EXHIBITION
2007
'Stroud
in
Stitches'
PROMOTIONAL
PICTURES
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Memories
by
Helen
Scott
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From
a
workshop
with
Jae
Maries
("The
Surprise
Factor
-
exploring
contrasting
relationships
in
texture,
colour
and
tone")
I
produced
this
piece.
It
includes
materials
which
have
a
personal
meaning:
silk
from
my
daughter's
wedding
dress
and
wrapping
from
a
60th
Birthday
bouquet.
Very
much
a
beginner's
piece,
the
colours
and
juxtaposition
of
the
angular
shapes just
came
together.
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Alignment
by
Helen
Scott
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Embroidery
is
much
more
than
just
putting
stitches
into
cloth:
the additional
use
of
such
diverse
materials
as
paint,
paper
and
bits
of
this
and
that
can
add
a
different and
rewarding
dimension.
This
piece
is
from
a
Jan
Evans' workshop
-
Patterns,
Signs
and
Symbols
-
and
involves
different
painting
techniques
as
well
as
stitchery.
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Blue
Butterfly
by
Mary
Allen
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My
work
is
never
dainty
–
I
put
this
down
to
poor
eyesight
–
but
I
also
paint
and
this
tends
to
be
on
a
bigger
scale
than
many
of
my
peers.
I
love
shine
and
glitter
and
have
lots
of
shiny
threads
and
metallic
organza
and
Angelina
fibres
in
my
workbox.
My
ideal
is
to
produce
more
work
that
combines
my
meagre
talent
as
a
painter
with
my
equally
meagre
talent
as
an
embroiderer
and
feel
I
got
somewhere
along
that
line
with
the
recent
workshop
led
by
Jan
Evans.
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Clematis
by
Su
Wagner
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This
resulted
from
a
Jan
Evans
workshop
entitled
‘Veils
of
Colour’.
The
calico
background
was
painted
with
emulsion
paint
using
a
piece
of
lace
as
a
stencil.
When
dry,
the
piece
was
flooded
with
diluted
acrylic
paint
and
simple
clematis
shapes
were
stenciled
on
using
chromacolor.
Clingfilm
was
used
to
highlight
some
of
the
petals,
followed
by
hand
stitching
to
accentuate
the
flowers
and
create
tendrils.
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Ikat
Inspired
Bag
by
Su
Wagner
|
Although
the
basic
plan
for
all
the
bags
made
at
this
workshop
by
Olivia
Dell
was
the
same
–namely
small
scraps
of
fabric
machined
onto
wadding
for
the
front
and
a
plain,
quilted
back
–
the
final
construction
of
the
bags
differed
greatly.
Showing
the
colour
preference
of
the
worker,
variety
of
handles,
fastenings
and
even
the
inclusion
of
gussets.
The
bags
were
embellished
with
further
stitching,
beads,
buttons
and
anything
else
which
came
to
hand.
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In
Mackintosh
Mood
by
Su
Wagner
|
This
is
a
very
simple
design
in
the
style
of
Charles
Rennie
Mackintosh.
Strips
from
the
hems
of
a
chiffon
scarf
were
hand
stitched
onto
the
satin
to
make
a
lattice.
These
were
connected
by
ovals
of
silk,
held
in
place
by
beads.
More
beads
were
added
to
emphasize
the
lattice
and
the
magenta
ones
to
give
a
‘zing’.
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Slashing
Sample
by
Su
Wagner
|
This
is
a
sample
piece
made
at
Fay
Maxwell’s
workshop.
It
consists
of
a
backing
fabric,
layers
of
randomly
applied
scraps
of
lightweight
fabric
and
a
top
piece.
A
grid
is
machined
over
the
whole
panel
and
various
squares
were
slashed.
The
cut
layers
turned
back
to
reveal
the
under
layers.
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Dahlia
by
Velma
Wells
|
This
piece
was
made
with
space
dyed
silk
tops
and
netting
sandwiched
between
water
soluble
fabrics
and
freely
machined
to
create
petal
shapes.
A
second
smaller
layer
was
machined
to
the
first
and
then
beads
were
attached
by
hand
to
create
the
centre
of
the
Dahlia.
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Hedgerow
by
Velma
Wells
|
This
piece
was
made
with
space
dyed
silk
tops
and
netting
sandwiched
between
water
soluble
fabrics
and
freely
machined
to
create
petal
shapes.
Hedgerow
colours
were
used
and
the
feathery
edge
formed
by
using
different
thicknesses
of
fabric
to
depict
different
types
of
leaves.
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Goldwork
Bag
by
Sue
Sobczak
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Goldwork
bag,
an
experiment
inspired
by
a
16th
century
purse
held
in
the
Charles
Wade
collection
at
Berrington
Hall,
Herefordshire,
National
Trust.
Hand
dyed
silk,
gold
purl,
gold
kid,
beads
and
silk
lined
with
machined
draw
strings.
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Workshop
Fun
by
Sue
Sobczak
|
A
piece
created
at
workshop
with
Kathleen
Laurel
Sage,
design
placed
on dissolvable
fabric
and
trapped
layers
of
organza,
cutting
back
techniques
close
to
stitches
with
a
soldering
iron
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Slashing
Sample
by
Sue
Sobczak
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Unfinished
piece
from
a
workshop
with
Fay
Maxwell.
Layers
of
scrap
material
trapped
between
off
cut
of
silk
from
silk
tie
industry,
machined
grid
cut
to
show
layers
below
and
held
in
position
with
a
bead.
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