Tag: craft
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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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Narrative Threads workshop for Gifted 15
Precious objects Join me for a free, drop in workshop for adults during Gifted 15 at the National Centre for Craft & Design on Saturday 28th November 2015 10am-4pm. Bring along an every day object or piece of junk and transform it into a precious amulet with some simple textile techniques.
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Narrative Threads community projects
Part of my Narrative Threads exhibition artist residency has been to work with local communities around Sleaford and the National Centre for Craft and Design. I built this into my Arts Council funding so I could experiment with new ways of working with different audiences, continue to build my community arts CV and try and…
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On Patience
People often tell me how patient I am to hand stitch my work. I often counter that I am only patient with sewing, not with anything else (although that’s not really true*). We can all be patient doing something we love. It doesn’t require patience to get to the end of a good book as you…
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The Dreaming House : Art Textiles in Historic Houses
The Dreaming House, an exhibition of art textiles from the collections of Nottingham Museums is currently on display in Newstead Abbey, ancestral home of Lord Byron. The exhibition is only open at weekends (12-4pm) and for a few weeks only, and seems to have almost slipped under the textile press radar. I’ve seen little about it…
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Criminal Quilts at Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
My first series of Criminal Quilts is now on display at Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford. These pieces were inspired by photographs from the Staffordshire Archives of women criminals (below), commissioned by Shire Hall Gallery and later purchased for the museum collection and display outside the historic courtroom. The six Criminal Quilts in Stafford are shown…
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Open Studio at Makers’ Yard 25th April
I’ll be opening my studio on Saturday 25th April (12-4pm) as part of the local St George’s day festival. This is the first time I’ve opened the studio since I’ve changed it from being a teaching space to being my own personal work space where I run occasional creative textiles workshops too. I’ll be in…
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Fat Quarters book & giveaway
I’m pleased to be part of this gorgeous new book from Lark Crafts. Fat Quarters, Small Fabrics, More than 50 Big Ideas comes out this week and I have contributed three projects. My projects are: A patchwork pieced tie, using complicated bias cutting and lovely fabric from Lu Summers. An origami-style folded decoration on a…
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