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PhD 'Design and Technological Change in the Embroidery industry with particular reference to computerisation', 1997, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exhibition catalogues, book chapters, articles for Text, Selvedge and Embroidery magazines. Evaluative report for the Ideas Foundation/the Comino Foundation. Extensive editorial experience.
Digital Designer in Residence report for the Ideas Foundation/Comino Foundation Melanie was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of the Digital Designer in Residence programme run by the Ideas Foundation/Comino Foundation in selected secondary schools in Manchester. 'Undertaking the evaluation was fascinating, I really enjoyed interviewing the designers, the teachers, and, best of all, the pupils.' Read the full report here Review of Art_Textiles at the Whitworth A fantastic exhibition, read Melanie's review of it here: http://www.artnowpakistan.com/art_textiles-at-the-whitworth-manchester/ Exhibition Catalogues Mechanical Drawing – the schiffli project, Melanie Miller and June Hill, Righton Press, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2007 Construct: eight textile artists explore identity, Melanie Miller, Ruthin Craft Centre, 2014 Book Chapters Mixed Messages: an exploration of issue-based work in Machine Stitch Perspectives, Alice Kettle and Jane McKeating (eds) A & C Black, London, 2010 Embroidery and the F work in Hand Stitch Perspectives, Alice Kettle and Jane McKeating (eds) Bloomsbury, London 2012 The Romance of Modern Manufacture – a brief history of embroidered embellishment in Jessica Hemmings (ed) The Textile Reader, Berg, 2012 Embroidered textile design in Dr Amanda Briggs-Goode and Dr Katherine Townsend (eds) Textile Design: principles, advances and applications, Woodhead publishing 2010 Selected Conference Papers Miller and Zhou 2012 Scissors, paper, poetry: the interaction between Chinese folk art and contemporary art practice The Function of Folk, Ethnographic Museum, Krakow, 8 – 9 Nov 2012, published in the Journal of Illustration, Vol 1 no 1 2014 Read the paper here Embroidery, computerisation and innovation Textiles Research in Process (TRIP), School of the Arts, Loughborough University, 16 - 17 November 2011 Embroidery machinery at MMU: Textile Collections and Creativity, Whitworth Art Gallery, 4 March 2006 |
