Caroline Kirton – October 2016
Caroline Kirton’s talk on Monday was entitled “Telling Tales” and after a while it became clear as to why she had chosen this title. As a mature student after the […]
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Wild Woman Weaving Workshop – Isabelle Jourdan – September 2016
Following a wonderfully stimulating talk on the previous day, Isabelle Jourdan led a one day workshop entitled ‘Wild Woman Weaving’ to a group of would-be needle weavers. As it turned
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Isabelle Jourdan – “Wild Woman Weaving” – September 2016
After our summer break we welcomed Isabelle Jourdan to speak about her great interest in spinning and weaving. It started when she and her husband were running an olive
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LISA EARLEY – “THE NATURE OF MENDING” – JULY 2016
Lisa opened her talk by speaking about her 15 year background as a textile designer for the fashion industry, as well as teaching Sixth Form and University students. After completing
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Janet Edmonds – two day workshop
Janet’s workshop was based on her new book and we were looking and interpreting the work of Vincent Van Gogh in hand stitching. In particular the way he used colour.
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Jane O’Brien – Damask, Colour and Collage
Jane O’Brien started her working life as an interior designer after studying the History of Art. She became interested in damask, a fabric which she explained originated from the city
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Helen Deighan – Coil pot workshop
A group of 15 members were led by Helen on her last ever workshop, and we all enjoyed learning how to use plastic-covered rope wound with a variety of textiles and
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Helen Deighan – May 2016
Our speaker this month was Helen Deighan and her talk was entitled “Going Potty”. Helen studied textiles at College and then went on to teach. She had to invent a
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Cas Holmes – Sketchbook workshop – March 2016
After an enjoyable talk the previous day (see report below) Cas Holmes lead a workshop on sketchbooks. She started off by asking the group how many of us regularly kept
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Cas Holmes – March 2016
Magpie of the Mind Our inspirational speaker this month was Cas Holmes. Cas has a Fine Arts degree in painting and photography which she uses with good effect in her work which is