Since the start of the year I have been doing some stitching each day for about 20 minutes. In my last post I talked about the first 10 days of the project which now has over 3,000 people stitching each day around the world. This is Day 44 of the 1 Year of Stitches 2017 […]
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# 1 year of stitches2017 – My daily stitches continue…
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Sensing Culture – the Mark of the Maker
The ‘Sensing Culture – The Mark of the Maker’ exhibition is still on show in the Front Room Gallery at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, Kent, England. To quote the publicity it is “A stunning exhibition by people with sight loss, created in workshops led by artists Wendy Daws and Claire Buckley […]
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Tagged Canterbury Cathedral, Education, Exhibition, HLF, RNIB, The Beaney, Visually Impaired People
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#1yearofstitches – A project to keep me stitching
This year I am taking part in a worldwide project called 1 Year of Stitches: 2017. It is being run by Sara Barnes. My theme is to base the stitches I make on the classic embroidery book ‘Samplers and Stitches’ by Mrs Archibald Christie. It was first published in 1920. The copy I have is […]
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Sensing Culture – working with the Guide Dogs
As someone who does not have a dog and has no real experience of dogs; it has been an eye-opening experience for me to be working with the guide dogs who accompany some of the participants in the Sensing Culture project I am delivering with the Cathedral and The Beaney in Canterbury. The work is […]
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Canterbury, Kent – Sensing Culture through textiles
In my last post I talked about the background to the planning of the textile workshops I am leading for the Sensing Culture project with Canterbury Cathedral and The Beaney- House of Art & Knowledge. To book the workshop places please see these links http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/news/ http://canterburymuseums.co.uk/whats-on/categories/workshop-events/ The textile workshops are for Visually Impaired People […]
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Tagged Canterbury Cathedral, Free workshops, RNIB, stitches, The Beaney, Visually Impaired People
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Sensing Culture -RNIB/HLF project – Canterbury, Kent
I have been busy this year working towards the Sensing Culture Project at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, and Canterbury Cathedral. The project involves working with visually impaired people (VIP’s) to explore the collections and spaces in order to make textiles that will be part of an exhibition at The Beaney Front Room […]
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Tagged Canterbury Cathedral, hand embroidery, HLF, RNIB, Sensory workshops, The Beaney, Visually Impaired People
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Symbiosis- My work is a Mélange
Symbiosis An exhibition of woven tapestry 19th April – 1st May 2016 This is the theme of British Tapestry Group (BTG) exhibition that is currently on show at Hastings Arts Forum in St Leonard’s on Sea, East Sussex. In the year that Hastings is commemorating the 950 year anniversary of the Battle of Hastings with the […]
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Tagged 3D Weaving, colour blending, embroidery, Hastings Arts Forum, Sussex, tapestry weaving
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Hunter & Collector
I have been slowly working through ideas on the theme of Hunter & Collector for over 2 years now. The work involves using found and vintage objects to inspire and be used in the textiles. Circles form a major feature for the work. I have shown a circle woven with several soumack techniques […]
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Tagged embroidery, Felt, free machine embroidery, jewels, tapestry weaving
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Weaving a ‘W’- Red Letter
I have just finished weaving a letter ‘W’. It is not quiet as straight forward as it sounds. The sett is very important as is the decision about the number of threads to use in the weft. The weave direction is important in order to keep the sheds correct across the weaving and the whole […]
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Tagged Pink, Red, tapestry weaving, Warp, weaving, weft
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Creative Christmas
The autumn has been rather hectic with making, showing and teaching that the posts updates have been a little far and between. There is still a chance to get to see the Creative Christmas show in St Leonards on Sea. This exhibition of over 30 makers across all art forms has become a tradition at […]
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Tagged Bags, Felt, Hastings, Hastings Arts Forum, India, Sussex
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