Shannon SwinburnTextile Practicioner

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shannon.swinburn@gmail.com

@shanswinburn



Shannon Swinburn is an independant Textiles Practitioner currently studying MA Textiles at the Royal College of Art having previously studied BA Graphic Communication at Central Saint Martins. Her studies at the RCA are supported by the Haberdashers’ Scholarship,The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation Prize, and The Textile Society Student Bursary Award.

Shannon’s work investigates the intrinsic links between gender, textiles, and modern-day computing. She aims to platform the untold stories of women in emergent technology through a series of interactive looms, sound, and textiles pieces. 

Give Me Guidance
2023
Steel,Cotton, Wool,

• ‘Give Me Guidance’explores the contribution of skilled craftswomen during the formation of the Apollo Guidance Computer, through the hand weaving of Core Rope Computer Memory Modules (CRCMM), the project aims to platform untold stories of the role of women in the progression of emergent technology and the journey to reach the moon.By creating a new interactive & participatory loom, inspired by the original NASA CRCMM frame, that seeks to remember the craftswomen and highlight their contribution.

This first iteration of the loom is inspired by the frame originally used to craft the computer modules and was developed to include an interactive sound element.