Branch Programme for 2021
April
12th
Emily Tull
An overview of my career as a stitch artist whilst talking about what inspires me and my process.
Emily graduated in 2000 with a BA (Hons) Fine Art, specialising in painting. In 2008 she started her first series of hand stitched portraits. In 2014 Emily was a contestant on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year series and her artwork was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Show. In 2017 she won the Kent Creative Award for Visual Art (non digital).
Visit her website here
Speaker
May
10th
Polly Woolstone
My Journey with a Camera, Sketchbook and Needle
Polly’s work has been inspired by both her physical and emotional journeys. Working in mixed-media textiles she has tried to capture what the places have meant to her- colours, patterns, detail and decay, a sense of chaos or calm. Sometimes words and poems have helped her on my way and these have been incorporated into herwork.
Now based in Oxford, my work reflects my travels – from country lanes in the UK and Ireland to my many visits to India and Indochina. Working in mixed media my work combines my love of colour, texture and mark-making. I am still exploring and my talk reflects my the creative journey I has been on
Speaker
May
17th
Clare Clensy
Miniature Crewel Work
Regrettably, this workshop has been cancelled
Work a tradition crewel work motif, but in miniature using stranded cotton. The design also includes some beads and a mixture of hand embroidery stitches. You can use our own colours to make your project unique
Clare trained on a three year apprenticeship at the Royal School of Needlework and has been teaching hand embroidery for more than fifteen years gaining much experience and a wealth of stitching knowledge. She is the author of “A Beginners Guide to Silk Shading” and has written many magazine articles. She has also designed her own range of embroidery kits which cover most hand embroidery techniques.
Visit Clare’s website here
Workshop
June
14th
Jenny Adin-Christie
Whitework Buttons
Regrettably, this workshop has been cancelled
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Tutor Led Workshop
July
5th
Summer Lunch
September
6th
Peg Katrinsky
The Needlework Collaboration of Mary, Queen of Scots and
Bess of Hardwick
Speaker
December
6th
Christmas Lunch and Surprise Speaker
Speaker
An archive of our programme can be seen here