Category: Projects
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Textile & Metal Jewellery; a collaboration with Alys Power
My collaboration collection with Alys Power is complete! I’ve enjoyed this partnership so much that I didn’t want to stop – we could have kept making things forever. We were keen that the collection was not entirely wearable but still had some elements of jewellery about it. Some of the pieces are wearable (necklaces, pendants,…
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Maidens’ Garlands
Jan & I installed our exhibition piece today. It has been a lot of work but I am delighted with how it looks in the gallery and how well Jan & I have combined our ideas. Jan installing her weaving Installing the petals stage 1 Petal growth growing.. Half way there… Complete! Synchronise opens on…
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Fabric Manipulation, 150 Creative Sewing Techniques
My new book will be published in June 2013 by David & Charles
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Collaboration with Jan Garside
I had a day working with Jan Garside today on our collaborative installation work for Synchronise, a Design Factory exhibition at NCCD which opens on 9th March and continues until 2nd June. Jan and I are working on a large groups of piece including her woven work, lots of petals that I am making out of…
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Museum purchase
I’m delighted to announce that Shire Hall Gallery, part of Staffordshire Museums Service, are buying my whole collection of Criminal Quilts. The six textile pieces will become part of the museum service collection and will be displayed in the historic court room at Shire Hall. As an ex-museum person, having my work preserved forever in…
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Wrapping and covering
I usually tweet or Pin when I’ve seen something interesting online, but I’ve decided it is time to start sharing things on the blog again as it gives things more status and it makes stuff easier to find again. So I’m planning a series on other artists’ work as I come across things I like…
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New work in progress
If you are sharp-eyed on Pinterest, you will have noticed some new work popping up on this board. I’m working in collaboration with jeweller Alys Power to create a new collection of work for an exhibition opening in March at NCCD. We’ve been working on collaborative pieces to create a Cabinet of Curiosities inspired by Calke…
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Reinventing the paper piece
A couple of years ago I made this piece, my first in paper, constructed from book proofs. It has been a real trouper; a couple of exhibitions, some press and a lot of interest. It is going out again for Colour, at New Brewery Arts in Cirencester, Sat 23rdMarch – Sun 12thMay 2013, along with this coat…
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Commission for Shire Hall Gallery
Talking Textiles Shire Hall Art Gallery, Stafford 12 January – 10 March 2013 “This exhibition features work by 8 contemporary textile artists who explore how stories are represented through their work. Using a wide range of materials, techniques and processes each artist creates unique pieces which on further inspection reveal their fascinating stories. From life…
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Mentoring
One of the pleasures of being a more established maker (over seven years!) is that I can share some of what I have learned with other makers. I’ve been lucky enough to benefit from mentoring over the years, and am now on the other side, providing mentoring. I’m currently working with Elizabeth Dyer of Feel…
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