Textile Maids

Monday, 21 October 2019

Stitch, Dye, Print, Paint...

We thought it was about time we shared a few images from our projects. Below you will see snippets of finished pieces, wip and some of our sketchbooks work...

Margaret - detail of finished piece

Liz

Liz - detail of wip

Jane - sketchbook

Jenni

Jenni - wip

Debbie - detail of finished piece

Debbie - sketchbook

Debbie - detail of finished piece

Sue - sketchbook

Before we go here are a few of Jane's sumptuous handmade books, I should have taken photo's of the inside because they're not your unusual blank pages, perhaps next time.

Hope you enjoyed these little tasters, back soon with more to share.
Sue

Tuesday, 1 October 2019

Last week I was stewarding on the Embroiderers Guild stand at Craft for Crafters at Westpoint, Exeter. We had taken a few of our “Travelling Books” with us to try to interest passers by, with some success. For those not in the know, these are small sketchbooks filled with a selection of textile works created by different Guild members, passing the book on through the group, hence the ‘travelling’ description in the title. Everyone ends up with a real treasure box of stitched gifts.

These books were displayed on a table, so were easily accessible, and we encouraged people to turn the pages.; they are also very tactile and are good for starting a conversation off.
One group of lovely ladies came to look and were most interested as they create journals, using a lot of mixed media. One small piece in a book really caught the attention of one soul, as it reminded her of a piece of work on the wall of her local hospital. As she explained in more detail, and showed me a photo on her phone, it became apparent she was referring to our Textile Maids exhibition in the Trelawney gallery at Treliske Hospital. She had been visiting, and when she left the ward she looked up and saw our display of work on the wall. This lady described how seeing the art work helped to lift her spirits.

I shared this with the Textile Maids, and it has touched us all....that was exactly what we were hoping for when we put the work up at Treliske, that the work would in some way give some colour, or light to those walking down that corridor.

Debbie

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Goodness it's been a while...

Although we've had some beautiful weather this summer, unfortunately rain stopped play to our jolly in August, so we couldn't share any photo as promised in the last post.

However, we've all been busy and used the break to work on The Written Word. It was good to catch up yesterday and see everyone's progress.

Here's a few snaps from our Altered Books with only a couple left to be completed...

Jenni

Margaret

Next month we're going to cover the less interesting books, then we can stash them away until our exhibition, when we hope visitors can sit and peruse them at their leisure.

That's all for now, pop back soon when we'll have a few snaps of our work in progress and sketchbooks to share with you.
Thanks for reading
Sue

Wednesday, 7 August 2019

Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails...

We start this months blog with a few snaps of wip for our next exhibition. Margaret is making wonderfully textured wet felted pieces with hand embellishments, while Jane has immersed herself in a magical woodland scene befitting any Beatrix Potter book.

Margaret - The Written Word - wip

Jane - The Written Word - wip

We're nearing the end of our Altered Books project with four now completed. Here's our snaps to share from our July meeting...

Jenni

Liz

Margaret

Liz

Jane

Hope you're enjoying the summer and finding time for some relaxing moments. We're having a break for August from our usual meeting, but I hope to share a few snaps from a jolly we've planned.

Thanks for reading
Sue

Monday, 1 July 2019

From Shaun the Sheep to Totem Poles to Star Trek...anything's possible....

Although we've all been taught not to deface books there's something satisfying about working into an altered book, especially when you share with friends and see the different interpretations each month. Liz was a little more reluctant, but now she's started we have a new convert with some wonderful results.

Here are A LOT of snaps to share with you...