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.
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 really see the influence of William Blake and Eric Gill in these fabulous pieces of textile art. If you can’t make it before 29th June, at least have a look at the web page, which has pictures and a video.
Unfortunately, they don’t allow photos, so I was limited to sketching. The best bits were the simple saints and angels, some in repeat patterns. As I’m not very good at sketching people, I’ll leave you to look at the originals…
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 to the surface and stop the desert encroaching more. The story of the change is told here using dyed cane and wire, silk and scrim fabrics, and acrylic sheets.
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.
It is amazing what you can achieve with small rectangles of glass.
One was a series of small works, made in a workshop in 2013 at the centre, wired together to make a hanging.
The other was a collection inspired by bees, inspired by the current problems with the pollenating insects population.
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…
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 cotton by Theo Wright.
It shows the different effects that can be gained by varying the colours, and making slight changes in the interpretation, while still creating a coherent collection of work.
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 Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Here are some more pictures from my visit to the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. This time it is Eszter Bornemisza’s City Skins.
From a distance, it looks a bit like a kimono. It is made from newspaper, synthetic organza, silk floss, and plexiglass tubes.
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:
The Rainbow Angel 