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 […]
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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 […]
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Ruth Smith – Fabulous Festival Costume
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeFeaturing traditional costumes from remote SW China and focussing on the elaborate embroidery techniques and textile traditions of the Miao and Dong minority peoples. For many years Ruth was a […]
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Wendy Hermelin – Dancing Into Textiles
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeListing Update: Please note that there is no charge for this talk as previously indicated Wendy says "I stitch, I dance, I walk and love being in the rawness of […]
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Summer Lunch
Kennet Valley Hall Kennet Valley Hall, LockeridgeAnnual Summer Lunch; format to be advised