• 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wendy Lloyd – My Inspiration

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    Wendy 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 […]

  • Clare Edwards – A Defiant Approach to Hand Emboidery

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    Clare 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, […]

  • Bailey Curtis – My Life in Textiles

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    Bailey 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 […]

  • Kirstie McLeod – The Red Dress Project

    Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, Lockeridge

    The 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Mair Edwards – Memories Remembered and Lost

    My work began with personal memories and has continued to be inspired by different historical and cultural ways of recording experiences. The work has evolved slowly over time with materials […]