We invited textile artist Susie Cottee to exhibit with us at our next group show in March 2025.  Susie is a very talented artist and we are delighted to be working with her.  Here Susie talks about her influences and intuitive textile practice. I have been sewing for as long as I can remember. Thankfully […]

Veronica is again taking part in Cambridge Open Studios this year, with her studio open 10 – 5 on Saturdays and Sundays 15-16 and 22-23 July. The pieces included are concerned with childhood holidays in France. She has printed images from an old French textbook and sections of vintage Michelin maps onto fabric. Veronica has

Patti was delighted to have two, very different, pieces of work selected for PRISM’s show at Mile End, running from 20th April to 1st May 2023 The first is a group of 24 stitched images showing men “not looking at porn”. Also displayed were a drypoint print book of the images, a series of cards

A SENSE OF PLACE – Aldeburgh Art Gallery – 27 April to 3 May 2023 In August 2021 textile artist and tutor Mathew Harris held a series of workshops based in Tollesbury Essex. This exhibition showcases some preliminary pieces and finished work from some of the participants.

“There is a lovely cafe round the corner from where I live which describes itself as a Vintage Tearoom. I approached the owner as I thought my recent textile piece, ‘Living Wall’ would look good hanging in the big window of her cafe. I knew that she does occasionally display artworks in the space. She

The 1953 Flood Veronica’s latest work is inspired by a storm which swept down the east coast of Britain in Jan/Feb 1953 and caused much flooding and damage. The coastal communities were not warned of its coming and many were drowned as they slept. Low lying areas such as Jaywick and Canvey Island, housed in

Stories in Stitch is the theme for our group show at London’s Espacio Gallery.  Members will illustrate events past and present, real or imagined using contemporary and traditional textiles techniques. Spurn Point, which is being eroded over time, is a place imbued with memories of people who once lived there.  Patti Taylor’s work gives glimpses

Stitch Your Story is an international exhibition of 6 inch hoop embroideries exploring people’s sense of place and where they came from. It is part of the British Textile Biennial 2021 and all the pieces can be seen in Blackburn Cathedral until 31 October. Kathryn’s contribution is a flamboyant interpretation of the Ghanaian flag which

Patti was delighted to have her book of 22 etchings selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, which runs from 22nd September to 2nd January 2022. Many of the photographs for the book (working title Man Spread) were taken on her tube journeys to and from her Textiles class at CityLit, when she became increasingly