Here are some pictures of Hannah Lamb’s experiments based on katagami, Japanese dyeing stencils. The pictures were taken at the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Some lovely results, nicely displayed. And I like the copper wire bulldog clips!
Members of the Richmond and Leyburn branch of the Embroiderers’ Guild are working on a project together. They are selecting typical pictures of Harlow Carr gardens, known as the Wisley of the north, near Harrogate, dividing them into squares, and embroidering one each. The first three panels are on display in the library of the gardens until 30th June. If you can’t make it before then, it is worth keeping an eye open for the next exhibition, which will surely follow, as they are currently working on the fourth panel.
They have printed the picture onto a finely woven fabric, and used that as a base. It is always interesting to see the different techniques people use to interpret their subject. As the pictures chosen show large flower beds, there are plenty of opportunities to compare the result of fine machine stitches, hand embroidery, and applique. Each photo is displayed beneath the embroidery.
Any artist will tell you that in is important to look carefully at your subject and then simplify what you see to show the important elements. This is another thing that can be seen in these panels. I particularly like the buildings on the skyline on the one with the orange flowers. One square shows the top of a greenhouse, because it is the main feature of that square. The neighbouring embroider had the corner of the greenhouse roof, a feature so minor in that square that it has been simplified out.
Here are Winter, Spring, and Summer. Autumn is on the way.
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.
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.
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.
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 she has achieved?
I think the eyes are the cleverest part. They have such depth.
Here is another group project from the East Yorkshire Embroidery Society’s exhibition Hopes and Dreams in Stitch, which is at Beverley Minster from 10am to 4pm every day until 10th May.
Participants were given a square of fabric, and asked to create a small panel in any technique. The results were then strung together into this rainbow panel. Get there quickly, it closes tomorrow:
More from the East Yorkshire Embroidery Society’s 2019 exhibition Hopes and Dreams in Stitch, which is at Beverley Minster from 10am to 4pm every day until 10th May. Today a collection of pictures showing some of the ways landscapes can be interpreted:
