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Bold geometric designs and abstract compositions are the central basis of my collaged cloth pieces. I like to utilise to the full the medium in which I work - rough linen fabrics, raw & torn edges, visible stitches - and combine this with an overlay of dyes and paints. I work in series - sometimes three or four at a time - usually one series leads to another. Self taught and ...................
Member of QuiltArt - international touring group. Professional Artist Member of SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Member of the Quilters Guild of Great Britain
City & Guilds 2 year Diploma Embroidery (distinction) City & Guilds 2 year Diploma Patchwork & Quilting Member of Bath Textile Artists 1986-96
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts 2008
Selected juried & invitational exhibitions:
2010 Art Quilt Elements 2010. Philadelphia. USA 2010 Stidoc. Textiel Festival. Netherlands.
2009 Studio Art Quilt Association - Reflections 2009 Hands All Around XXV. Travelling USA.
2008 Wide Horizons '08. Studio Art Quilt Association. Europe.
2008 European Art Quilts V. Travelling Europe, Korea & the USA
2007- Quiltart 22 - travelling, Denmark, Europe, Korea.
2005 - Quiltart QA20 - travelling, museums & galleries in UK, Holland, Japan
Canada, Heidelberg and USA tour
2007 Solo Exhibiton, La Sucriere, Lyon, France.
2005 Solo exhibition, Guildhall, Bath, UK
2005 Textile 05 Kaunas Art Biennial, Lithuania
2004 Off the Wall, Delta Studios. Scotland
2004 2nd European Triennial Textile & Fibre Art, Riga, Latvia.
2003 Contemporary Art Quilts 2003. UK
2002 Reflections. Minerva Arts Centre. Wales.
2002 Six Continents of Quilts. Museum of Arts & Design, New York USA
2002 Transforming Tradition. Quilters Guild of Great Britain.
2002 Quilt Expo VII. Barcelona. Spain.
2001 Quiltart Moving On - travelling, museums & galleries, UK,
Germany,Holland.
2001 Hands All Around XVII. Houston. USA
2001 art of the STITCH 2001. Pall Mall Galleries. London. UK
2001 Young British Designers. World Quilt Show. USA.
2001 European Quilt Art Quilt 2001. The Light. Bruxelles. Belgium
2001 Contemporary Quilts. Devon Guild of Craftsmen. UK
2000 Out of Africa. UK
2000 6th Carrefour Exhibition. France.
2000 Contemporary Art Quilts. Oxford. UK
1999 Under the Covers. Quilters Guild of the British Isles. London. UK
1999 Creations & Savoir Faire. Paris. France
1998 A Stitch in Time. Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. UK.
Collections: Museum of Arts & Design. New York. USA
Braintree District Museum. UK.
Quilters Guild of Great Britain.
Private collections worldwide.
Publications: Work featured in many publications, including: Profile: International Quilting Times. Autumn 1999 Moving On - Quilt Art 2001
Profile: American Quilters Society, Autumn 2002 Quilt Art 20. 2005
Profile: Inspiration Plus. Bailey Curtis. 2006 Quilt Art 22 - Under Construction - 2007
Awards: 1997 Quilts UK 1st & 2nd prize
1997 Great British Quilt Festival - judges awards & commendations. 1997 Scotish Quilt championships 1st prize 1998 National Patchwork Championships. 2nd prize 2000 Quilts UK 2nd prize & special award 2001 Quilts UK. 2nd prize. |
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