This year I am taking part in the Henley Arts Trail and exhibiting my work with ‘The Old Smithy Artists’. The Old Smithy Artists includes visual artist and painter Dan Dunne and textile designer and artist Trudie Middleton.
Saturday 28th May to Monday 30th May
Open 11am to 4pm
Old Smithy House
Culham Lane
Near Wargrave
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For more info please visit the Henley Arts Trail website here.
Crown Paint has launched my ‘Folk Bird’ stencil. It is now available here: www.stencil-library.com
With many thanks to Helen at Design Inspiration for her continued support and encouragement and for her lovely blog post about the Crown Stencil Project – here.
Last year I was asked by DAKS if I would work with them on their knitwear collection for Autumn/Winter 2011 and today was the unveiling of DAKS new collection at Somerset House for London Fashion Week.
The project focused on Daks fashion heritage, traditional knitting techniques and celebrated the use of British wool and production techniques. The pieces I made for this collection were hand-made from British Blue-faced Leicester and Shetland wool. Inkeeping with the ‘British Heritage’ theme of the collection, a bespoke Blue-faced Leicester yarn was spun by Yorkshire spinners ‘Laxtons’.
It has been an exciting collaboration working with Daks as it has brought together my love for design, traditional craft, fashion and all things sheepy.
Here are my pieces – view the collection in full here: www.londonfashionweek.com
Two-tone jumper
British Sheep Breed Yarn - Blue Faced Leicester
Hand-knitted jumper and pleated skirt
Two-tone jumper
Blue Faced Leicester Scarf
Blue-Faced Leicester Scarf
With Thanks to DAKS and Laxons. Images from DAKS and here
This year I am exhibiting my work in the ‘New Designers’ room at Unravel, Farnham Maltings.
Open 10am to 5pm on Saturday 26th and 10am to 4pm on Sunday 27th February.
Unravel say:
A two day festival of knitting… handspun yarns, talks, workshops and more. Hear a range of talks, see demonstrations, take part in workshops, purchase yarn, buttons and other accessories at the marketplace, solve your knitting quandaries at the knitting surgery and even enter your favourite item into ‘Best In Show.’ New for this year, emerging and established designers present their creations at the unravel fashion show. So get your needles and crochet hooks out and join us for two days of knitted fun.
For more info on this knitting festival please visit the Farnham Maltings website
Hand knitted tea cosies designed by me and now available at Tait and Style.
An amazing 5 weeks in Shetland working at Shetland College on the BA Contemporary Textile course. I was a visiting tutor on the machine knitted textile module with the 1st and 2nd years. These students are ones to watch. The Shetland college is surrounded by a wealth inspiration of dramatic land and seascapes, wildlife, traditional arts and crafts and fibre.
On Show in store at Liberty from 11th October to 17th October to celebrate ‘Wool Week’.
My travel buddy Claire-Anne O’Brien was awarded 1st prize from Rowan for her amazing knitted chair and rug. I was awarded a runner-up prize from Laxtons.
With thanks to Rowan, Campaign for Wool and Laxtons
A wonderful experience with Texprint at Indigo in Paris.
I was pleased to receive the Althea McNish prize at the textile private view for ‘use of colour in textiles’. Special thanks to Althea McNish and John Weiss for their support and encouragement.
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