Tag: exhibition
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Little Selves exhibition
Little Selves is an exhibition celebrating the portrait miniature showcasing exquisite pieces from the collections at New Walk Museum Leicester alongside new work by Leicester Society of Artists members and a schools competition. The exhibition takes place 25 March – 25 June 2017. Although I am no portraitist, I was intrigued by the potential it gave me…
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Interlace collaboration
My collaboration Interlace with Bethany Walker is going from strength to strength! In 2016 we ran Urban Growth an exciting community project with 8-13 year olds to create a permanent piece of concrete and cloth outdoor work of art in Leicester. This project was funded by the Joyce Carr Doughty Trust. Over the Spring and…
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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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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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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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Narrative Threads exhibition film
I’m delighted to share my new film about my work for Narrative Threads, made by the fantastic R&A Collaborations. The exhibition opens on Saturday 14th November 2015 and continues until Sunday 10th January 2016. Exhibition events: Preview event: Sat 14th Nov 2-4pm. Free Drop in activity for 16+: Saturday 28th November 10am-4pm. Free Masterclass: Sat 5th…
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Narrative Threads Opening 14th November
My solo exhibition, Narrative Threads, opens on Saturday 14th November The National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This exhibition is the culmination of a year-long residency at NCCD, funded by Arts Council England. Please join me to celebrate the opening of the exhibition on Saturday 2-4pm with cheese and wine! It includes lots of…
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Narrative Threads Artist in Residence at NCCD
During my residency day at NCCD in April I tried some further experiments with recording dye processes using video, this time using my iPad set up on a plate stand, which seems to work quite well. There’s more to be done on this but it looks promising and I hope a film can be included in…
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Daily Make (11 & 12)
Week 11 was a complete whirlwind of final works and installation of Interlace exhibition which is now up and looking fabulous! I was also hurtling through finishing a quilt for a big birthday present at the same time as opening the exhibition. It was more than a little close to the wire getting it…
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Textiles Open exhibition at Solihull
I’m exhibiting two pieces in the Pattern & Place Textiles Open exhibition in Solihull Gallery, including Monumental Folly which they have used on the advert and my new piece Star Quilt, straight from the Ornamentum exhibition. The exhibition opens on Thurs 26th Feb with an evening preview from 6.15pm and continues until 28th March.