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‘A Stitch in Time’

Join us for an evening with Emily Tull -Textile Artist. Emily will talk about her career in stitch, how she started, what inspires her and how she works. Join us for this in-person talk on Friday 26th April at 19.15pm at St. Mark’s Church, Church Hall, Church Road, Surbiton, KT6 4UG. Non-members please click HEREContinue reading “‘A Stitch in Time’”

A Making Safari

Bridget Bailey Bridget talks about her early experiences, her background in textiles and millinery and how these have influenced her current work, which is inspired by encounters with plants and insects on her allotment. From textiles to fly-tying and cat whiskers to millinery, her artworks and sculptures grow from the creative compost of her makingContinue reading “A Making Safari”

Friday Night Talk

Passementerie: An endangered yet thoroughly contemporary craft Crete, Galoon, frogging and gimp…the mysterious and arcane world of Passementerie is steeped in rich traditions, yet is hardly known about today. Join one of the last remaining Passementerie makers, Elizaberth Ashdown, to learn about her fascinating contemporary approach to this heritage art form and hear how she isContinue reading “Friday Night Talk”

Friday Night Talk

Join us for a “not to be missed” evening with Richard McVetis – The Act of Making. Richard uses making to understand the world, to give material form to abstract ideas, and make the intangible tangible. His meticulously stitched multiples of dots, lines and crosses record time and space. More recently he has taken inspirationContinue reading “Friday Night Talk”