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Maria Walker : The Lightfoot Letters

 

The Lightfoot Letters Exhibition will be shown at the Sale Waterside Arts Centre from the 18th May 2013 to the 28th September 2013.

 

Cube Gallery 113-115 Portland St , Manchester 15-25 May

 

www.contemporarymakers.com includes textile artist Dionne Swift

 

 

Rob Wilson - Derbyshire Open Arts 2013

25th, 26th, 27th May 2013

Venue: 49 Bridgemont, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, SK23 7PD

Rob will be presenting his latest collection of work within his own home for this, one of his favourite on the events calendar.

Directions: From Buxton, follow A6 (bypass) towards Furness Vale. Cross final roundabout, No. 49 is 400 yards on the right before the railway bridge.

From Manchester/Stockport, follow the A6 passing through Furness Vale. Going under the railway bridge, No. 49 is then on the left.

 

 

Wilmslow Guild 'On View' 19-22 June

 

Gawthorpe Hall, nr Burnley, Lancs

 

The Gawthorpe Textiles Collection was amassed by Miss Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth (1886 – 1967) and is comprised of historic and contemporary lace, quilts, costume, samplers and embroidery from all over the world. This museum accredited collection is displayed across five galleries in her ancestral home at Gawthorpe Hall in Pennine Lancashire.
Our events include 'Exploration Days', a chance to study the collection up close with our curator and 'An Audience with...' workshops where you can learn textile skills inspired by the collection with a visiting expert. Most events take place in the wonderful setting of the historic library, with Miss Rachel's reference collection of art, design and craft books.
Gawthorpe Hall is a National Trust property financed and run in partnership with Lancashire County Council. The Gawthorpe Textiles Collection is an independant charity housed in Gawthorpe Hall.
Workshops include Maggie Grey on 27/ 28 July

15 May - Maralyn Hepworth

Joining us from Shropshire,  tapestry weaver Maralyn has a keen emphasis on sustainability through a variety of her interests . Shropshire's rich industrial heritage has fuelled her passion for flax & linen & she gave us a fascinating insight in to how the cloth is created from seed to finished material. From her research into buying the actual seed through to growing the fibrous plant in the garden & via friends,she talked us through the various processes including our own  experiment demonstrating the fibre from a dried plant. It was also interesting to learn some of the phrases the industry used, which still have a meaning today- albeit an alternative one! eg 'toe-rag', 'hackling'.

Through her 'Flax to Fabric' project Maralyn is working tirelessly to see the Ditherington Flaxmill & Maltings in Shrewsbury re-opened in the future, for the benefit of the nations industrial heritage.
www.flaxmill-maltings.co.uk

 

      

 

17th April - Marilyn Pipe

Marilyn gave us an interesting & amusing talk about she developed her talent & passion for textiles which have taken her around the country through to recent workshops in Egypt. From innovative early jobs, she spent 11 years at the wonderful Rainbow Silks, combining this with the exhibition circuit leading to current teaching posts including Denman College. With a diverse list of textile interests she calls herself a 'textile junkie' & she demonstrated some of her current works. Would you believe what you can achieve from a cooling rack!

Katie Purson -  March 2013

These photos do not justify the exquisite detail, technique or passion portrayed in Katie's beautiful work. From an initial desire to be an archaeologist, Katie told us how she followed her heart & instead undertook a degree in Costume Design which lead to a career in the theatre & ballet world.

Her continued passion for traditional embroidery hand skills saw her achieve an enviable apprenticeship at The Royal School of Needlework & she guided us through the skills learnt . These included silk shadowing, gold work,black-work, white-work, pull & drawn thread work, cut work, mount mellick work & her favourite of fine white work!

    Katie concluded her talk with details of some of the work opportunities which have followed, from historic conservation work, religious creations to the simple repair of a toybear!

   

 Anne Menary - February 2013



Anne's talk on 'Fabric of the Universe' took us on a journey into Space visiting planets and outer space though her quirky ,hand stitched pictures and postcards. She researched and designed all her work through her sketchbooks and altered books before creating her amusing 'Time Traveling' images. She used a wide variety of fabrics from crimplene to tyvek and hand dyed and painted pieces. Nearly all her work is hand stitched using all the traditional old stitches and , so that they are reasonably commercial , she produces postcard size pieces including a textile print of the postage stamp. This was an amusing and interesting talk.

 

 

 

Next YE Meeting 9th April 2013

The next YE meeting will be on Tuesday the 9th April from 10.30 am to 2.30pm at Chelford Village Hall,

We are going to be making a colourful collage on paper first and them transferring it on to fabric and decorate it further.  You will need to bring some photos, images and colourful paper so you can make it really personal to you.

Here are some examples of scrapbook pages off the internet for inspiration.

Please contact Maria Walker if you want to reserve a place.

 email : maweeha@yahoo.com

Young Embroiderers February 2013

For our February meeting Becky Smyllie, a talented embroidery student from Manchester Metropolitan University ran the workshop for us.  She showed us how to make these wonderful three dimensional letters which the young people decorated to make these colourful letters.