In this talk Gillian lead you around Europe and even further afield,
illustrated with her vibrant and evocative photographs. Many of these places are
familiar with students who travel. When travelling she continues her research
into ethnic embroidery, she photographs and sketches to produce a lively travel
journal.
Saturday 12th December
Empress Mills - The Evolution of Thread
www.empressmills.co.uk
Thursday 14th January
Sew to supper
An evening of stitching and chat. Please bring a plate of some thing yummy.
Saturday 13th February
Hilary Jackson: Moving On! a quilting story
This talk will tell the story of my journey from traditional to
contemporary quilter with lots of quilts to see and handle.Thursday 10th March
Jonathan Korejko - Paper Talks
www.jonathankorejko.co.uk
Paper is a
living, exciting, contemporary artform, and it has an important story to tell.This
presentation illustrates many fascinating aspects of papermaking with
colourful slides, music, videos, and sounds. It includes the history of
papermaking, recycling, the science of fibres, hand and industrial papermaking,
papermaking in an educational setting, and contemporary artists working with
paper. The talk is custom
built to fit into the personal interests of each audience group. For example,
papermaking and its relationship to textiles, both past and present, is
highlighted for groups which work in embroidery, spinning, weaving, and
quilting.
Saturday 9th April
Sue Stone - Inspiration for Stitch
www.womanwithafish.com
An
in depth look at Sue's inspiration which includes a short introduction to herself and her work ,the visual artists who inform her work, the family album, her travels, how she combines her ideas and a look at her most recent work.
Thursday 12th May
Katie Chaplin - Mottainai
www.japancrafts.co.uk
Mottainai
expresses the
Japanese feeling of regret for wasting something. It is especially relevant to
textiles, as threads and fabrics were often prohibitively expensive for
ordinary people in the past. For hundreds of years, ordinary Japanese people
reused and recycled textiles over and over again to squeeze the maximum use
from each piece. In this talk I explain more about mottainai, and will bring
examples of antique textiles for you to handle. There will also be a
demonstration of furoshiki gift wrapping and sakiori weaving
using vintage kimono silks.
Saturday 11th June
Andrew Wynne - Batik
Andrew will talk about Batik and
it’s ancient traditions and multi cultural aspects, as well as his own evolution
as a practising artist.
He will demonstrate various methods of wax resist and dye applications on papers
and fabrics and will have a selection of work to show and sales of tools, waxes and dyes.
Thursday 14th July
Joy Norman - Papermaking and beyond
www.joynorman.co.uk
Delicate
and intricate mixed-media work. Combining the
diverse qualities of paper pulp with textile fragments, organic items and
found objects, Joy creates intriguing framed works, wallhangings,
sculptural shapes and vessels.