Eliza McClelland

Eliza is an actress and started stitching in the theatre dressing rooms.  She has written a book on 'Traditional Beadwork' and has now bee exhibiting and lecturing all over the UK.  Eliza told us of her time as an actress and how she saved small pieces of fabric from the various costumes that she or her fellow actors had made for their stage work.  From this she made a memory quilt.  The pieces she liked the most where the beaded sections which lead her to start collecting beads and creating images on canvas. She spoke to the group about her beadwork on canvas, how her designs are inspired from historic houses that has visited round the country along with a few theatrical anecdotes.  She also gave lots of information on beads, where to find them, how to break them down and how they can enhance your work to create things that will last for ever.

Photos of the workshop will be posted soon.

 

The Flower Festival, Wycliffe Memorial Church Hall, Lutterworth - 'Music'

Here are some photos of the Lutterworth EG entry to The Flower Festival held at the Wycliffe Memorial Church Hall on 21 & 22 June.  Well done to Ann Rose & Norma Tannahill-Kay who did the arrangement.

The Festival was in aid of raising money for the Church Organ Fund.

Our entry was called "We're all going on a Summer Holiday"

Coded: Decoded - Prism Exhibition 2014 at Mall Galleries

The Lutterworth Embroiderers had a day trip to the Mall Galleries to see the latest Prism exhibition, Coded: Decoded.

Their title was selected by Prism members to reflect the many ways in which textile practice secrets coded and hidden meaning and concepts. Through these artwork we invite you to unravel the meanings and seek to read the message. Where some are readily decoded, others require shared knowledge to enable understanding.  In this exhibition we bring to the public a collection of artworks that demonstrate the vitality of textile practice, offering textile artworks that extend beyond notions of the decorative and the domestic.

Each of the artists here has responded to the theme from a different starting point, which collectively offers an exhibition that repeatedly codes and decodes, demonstrating the plasticity and breadth that is textile practice.  As you make your way through the exhibition you will encounter works that reference innovation and the use of technology alongside traditional techniques and the traditions of textile practice.  Here there are deeply emotive works, hidden surprises and playful interventions.  

Here are some great photos - Thanks Jan.