Alice Kettle (born 1961) is a British contemporary

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and

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artist.

Biography

Kettle was born in

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in Hampshire and studied fine art at the University of Reading from 1979 to 1984 before taking the postgraduate diploma course in textile art at

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during 1985 and 1986. She subsequently received a series of grants and artist-in-residence awards, notably at the

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in Australia, and also took several part-time and visiting teaching posts. Kettle is currently a Professor in Textile Arts at Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University. Kettle's work is focused upon stitched textiles, and explores themes of cultural heritage, journeys and displacement. Her stitched works, many the size of huge figurative tapestries, exploit the textures and effects made possible through the harnessing of a mechanical process to intuitive and creative ends. Her work is represented in various public collections such as the Crafts Council in London, the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, the Museo Internationale delle Arti Applicate Oggi in

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, Italy. Commissions by Kettle include works for the

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in 1999, plus a work for the School of Music & Drama at the

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. Other public works by Kettle include * a 1994 altar front for the Holy Sepulchre Chapel at Winchester Cathedral, * ''Glimpses of India'', 1994-1995, for the cruise ship, MV Oriana * ''In Camera'', 1995-1997, for the Scottish High Court in

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, * three altar pieces, 1999-2001, for

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kettle, Alice 1961 births Living people 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English women artists 20th-century women textile artists 20th-century textile artists 21st-century women textile artists 21st-century textile artists Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Alumni of the University of Reading Artists from Winchester