Tag: commission
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Leicestershire Artist Opportunities
I’ve been working on a great project with Creative Leicestershire recently and we’ve just advertised five artist opportunities for Leicestershire artists. The idea is to create artist-led events in five market towns, each for a week, in empty shops or other similar venues. There’s also mentoring and professional development as part of the project so…
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Criminal Quilts Case Study – Fanny and Ada Riddle
Criminal Quilts is my an exhibition, research project and book. The textiles I have created are inspired by the stories of women who were photographed on release from Stafford Prison between 1877 and 1916. I was fascinated when I first saw the photographs from the 1870s where the women have their hands on their chests.…
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Digital Print on Textile
My artist statement says that I prefer to use old cloth in my work, enjoying the history embedded within the textile, and I have tried throughout my 15 years of practice to use sustainable textile techniques. It isn’t the whole story as I do also use digital print on new fabrics for specific projects. I…
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Selvedge blog post
Selvedge have included my museum sales news in their blog this month. It was a lovely surprise to read this in their newsletter while I was on holiday last week! Read the full post here.
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My Shop
Since my Textile Traces exhibition has closed, I have been doing a little studio housekeeping and sorting out a lot of work which needs to find a new home! My online shop has had a facelift and is starting to fill up with prints, textiles, collaborations, textile jewellery and other treasures appearing from the archives…
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Museum Purchase
Two of my recent artworks have been purchased by museums this year. I started my professional career working in museums, after doing a Masters Degree in Museum Studies. Museums are still my favourite places to spend time, particularly in textile and social history collections. I left my museum career aged 30 in 2005 to pursue…
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Commissions
In recent months I have completed a couple of commissions. The large panel is worked onto blue linen with scraps of antique fabrics including 18th century tapestry, 19th century embroidery and 17th century brocade. I’ve added lots of hand embroidery details and several found objects embellished with hand stitch and silk threads. The objects…
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Precious Objects
I’ve got some new work for sale on Made by Hand including embroideries of my grandad’s gardening tools as well as a saw, a spoon and a couple of lovely plastering trowels. Prices start at just £41. Other pieces from this collection can also be purchased from my solo exhibition Textile Traces in Cwmbran, South…
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Fragments – Researching a new series of work
Small fragments of cloth combined to make a greater whole. Each stitch, each thread, each moment of the maker contribute to a broad canvas of narrative. I have been invited by the Quilt Association to showcase some work in their summer show and chose to spend time developing new work inspired by their collections. Fragments…
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