The project Kotha and Kantha ran from May to July 2016 and was supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. It brought together a group of local Bangladeshi women and the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust in Manchester Central Library. My role was to develop stitched-based responses related to the women’s lives, […]
Published: 8th July 2016
Themes: autobiography, Bangladesh, collaborative, commission, embroidery, identity, quilt,
The shared cloth made from the sewn names of children at Culler Middle School, Lincoln, Nebraska is complete. It evolved into a “distance” and “close” collaboration following my visits to Nebraska their last year. With help from staff and volunteers at the IQSC, we worked with three local middle schools. The schools are home to […]
Published: 11th November 2015
Themes: collaborative, embroidery, engagement, handmade, identity, signature, text
We are holding an open studio at Rogue in Manchester July 9-11th to coincide with MIF www.rogueartistsstudios.co.uk. All welcome – private view friday 9th 6-8pm My work can be seen in the Art of Bereavement at the Crafts Centre, Farnham until the end of May, an exhibition related to the conference on the 15th May. […]
Published: 30th June 2015
Themes: collaborative, embroidery, identity, quilt, sustainable text
My new embroidered tablecloth will be part of the Levenshulme Food and Drink Festival in South Manchester. The event runs from June 12th -21st culminating in the picnic in the park and the community tablecloth extravaganza. Information on how to sew your own can be found on the website or email lfadfest@gmail.com www.levenshulmefadfestival.com
Published: 7th June 2015
Themes: collaborative, embroidery, engagement, handmade, text
“Signature Cloths” at the IQSC in Lincoln, Nebraska opened in September. It showcases several of my recent collaborative signature quilts alongside a selection from the Nebraska collection.
Published: 4th May 2015
Themes: collaborative, embroidery, engagement, handmade, identity, quilt, signature, 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
This is the latest collaborative signature project on display at Touchstones Gallery, Rochdale until March 2014.
The blog address is http://pleasesignhere.wordpress.com
Published: 8th November 2014
Themes: collaborative, commission, engagement, exhibition identity, quilt, Rochdale signature, text Touchstones
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
This recent signature cloth marks the centenary of the death of Emily Wilding Davison at the Epsom Derby in June 1913 and pays homage to the banner on display in the Museum of London, made up of the sewn signatures of suffragettes imprisoned in Holloway in 1911. It is part of the www.100deeds.co.uk.
Published: 6th October 2014
Themes: collaborative, Emily Davison engagement, signature, text
See my Remembering Emily post for background information. This cloth was part of the Wilding Festival on the 15th June at St George’s in Bloomsbury where Emily’s memorial service had been held. It was carried in the procession by her descendent and draped in the church where her coffin had stood 100 years ago. Thanks to Sarah Evans @ artwithaheart
Published: 1st October 2014
Themes: collaborative, engagement, exhibition identity, signature, text
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