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, […]
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Peg Katritzky – The Needlework Collaboration of Mary, Queen of Scots and Bess of Hardwick
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeSpeaker for Textiles and Stitch Around Marlborough group meeting In her talk, Peg will consider the Hardwick Heroines, the Oxburgh Hangings and some of the other embroideries produced by these […]
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Bobby Britnell – My Creative Journey
Bobby began working in industry before training to become a secondary school teacher. She has a passion in both teaching and in practising her art, setting up her own teaching […]
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Christmas Lunch and Surprise Speaker
Our annual Bring and Share lunch with a guest speaker
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Jo Gallant – Concept to Creation
Stories and ideas behind the designs for my textile pieces and the processes and techniques used to create them. Jo has worked professionally as a textile artist for over 30 […]
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Wendy Lloyd – My Inspiration
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeWendy is a Textile Artist, printmaker and teacher living and working in West Berkshire. She absorbed textile skills by osmosis from her mother – a textile artist who taught embroidery […]
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Clare Edwards – A Defiant Approach to Hand Emboidery
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeClare will describe her journey to becoming a mixed media hand embroidery artist working both traditional and contemporary hand embroidery techniques and combining these with alternative materials such as concrete, […]
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Bailey Curtis – My Life in Textiles
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeBailey will be giving a presentation of her work through the years, with many samples, workbooks & sketchbooks. There will not be a digital presentation but Bailey will bring lots […]
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Jenny O’Leary – Batik – Building on a Tradition – a Contemporary Approach
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeJenny’s work builds on the traditional technique of batik using hot wax as a resist; her specialism is working on tissue, often combining it with stitch. Landscape is her inspiration but […]
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Kirstie McLeod – The Red Dress Project
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeThe Red Dress Project is an award winning global collaborative embroidery project centred around a red silk dress. It is a platform for women’s voices to be shared and heard, […]
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Sheila Davies – Aunties
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge“Aunties” (some of them related) and how they influenced me. Sheila has been a Primary and Secondary school teacher and has also lectured in her local college, teaching textiles and […]
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Jennifer Thompson & Lynne Harper from the Spinning & Weaving Guild
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeJenn and Lynne have been friends for over 40 years, both with an interest in many crafts. Jennifer’s love of craft started with knitting at a very young age, and […]