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Shannon Swinburn

Textile Practicioner

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.

E-waste Passementrie
2024
Silk, Paper, Electrical Components

The E-waste series seeks to Re-craft the computer. Through using E-waste and applying traditional passementerie techniques to the components found inside the pieces the project presents a series of individually technological portraits of E-waste.

The initial series includes a TV Antenna Weave and a Hairdryer Weave.