Mixed Media Stitching

Emily Notman came along to our first meeting in October to speak about her work and talk us through her creative process.

Beautiful delicate wall hangings and other delights all made from layer upon layer of sheer and lace fabrics painted and "Bondawebbed"  (if there is such a word) enhanced by lots of delightful hand stitching. 

Lots more photographs are available on Emily's website:

www.emilynotman.co.uk

Mixed media and tablecloths!

October is upon us and we are embarking on our new programme which promises to be every bit as exciting and varied as the last one.  
Emily Notman is our speaker on Monday, her work is described on her website as follows:

"I create bespoke textile instillations mixing media and building up tactile delicate surfaces. I work and rework my pieces with paint, dyes, bleach and ink, burning and layering until finishing it with hand stitch. I find beauty in flaky walls, overgrown buildings and encrusted surfaces; this is something I recreate in my work.

My pieces evolve and grow with time, incorporate history with layering and sometimes the tiniest mark made or stitch changes a piece dramatically it’s this detail that excites me.

Initially I was inspired by a visit to a Fishermans village in Portugal it was the old flaky paint on boats and encrusted textures of the lobster pots that I recreated using fabrics and stitch. I developed my work to look as though it had been abandoned and that it developed its own surface over time. I work in response to old beautiful walls covered up by years of wall paper or overgrown doorways and walls in gardens. Some pieces of my work look as though they have been brought up from the bottom of the ocean with tiny glimmers of pearls and layers of coral stitch.

I studied at Leeds College of Art and Design between 2006 and 2008, which resulted in a passion for Photography, Textiles and Fashion. I then attended the University of Cumbria, graduating in 2011, with a 1st Class BA Honours Degree in Contemporary Applied Arts - specialising in Ceramics, Embroidery and Printed Textiles"

This promises to be a very exciting and informative evening and we look forward to our usual "full house" to welcome our speaker.

All images are from www.emilynotman.co.uk and must not be reproduced or copied without consent

Following on from the meeting there will be an opportunity to catch up on the Memory Tablecloth Project.  Harriet is arriving in Blackpool on Monday to undertake the completion of the project over 3 days during the week.

We have invited her to come along to our meeting, so there will be an opportunity to discuss ideas and plans for the completed piece.

Gawthorpe Survey

Just a quick post today to request feedback in a survey to Gawthorpe Hall.

From Vanessa:

We have developed a public survey to support the development of new ideas and programmes here at Gawthorpe Textiles Collection...

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Gawthorpe

We'd be very grateful if you could you...

a) complete it yourself

b) forward this onto friends, family, wider connections...

We really need people far and wide, textiles specialists and non-textiles specialists, all ages... the more people who complete this the greater the pool of information will be.

Your input would be much appreciated

September is here!

September is here already!        Where did the Summer go?
Still it was great to get together for our first meeting of the Autumn, and good to see so many people interested to hear our speaker Lynn Setterington.

Lynn is an internationally recognised artist working in the textiles arena, her hand stitched quilts and cloths are held in many major public museums, from the V&A, Crafts Council and Whitworth Art Gallery. 

A celebration of the ordinary and overlooked are key themes in her work. She became  known for her use of Kantha embroidery in the early 1990’s and has since gone onto devise and instigate  a large number of social engagement projects and textile collaborations with diverse groups.

Lynn spoke about her practice and her work with collaborative groups and brought along many examples of her signature quilts, which I am sure helped to inspire many of us with the projects we are currently working on.

The photographs used here are from Lynn's website so please do not share or copy other than for personal use.

Examples of signature quilts

The following images are from the collaborative project "Stitching up Oxford Road" 

More information and pictures of  Lynn's work can be found on her website:

www.lynnsetterington.co.uk

Pop up News

It was great to see our pop up museum at the recent Museum in the Making Event at the Winter Gardens.
There were lots of activities going on and lots of information about the proposed museum.
It was very busy and our pop up attracted a fair number of visitors when I was there on Friday.
The final touches added include information Postcards and a Did you Know? quiz sheet.