Category Archives: Textiles

Nine days a week

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 by The Proof Angel

Another collection of pictures from the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This time it is Nine days a week by Jane McKeating, a project based on found handkerchiefs, using a mixture of fibres and pigments.

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The history of knitting

Posted on Jun 5, 2019 by The Proof Angel

This post gives an excellent summary of the history of hand knitting. As you would expect from the V&A. One of my favourite London haunts.

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Hand in hand: The artistic and spiritual life of Dame Werburg Welch

Posted on May 31, 2019 by The Proof Angel

If you get the chance, I can really recommend a trip to Ushaw, near Durham, to see this exhibition of church vestments, decorated with bands embroidered and woven by nuns under the supervision of Dame Werburg Welch (1894-1990). You can … Continue reading →

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Rolling out a carpet for hope

Posted on May 30, 2019 by The Proof Angel

Here is more from the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This installation by Sian Martin was inspired by a project to re-hydrate the desert in Africa, where they plant a corridor of saplings to draw water … Continue reading →

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Fused glass

Posted on May 28, 2019 by The Proof Angel

Here are a couple of works in fused glass caught my eye when I was at the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. I went to see the textile exhibitions, but these little gems just need sharing. … Continue reading →

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Exhibition of ecclesiastical textiles

Posted on May 23, 2019 by The Proof Angel

At some point fairly soon, I’m off to see this exhibition  about Dame Werburg Welch‘s work. It is on until 29th June 2019 in Durham, so if you get there first, let me know what you think…

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When waves collide

Posted on May 22, 2019 by The Proof Angel

Today’s post is another collection of pictures from my trip to the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This represents most of a room full of woven hangings on the theme When waves collide, hand woven in … Continue reading →

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The four riders

Posted on May 16, 2019 by The Proof Angel

Here is an interpretation by Dutch textile artist Flox den Hartog Jager of  the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, using cotton, organza, cotton and silk threadfs, inks and dye. It is on display at the National Centre for Craft and … Continue reading →

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Ways of portraying landscapes in textiles

Posted on May 10, 2019 by The Proof Angel

It is the last day of the East Yorkshire Embroidery Society’s exhibition Hopes and Dreams in Stitch, which is at Beverley Minster from 10am to 4pm. Today a collection of pictures showing some of the ways landscapes can be interpreted:

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Clive

Posted on May 10, 2019 by The Proof Angel

This is Clive. I saw him on display at the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. He was made from of viscose, polyester wadding, plastic pellets and cotton by Daisy Collingridge. Isn’t it amazing how much detail … Continue reading →

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