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Friday Night Talk
Join us this Friday evening for The Embroidered Realms of Livia Papiernik Artist Livia Papiernik will share her inspiration and process behind her embroidered realms.From her studies at the Royal School of Needlework and the Royal College of Art, Livia willexplain the foundations of her techniques, and how she challenges her craft through material and…
Friday Night Talk
Join us this Friday evening for Archana Pathak’s talk Threads of Transience ‘Threads of Transience’ explores the journey of Archana’s textile practice—from memory and place, through questions of identity and its fragility, to a dialogue with nature that brings her back to presence. Archana will share the stories, methods, and influences behind her practice, illustrated with…
Friday Night Talk
Join us this Friday evening for Jane McKeating’s talk Draw, print stitch, stitch print draw, who needs words? A talk about the inspiration and methods used in making her printed and stitched textiles which are based on depictions of everyday family life. photos are copyright to the artists. Join us for this in-person talk on…
Friday Night Talk
Join us this Friday evening for Rebecca Offredi’s talk Bound; An Embroiderer’s Story This talk will focus on her journey into embroidery, as well as discussing her chromesthesia and how this affects her art. She will also discuss her Odysseys of Grief collection and the inspiration behind this as well as her exhibitions for the…
Friday Night Talk
Join us this Friday for an evening of stories, inspiration, and a celebration of the artistry that goes into making textiles My Blue Suitcase “My creative practice is my life. It intertwines with my friends, family, home, garden, and travel…” Amanda Clayton Join us for this in-person talk on Friday 25th April 2025 at 19.15pm…
Friday Night Talk
We are looking forward to meeting Aran Illingworth on Friday night, when she gives us her talk Painted in Thread. “Aran’s work focuses on portraiture and depiction of the human figure in textiles, inspired by the people around her and using photographs as an input. Her work is a visual narrative, which is intended to…
Friday Night Talk
Happy New Year, hope you are all well and keeping warm! We are looking forward to Batool Showghi’s talk – Talking Threads Through my presentation and slides I would like to show how I transform my materials into artists books and mixed media wall pieces. Using different techniques and processes to explore issues of identity,…
Back to Front and Back Again
We are in for a treat this Friday evening with textile artist Matthew Harris giving his talk “Back to Front and Back Again” at The Kingston Quaker Centre*. Matthew will give us an insight into his working practise over twenty years, looking at process and development of ideas through making. Matthew Harris makes work that…
House of Historical Dress
On Friday 25th October we have a fascinating talk by Claire Thornton on the Evolution of Embroidery from the Early modern period to the Machine-made era. Using portraits and images of existing garments and selected pieces from the School of Historical Dress collection, this talk examines three hundred years of embroidery, focusing on styles, methods,…
Textile Art Exhibition
At the moment all I can think about is our first exhibition “Follow The Thread” opening on Friday 4th October at the Penny School gallery at Kingston College. There will be about 70 pieces of textile art in the exhibition, a group project and a shop where you can buy cards, small craft items and…
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