thefestivalofmaking #FestivalofMaking #ArtinManufacturing #AceSupported #UKSPF @bwdcouncil @aceagrams Herbert Parkinson, Darwen, a John Lewis Textile Manufacturer @play.explore.art @thesensorytoolkit

The weaving looms at Herbert Parkinson closed down in 2017, but their memory remains... Staff told us of the soothing rhythm, like a heart beating in the centre of the mill, the smell of yarn fibres, oil and mist in the air, the vibrations through your feet... and the heartbreak that they are now gone. An octagonal cloister at the heart of Blackburn Cathedral Crypt, allowed us to reimagine the missing heartbeat of the factory. The soothing, hypnotic rhythm of the looms. Jess Wild @jessicajumpers edited our footage of @_.hannah_robson 's jaquard loom @universityofbradford and the dobby looms of Weisters Mill. Buffalo Sound used sound recordings of the looms, to craft a beautiful, calming and rhythmic soundscape: "We layered sounds of the loom with the aim of creating the sense of a mechanical body as heard from the womb, a heartbeart and lots of background processes going on, but soothing and reassuring. The same gentle synth is used to create a bed over which there are loops of the loom at various speeds and frequencies. The loom stop is used to created the 'heart beat' of the piece. The metal dollies and thread from the spools create high frequency textures over the pulse.” jon foulger @linswilsonmusic @snakearrows North Light was commissioned by the National Festival of Making as part of their headline commissioning programme, Art in Manufacturing. @thefestivalofmaking #FestivalofMaking #ArtinManufacturing #AceSupported #UKSPF @bwdcouncil @aceagrams Herbert Parkinson, Darwen, a John Lewis Textile Manufacturer @play.explore.art @thesensorytoolkit

We’re excited you can now take our soft sculpture home! Handmade in small batches by us 🧵 🪡 Our cloud-like forms are inspired by Poussin’s ‘St Rita of Cascia’ A soft sculpture with a weighted bottom, designed to hug into the contours of the body. The smaller size can be cradled or nestled into the crook of the neck. ‘My Mother has dementia, she finds constant comfort and reassurance in holding her sensory cloud form’. The medium size is perfect to hold in comfort. ‘My 10 year old son is too cool for soft toys, but adores his sensory cloud. He hugs it whilst doing homework or watching TV, and takes it with us on long journeys’. Link in bio: .uk/products/hold-art-collective-sensory-cloud-medium

We’re excited you can now take our soft sculpture home! Handmade in small batches by us 🧵 🪡 Our sensory puddles are inspired by the flow and ripples of water, in paintings such as Canaletto’s ‘Walton Bridge’. A calming, lavender scented, velvet puddle. Can be rolled between palms, squeezed, stood on with bare feet, or laid on the chest in comfort. ‘My 11 year old child is autistic with sensory challenges. She loves her velvety little beanbag and says it reminds her of a dream’. Link in bio: .uk/products/hold-art-collective-sensory-puddle

We’re excited you can now take our soft sculpture home! Handmade in small batches by us 🧵 🪡 Our cloud-like forms are inspired by Poussin’s ‘St Rita of Cascia’ A soft sculpture with a weighted bottom, designed to hug into the contours of the body. The medium size is perfect to hold in comfort. ‘My 10 year old son is too cool for soft toys, but adores his sensory cloud. He hugs it whilst doing homework or watching TV, and takes it with us on long journeys’. Link in bio: .uk/products/hold-art-collective-sensory-cloud-medium

We’re excited you can now take our soft sculpture home! Handmade in small batches by us 🧵 🪡 Our sensory puddles are inspired by the flow and ripples of water, in paintings such as Canaletto’s ‘Walton Bridge’. A calming, lavender scented, velvet puddle. Can be rolled between palms, squeezed, stood on with bare feet, or laid on the chest in comfort. ‘My 11 year old child is autistic with sensory challenges. She loves her velvety little beanbag and says it reminds her of a dream’. Link in bio: .uk/products/hold-art-collective-sensory-puddle

We’re excited you can now take our soft sculpture home! Handmade in small batches by us 🧵 🪡 Our cloud-like forms are inspired by Poussin’s ‘St Rita of Cascia’ A soft sculpture with a weighted bottom, designed to hug into the contours of the body. The smaller size can be cradled or nestled into the crook of the neck. ‘My Mother has dementia, she finds constant comfort and reassurance in holding her sensory cloud form’. Link in bio: .uk/products/hold-art-collective-sensory-cloud-small

We’re excited you can now take our soft sculpture home! Handmade in small batches by us 🧵 🪡 Our root form is inspired by the gnarled tree roots and split oaks which appear in several paintings, such as Kessel’s ‘A Wood near The Hague’. This sculptural form has gently weighted ends that create a pleasant compression when laid upon shoulders, back or lap. It would also look great resting on a sofa. ‘When I want some calm time, I think I’ll rest with it’. Age 7 Link in bio: .uk/products/hold-art-collective-sensory-roots

We’re excited you can now take our soft sculpture home! Handmade in small batches by us 🧵 🪡 Our Sunshine head dress, inspired by Gelder’s ‘Jacob’s Dream’ & Rembrandt’s ‘Girl at the Window’, available in a wintery silver. A playful, wearable object, perfect for fun-times and dressing up! ‘My 4 year old goes straight for the headdress in ArtPlay Pavilion, a firm favourite!’ Link in bio: .uk/products/hold-art-collective-sunburst-headdress

The Pet Project by Pippa Hale @thebowesmuseum A gorgeous translation of museum collections! Making relevant and playful links for family audiences The cats were absolutely MASSIVE! And super squashy and bouncy So glad I made the trip Well done Pippa! And well done @thebowesmuseum for taking the plunge into playful exhibition making 🙌🏻🤩 Whoop whoop Xxx

Soft Studio by HoLD Art Collective ❤️ We’re back!! See you in TATE BRITAIN very soon 🫶🏻☁️ Original Soundscape for Joy of Feeling Uniqlo Tate Play Tate Modern by @buffalo.sound Project designed and handmade by @hold_artcollective .uk/whats-on/tate-britain/soft-studio-by-hold