Addressing Space: Helen O’Leary

I originally trained in fashion and worked with knitwear until family commitments kept me at home for a few years. In time life became freer and I returned to art education doing a Ba and then Ma in Applied and Media Art with the intention of leaving textiles behind me but it wasn’t to be,…

Addressing Space: Consuelo Simpson

I am a multi-disciplinary artist working in 2D and 3D, often bringing craft techniques into play. I am drawn to materials with a long history: paper, string, textiles. I enjoy the dialogue with the materials as the work progresses, always aware of the weight and texture of the materials in my hands. I work intuitively,…

Addressing Space: Anthea Vaal

My textile practice has always been garment orientated because I believe that clothes are fundamental to human life and our general wellbeing.  They provide us with protection, comfort and security as well as identity and status within our societies.  As a textile artist working with an innovative geolocation system it seemed appropriate and appealing to…

Addressing Space: Annette Collinge

I have a scientific background which has no bearing on my current practice. It leaves me with an attention to detail which means that if I am asked to stitch a conventional embroidery, I am offended by the slightest variation from a line or inaccuracy of a stitch. So, I don’t stitch conventionally and restrict…

Addressing Space: Anne Froggatt

Leonardo da Vinci said  “The countryside is my classroom and Nature is my teacher”. My practice in textiles is based on an instinctive approach to the work using accumulated stimuli.  I begin with photographs, observations and sketches of my life in Surrey and Cumbria, and experiment with materials and techniques which may be used in…

Addressing Space What 3 Words

Saturday was the Private View of Studio 21‘s new show ‘Addressing Space What 3 Words’. With the starting point for this project being early 2019, it has had the longest gestation period of any of their exhibitions, with the Pandemic throwing an enormous proverbial spanner in the works. This opening weekend took place in a…

Natural Dyeing at the Florence Trust – Discover the Beauty of Nature’s Palette

This summer, we are running a series of outdoor workshops at the Florence Trust starting on the 13th of July. On Tuesdays we have ‘Nature’s Palette‘, a 4 week comprehensive natural dyeing course and on Wednesdays we have our regular ‘Dyeing to Stitch‘ days with dyeing in the morning and stitching in the afternoon headed…