[PR] Rachael Matthews, 'I will not leave you comfortless' 

The artist-knitter Rachael Matthews creates work in response to rites of passage and storytelling. She previously organised the Completely Knitted Wedding, with the Cast Off Knitting Club at Battersea Pump House Gallery, as part of an exhibition called Ceremony.

In this new exhibition, her knitting patterns become a form of diary in which decisions are cast and then unravelled in response to events in her life. As Rachael weaves her own story together with archetypal narratives, beliefs and superstitions, fantastic worlds are crocheted and coutured into being.

A knitted stork makes its home in a nest of needles and fails to deliver a child. Invading American crayfish are clothed in miniature jumpers with traditional British patterns; their claws flailing, it is uncertain whether they represent comfort or destruction. Crocheted caterpillars metamorphose into butterflies but cannot fly away. The jumper that Rachael knits for the sailor she loves symbolises much more than the offer of comfort on a remote river bank.

Each object contains a story which has been knit together with humour and honesty and leaves you hoping for a happy ending.

Notes to Editors:

Man&Eve is situated at 131 Kennington Park Road, London, SE11 4JJ
Tel: +44 (0)20 7582 7861 /info@manandeve.co.uk.

The exhibition will be open from 12 noon – 6pm, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, or at other times by prior appointment. A private view will be held on Thursday 2nd November from 6-9 pm.

Rachael Matthews will be giving a talk about her work at Man&Eve on the
9th November at 7.30 pm. The gallery will be open for viewings from 7pm.

For further press enquiries, interview opportunities or images please contact:
Kate Enters on tel: +44 (0)20 7792 3306 / Kateenters@gmail.com