I am delighted to have been awarded the 2020 Textile Society critical writing award for ‘An Embroidered Elegy; Mrs Scales Autograph Cloth’. This research from the viewpoint of an embroiderer uncovered the maker and making of a 1936 stitched fundraiser made in Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire. The article is published in the current […]
Published: 21st June 2020
Themes: autobiography, collaborative, crafts, domestic embroidery engagement, identity, signature, text Yorkshire
My small hand worked quilt Teatime, on loan from the collection of Audrey Walker is on display at Manchester Art Gallery as part of trading Posts, a new exhibition looking at the role of hot drinks in trade and cultural exchange. Looking forward to getting to work on Scaffolding for Life, my latest project following […]
Published: 10th November 2019
Themes: collaborative, commission, crafts, embroidery quilt, research text
I am looking forward to presenting an artist’s perspective at the ICOM conference in Kyoto in September. This world class event brings together those interested in shaping the future of museums.My paper explores the value of small local museums and how, through the interrogation of one hand stitched cloth, the community in Robin Hood’s Bay, […]
Published: 7th July 2019
Themes: collaborative, crafts, embroidery engagement, handmade, research
Work from Kotha and Kantha – the Bangladeshi Women’s Memoir Project, in conjunction with the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Educational Trust can be seen touring local North West libraries in the spring of 2017. https://mmuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/kotha-and-kantha/ A display will be at Longsight Library 17th Feb – 8 March, then the work goes to Accrington Library – 10th […]
Published: 20th June 2017
Themes: collaborative, crafts, embroidery, engagement, exhibition handmade, quilt, Rochdale text
New work can be seen in two exhibitions this summer. One quilt ‘Dulwich Mum’ is on display in Making Spaces – the 62 Group Exhibition at Macclesfield Silk Museum. From 17th July several new works can also be seen in the Wit of the Stitch at Ruthin Craft Centre, North Wales. Kotha and Kantha – […]
Published: 3rd October 2016
Themes: crafts, embroidery engagement, exhibition identity, text
Until Feb 28th – A Patch work of Memories is showing in “On my Mother’s Knee” at Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery, Bangor, North Wales.
Published: 2nd February 2015
Themes: collaborative, crafts, engagement, exhibition quilt, signature, text
An exhibition took place over the summer celebrating flax grown locally on waste ground in Manchester and turned into cloth and yarn. Myself and some Textiles In Practice students experimented with the material using print, knit stitch and weave processes. A number of other artists and makers are also involved. The exhibition ends in Sept, […]
Published: 3rd November 2014
Themes: collaborative, crafts, exhibition recycle sustainable
A range of my collaborative signature cloths are shown in a textile exhibition Construct at Ruthin Craft Centre from April – July. It links to the forthcoming show I am curating at the IQSC in Lincoln, Nebraska from Sept 2014 – May 2015.
Published: 1st June 2014
Themes: autobiography, crafts, handmade, identity,
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