Showing posts with label textile artist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label textile artist. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 March 2008

Hanging at Tatton Park

A busy morning on the 11th March 2008! Members were hanging paintings and Rita was arranging the two cabinets. Choosing Joy to clean the paintings was perhaps not the cleverest thing as she is the shortest member!


There is a wide range of items in the cabinets, this photo shows scarves, a mask, a tie, jewellery and silk box. The mask is a genuine Venetian blank bought at this years festival. All items are for sale and effectively show the skills of our members.


Works on show are both traditional and contemporary and utilise both silk paint and textiles.


Beryl's use of porcelain and glass on silk is such an unusual combination and is represntative of the talents of members.


Denise's interpretation of a Vegetable Patch is certainly the querky aspect of the exhibition.

At the end of the day we were very satisfied with the overall presentation and standard of work on display. If you are a memeber of the Natuional Trust do combine a visit to Tatton with an enjoyable viewing of our exhibiton in the Mansion House.

Exhibition is from the 15th March to the 1st June 2008, usual admission prices apply.

Visit Tatton Park's website for further details.

Wednesday, 2 May 2007

SUE LANCASTER TALK




On Friday 27th April 2007 Sue Lancaster a textile artist from Sheffield gave the group an inspiring talk about her design process and how she utilises this to produce her range of fabric pictures that are mainly machine embroidered. She also had with her an impressive range of handbags, hats, books and jewellery that she has made from Vilene! Sue shared with us her enthusiasm for her work and some of her trade secrets.

The two pictures below show the full range of goodies that Sue brought with her. the vibrant colours and simple patterns were so effective.