Category: Exhibitions
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Leicester Society of Artists
Earlier this year I was accepted as a member of Leicester Society of Artists and I’m pleased to be showing work in their 2016 exhibition at New Walk Museum, Leicester, 4th November – 3rd December. I’ll be showing two of my Garment Ghosts; suspended transparent pieces made from fragmentary antique clothing. For an invite to…
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Threads Contemporary Textiles Open Exhibition, Salisbury
Two pieces from my Narrative Threads exhibition, Criminal Quilts Patchwork and Memorial Pincushions Project, will be shown in Threads Contemporary Textiles Open in Salisbury Arts Centre 1st October – 12th November 2016.
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The Beauty of Stains goes travelling
The Beauty of Stains, the gloriously food spattered, tea splattered and embroidered tablecloth from my solo exhibition will be exhibited in R-Space Gallery, Lisburn, Northern Ireland during September in their Form Function & Food exhibition.
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Winner of the Fine Art Quilt Masters 2016
I’m astonished and delighted to have won the Fine Art Quilt Masters competition at the Festival of Quilts today for my piece Criminal Quilts: Hanging. Huge thanks to my friend, supporter and mentor Liz Cooper for encouraging me to push on with this work, the judges and the sponsors and of course to Staffordshire Records…
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Melbourne & Wirksworth Festivals
I am taking my precious collection of objects on tour! Over two weekends in September, I will be showing and selling a growing collection of precious objects in private homes in the two Derbyshire towns of Melbourne and Wirksworth. Wirksworth 10th & 11th September 10am-5pm at 6 Cromford Road. £7 per person for trail guide which gives entry to…
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Precious Objects exhibition
My next exhibition is a small group exhibition with local makers group Ornamentum. We have all created new work based on the concept of Precious Objects; either inspiring objects or precious materials we love. I will be showing a new collection of found, damaged or every day objects transformed into precious pieces, with personal, historical…
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Fine Art Quilt Masters Competition at Festival of Quilts
I’m delighted to announce that my piece Criminal Quilt has been selected for the Fine Art Quilt Masters competition at the Festival of Quilts 11th-14th August. You can see all the shortlisted pieces here, but they have no names so you can play guess the artist…. “Fine Art Quilt Masters is a juried competition that is open…
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Urban Growth Project Launch
My collaboration project Interlace was recently commissioned to create a new public artwork with young people in Leicester. Bethany and I worked with 8-13 year olds in January and February this year to design and make a set of concrete and cloth tiles inspired by the urban environment to be displayed at Makers’ Yard studios…
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Exhibition Preview Leicester
I have a small collection of work on display in a group exhibition with friends from my studio. Please join us at Leicester Grammar School on Thursday 25th February from 7pm. I will be exhibiting a group of my small Criminal Quilts pieces.
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Masterclass Rescheduled 9&10 January
My weekend of creative experimentation workshops at NCCD has been rescheduled for 9th & 10th January, the final weekend of the exhibition Spend a weekend immersed in creative, slow, experimental techniques inspired by Ruth Singer’s work. The workshops include simple, experimental natural dye techniques, embroidery and using found objects. You can create a series of…