Along the Silk Route

Jim Gaffney from Textile Traders gave us a talk on the collection of textiles his wife Diane had collected "Along the Silk Route".  He told us of the adventure they had and the interesting people they had met and traded with.  A slide show revealed the culture of the people and wonderful architecture which had inspired their textile designs.

Also ideas for our next holiday destination?....

 

Ingrid Karlsson-Kemp - April Meeting

‘Stitching & Story Telling’ - Ingrid Karlsson-Kemp

Ingrid is a versatile mixed media artist who believes art should tell a meaningful story to the beholder. Her work is very much based on her own personal memories and experiences combining the magical scenery and every-changing seasonal colours around her studio in Upper Dovedale. She draws a lot of inspiration from her Swedish roots and regular journeys back home. Some of her favourite techniques include collage, mono-printing and crystalline water colour enhancing the work with a luminous quality. The result is three dimensional, visual representations attempting to Thursday evening evoke thought.

An entertaining and inspirational talk.

Notty Hornblower

Here are some photos from a great event held yesterday - Notty Hornblower.

There was a variety of costumes and Notty described then so well and was able to provide details of the history of each.

It was a great event which sold out very quickly.  

In addition to a great show the event was followed by tea, coffee and cakes. The cakes were made and donated by Lutterworth members - and they were fantastic.

Thanks to all the members who assisted with making the arrangements for the day.

Nicola Jarvis - talk and workshop

The title of Nicola's talk was 'Her father's daughter' and was about May Morris, daughter of William Morris.

Nicola runs the Rugby Branch of the Royal School of Needlework after relocating to the Midlands in 2011.  She completed her RSN apprenticeship in 1994 and worked as a freelance embroidery designer in the British fashion industry for 8 years.  She obtained her BA Honours in Fine Art and MA in Design before being appointed Deputy Course Leader of the Foundation Degree between 2009 - 2011.

Nicola gave our branch a fascinating talk about May and how design and embroidery were an integral part of growing up in the Morris household.

Nicola showed us images from May's book 'Decorative Needlework' which May had drawn to illustrate the stitches she used.

 Nicola also brought a range of items to purchase and some of her samples.

 Above is Nicola in a very important role of drawing our raffle.

 On Saturday members of our group attended a class with Nicola. We were all very quiet as we were concentrating very hard.

 She spent the whole day ensuring we were all making progress, quite an achievement with us all working on different designs: Acorn, Sparrow, Robin and Flower.

We're hoping to be able to show you our completed work in our annual August Festival.

 Sparrow

 Robin

 Acorn

Flower