Tag: craft
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Garden retreats for artists – new dates
Creative reflection days for artists in a tranquil, (almost) secret garden in Leicestershire. Over a year from summer 2024 to summer 2025, I was artist in residence at Mill Field Forest Garden, Leicestershire. Over that time, I hosted some open days for artists to come along and experience immersion in nature and chance to breathe…
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Stitching The Garden
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Nature-inspired embroidery workshop in Mill Field Forest Garden on 8th August I keep saying I am going to stop running workshops but I can’t resist one more in the wonderful community garden I help to run. I was artist in residence here 2024-2025 and I still find it endlessly inspiring and I want to share…
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Vintage & antique textile sale
Sunday 28th June. At Unit Twelve, Hixon, Staffordshire. You won’t be surprised to learn that I have far too much fabric in my studio… so I am having a sale, at the gorgeous gallery / studio Unit Twelve, run by Jennifer Collier. I have sorted out three big boxes of things I am ready to…
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Hand & Heart – announcing my new project
In the darkest days of November, I worked really hard on a funding application to Arts Council England to expand The Victorian Hand project and enable me to work with more people. It was a long wait over the winter until I finally heard back in mid-March and now the project is getting started. Over…
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How to recognise a Mary Linwood embroidery
Attributions and confusions, Mary Linwood’s Lost Legacy During my research into Mary Linwood, I came across plenty of embroideries that had been attributed to her in the past. There are also some in museums that I am not convinced are actually by Mary Linwood and some that have been auctioned in recent years that look…
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Museum Visits
Close-up with Mary Linwood in museum collections Visiting museum stores to see historic textiles close up is my idea of textile heaven. During the development of Mary Linwood; Art, Stitch & Life exhibition, I got to visit Leicester Museum stores a few times, the Bowes Museum and the V&A Storehouse. I also saw a couple…
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Final Week of Mary Linwood Exhibition
Plus Meet the Artist this weekend! and free postage for exhibition catalogues this week too I’m so sad that the exhibition is finally coming to an end – it’s been a wonderful few months seeing Mary Linwood’s work alongside my own. The exhibition closes on Sunday 22nd February. It’s open every day weekdays 11-4.30 and…
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The Victorian Hand Workshops
Take part in these exciting research and making sessions exploring hand work with the Quilters Guild collection in York I’m really looking forward to these workshops, which are part of my project artist work for the Victorian Hand. In these sessions we’ll look at hand-stitched quilts and work on elements of a tactile textile sculptural…
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Things to read and learn
Gifts and courses for creative folk Early in my career I was a product maker, churning out scarves and brooches at this time of year, then later it was books and workshops and kits that I sold. I don’t make so much these days, and I don’t run many workshops but it would be foolish…
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Textile Book Group for 2026
A relaxed reading group for people who love books about textiles I love reading books about textiles and I love talking to people about books about textiles, so I have created a book group to do just that. It’s an online meeting on a Monday evening. I’ll start with sharing some of my thoughts about…