Galleries : Textile Art
YORK TEXTILE ARTISTS are busy this year. We have already held an 'Under The Bed' clearout sale. We have work up in York Hospital as part of their art scheme and a show at Rural Arts, Thirsk later in the Spring. Look for our major exhibition this year at the Inspiration Gallery in Danby during September.
I am in York Open Studios again - venue 66, showing at the Great Yorshire Show and exhibiting at the Staithes Festival with Alison Spaven of the Wytchwood Gallery. ( You may see me at her new gallery in Malton once the renovations are done!)
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Two for Joy
In celebration of the daily visitors to my favourite tree. 1 of 4.
Image12 x 12" Applique and freehand machine embroidery.
£275 mounted for 15" frame
Rufforth.
Fragments of Landscape series
The landscape around York is a well kept secret, most drive past searching for the drama of the Dales or Moors. Take the time to stop and breathe and enjoy the quietness of the familiar landscape.
Applique, collage, paint and freehand machine embroidery.
£680 mounted on artist canvas
Field Tree, Naburn
Just a mile or two outside of the city
£50 mounted ready for 10x 12" frame
Above Fewston
Close to Harrogate in Yorkshire as the ground rises into the Yorkshire dales
£125 mounted ready for A3 frame
Naburn Fields
Summer fields in the early morning, York. See below.
£200 mounted ready for 12 x 16" frame
Cloud Forest Miniatures.
Only 4 x 6" in glass hanging frames. I have 2 of these, each different, some delicately dyed, some white.
£12 unframed, £20 framed
This is only a sample of what I have - contact me if you are after something you have seen, or would like to come to the workroom to see what is available . Or a commissioned piece may be the answer!
Fragments Of A Landscape
Askham
Based on the ideas of how we remember familiar places. We know them too well to be summed up in a single photo. These are layers of glimpses, experiences and time spent on location. They combine old work, oil sketches, fabric samples, paint, and of course stitch, stitch and more stitch!
Into The Blue
The Garden Series
A whole new approach and theme based on the happy chaos that is my summer flower garden . Mostly self seeded annuals and short lived perenials there are layers of shapes, forms and colour. Initially worked on a deep velvet to give depth and richness with lines and splashes of vibrant colour, they now also play with other surfaces and paint .
Silver Birch - Wheldrake Woods. The sharp clarity of the young foliage clashes with the dark bank of trees behind. The tree is densely worked to contrast with the flatter layers of fabric that create the background. The foreground of rough grass and track has been ripped and torn as well as stitched.
I only have 2 digital prints on cotton fabric left - great for bags etc, or do your own stitch work over it! 14"w x 13"h £15
In the Making - I use a mix of textile techniques- freehand machining, applique, couching, staining, and hand work. Base fabrics are often heavy cotton calico for larger pieces or linen for smaller ones. Scraps and pieces of all sorts of fabrics from sheers to velvet are used to give weight, colour and texture. Some are worked over oil paintings, others are built up in layers and layers.
