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No Longer a Collar

February 18, 2014

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Alice Fox: Deconstruction begins

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Collar Piece: ANGIE HUGHES

Angie Hughes 'Trinity' detail Angie Hughes Noted for her bold use of colour and sumptuous use of materials such as velvets, layered organza, metallic threads & transfer foils, Angie's work also demonstrates a finely tuned aptitude for free motion embroidery, peppered with handstitch, rich in detail. Angie is based in the market town of Ledbury, Herefordshire, surrounded by beautiful, rolling countryside and close to the home of the Dymock poets. In such a setting it is little wonder that Angie draws inspiration from poetry, text and the natural world - plant forms being a recurring motif. Angie Hughes 'Hung with Stars' In addition to creating work for exhibition and to commission, Angie is in much demand across the UK and abroad as a knowledgable & inspiring tutor, generous with advice and technique tips. If you're lucky enough to secure a place on the Colouricious' Textile Holiday to India in April 2015, Angie will be a key tutor. Fou...

Collar Piece: Christine Kelly

Christine Kelly: 'Go Gently Through This World' In July 2013, I took a collar and an idea for a collaborative piece of work to lunch with fellow textile artist, Christine Kelly. The use of vintage or pre-used fabrics is central to the work of both Christine & I, so when she agreed to my suggestion that we each take a collar and make a piece based around it, the inaugural Group Gathering project was born. If Christine hadn't said yes then maybe you wouldn't be reading about this project now. Textile artist Christine Kelly is perhaps better known to many as the figure behind Gentlework : noted for her beautiful handstitched treasures in warm, creamy shades and sepia tones. Gentlework is a calm & tranquil place with whispers of things past. The work is made using vintage finds and is inspired by the subtle variations of colour found in the antique linens & lace Christine favours and which find themselves transformed into papier mache dolls with handstitc...

'Simmie's Glove': Ali Ferguson

Brown paper templates Hitting a creative wall is common for many artists. When this happened to Ali Ferguson with her glove piece she initially appealed to the general public for help asking for their personal memories around glove wearing (as mentioned in a previous post here ) but what also helped was a change in her choice of fabrics. By experimenting with a different material, brown paper, the fog began to clear. Watch now as not one, but three, stories unfold from her fingertips... "I knew from the beginning that I would be telling more than one 'Glove Story' so I started gathering. This presented a huge challenge because I found a couple of wonderful 'real' stories and from then on anything that I came up with for Daphne just felt really contrived. Also my two other stories involved beautiful kid leather gloves and Daphne's was nylon - made in Hong Kong. This had me quite stumped for a while until I decided to stop thinking and just start ...

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