Lynn Setterington
Textile Artist

On of my kantha pieces has recently been acquired by the Denver Museum of Art for their new textile gallery.

Published: 11th May 2013
Themes: collaborative, commission embroidery engagement exhibition identity quilt signature text

Respect and Protect the World Aids Day Quilt is a handmade collaborative quilt made up of hundreds of red ribbons and cross stitches. It is now on permanent display at the Terrence Higgins Trust HQ in Grays Inn Rd in London.

Published: 8th May 2013
Themes: collaborative, commission embroidery engagement quilt text

A collaborative project with groups in Blackpool, made as a wedding gift for Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2011. As much as celebration of Blackpool and its people as the royal event, the quilt brought many disparate people together in the making

Published: 30th April 2013
Themes: collaborative, commission embroidery engagement quilt signature text

Stitching Up Oxford Rd was a commission to create a collaborative artwork with and about Manchester Oxford Rd and involved working with groups and organisations based on this busy throughfare. The quilt was made from plastic bags collected on Oxford and “transformed” in workshops up and down Oxford Rd.

Published: 19th April 2013
Themes: collaborative, commission consumerism quilt recycle

The plans for the collaborative project in Rochdale are progressing well. It is nice to work as part of a team for a change, not only sharing ideas, but expertise and skills too.

Published: 10th April 2013
Themes: collaborative, commission embroidery engagement exhibition identity quilt signature text

On holiday over the summer I came another embroidered signature cloth in Sturminster Newton in Dorset. It was made recently when the community hall was built.

Published: 23rd March 2013
Themes: embroidery handmade identity quilt signature text

A busy year with three major conference presentations in Delhi, Liverpool and Virginia. The last was “From Bengal to Baltimore” a quilt conference in Williamsburg, Virginia.
My article on the signature quilts research appeared in the May/June issue of Selvedge Magazine.

Published: 17th March 2013
Themes: autobiography embroidery handmade identity India quilt signature

This is a signature project with Sreepur Village in Bangladesh and trustee Ruby Porter. The finished cloth is backed with a simple modern kantha also from Bangladesh and joined with lace old and new.

Published: 10th February 2013
Themes: Bangladesh collaborative, embroidery handmade quilt signature text

“Who do you think you are? is made up from “pretend” signatures of facebook Setteringtons. Varying handwriting styles and identities are still evident and like facebook itself, what we see on the surface is not always what is really going on underneath.

Published: 21st January 2013
Themes: autobiography embroidery identity quilt signature text

The range of signature cloths in the IQSC in Nebraska is amazing, there are over 70 examples in this one collection alone. I am looking forward to curating an exhibition there in 2014.

Published: 12th April 2012
Themes: collaborative, embroidery engagement handmade identity quilt signature text