This project challenges stereo types surrounding stitch and also explores on new forms of expression with a group of 15 boys at Burnage Academy in Manchester. It is one in a series of initiatives to acknowledge the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah. We worked with boys aged twelve and […]
Published: 15th April 2018
Themes: Bangladesh collaborative, crafts embroidery engagement film handmade identity signature text
The new collaboration Sew Near – Sew Far with the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth sees a major new art installation on the moors close to the Bronte waterfalls from 1st -14th October. #sewnearsewfar Sew Near – Sew Far celebrates the famous signatures of the Brontë sisters and local people are being given the […]
Published: 10th September 2017
Themes: Bronte commission crafts embroidery engagement identity signature text Yorkshire
From July til late Sept 2016 new work can be seen in the Wit of the Stitch at Ruthin Craft Centre, North Wales curated by June Hill. The exhibition includes new work – a stitched sampler created in the car park at the Crafts Centre celebrating the work of early Welsh […]
Published: 8th October 2016
Themes: autobiography embroidery handmade identity text
New work can be seen in two exhibitions this summer. One quilt ‘Dulwich Mum’ is on display in Making Spaces – the 62 Group Exhibition at Macclesfield Silk Museum. From 17th July several new works can also be seen in the Wit of the Stitch at Ruthin Craft Centre, North Wales. Kotha and Kantha – […]
Published: 3rd October 2016
Themes: crafts embroidery engagement exhibition identity text
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
A new touring exhibition that includes my work starts in Saltaire, Yorkshire this May bank holiday weekend.
Published: 10th October 2015
Themes: autobiography embroidery handmade identity quilt
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
The recipient of a Public Engagement Fellowship at MMU in 2009, I devised, co-ordinated and led Hulme Sweet Hulme, a collaborative arts project working with local groups.
Published: 10th May 2015
Themes: collaborative, commission engagement identity
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