FROM THE EDITOR

■ HAPPY NEW YEAR and welcome to the

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out and about

PLAN YOUR STITCH HOLIDAY

AHEAD OF THE CURVE

Anew commission in The Curve at the Barbican by Citra Sasmita defies categorisation, making it all the more compelling

THE WOW FACTOR

BRITAIN’S OLDEST EMBROIDERY ATELIER, HAND & LOCK HELD ITS ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING ON 13 NOVEMBER AT GALLERY ROSENFELD, LONDON – WITH MORE THAN A FEW SURPRISES IN STORE

Made in the middle

ANNEKA FRENCH REPORTS ON A TOURING EXHIBITION THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE TALENT OF CREATIVES FROM THE MIDLANDS

back to the future...

Throughout 2025 it looks certain we’ll continue to

LISTED STATUS

The to do list has taken on great importance for Anthony Stevens and although playful, each one carries a message. By Anneka French

Wondrous creatures

Blair Martin Cahill is an American artist with a hint of mystery and a vivid imagination, finds Claire Waring

Meet the 2025 Guild Grads

WE THINK YOU’LL BE HEARING MORE FROM THE THREE GUILD GRADS FEATURED HERE

AS GOOD AS GOLD

Liz Cooper finds a reverse alchemy in Hanny Newton’s transformation from working with gold threads to straw

CREATIVE ACTIVISM

Sami embroiderer Britta Marakatt-Labba is an activist who stitches her lament but also her rallying cry for the environment in minimalistic compositions.

Bloom & bust

CAROLA VAN DYKE TAKES DELIGHT IN THE DROOP OF A PETAL, FINDS LIZ COOPER

COVER to COVER

Bethan M. Hughes has gone from librarianship to creating quilts, with more similarities than you might think

CELEBRATING the art of EMBROIDERY

■ MORE THAN 150 EMBROIDERED artworks have been

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Embroider canvas shoes or Swiss darn your knitwear

MEET BATH TEXTILE ARTISTS

1. Heather Martin, AWaistcoat for Mr Nash 2.

a common thread

HEATHER MARTIN enjoys working on a theme. A

Pushing the nostalgia button

An Embroiderers’ Guild member, Aneeta Seshan looks to yesteryear as she creates a childlike fantasy world, but one that has its roots in her home county of Yorkshire

NARRATIVE TEXTILES: TELL YOUR STORY IN MIXED MEDIA AND STITCH

‘I nearly didn’t manage it.The deadline for my

BOJAGI: THE ART OF KOREAN TEXTILES

BY YOUNGMIN LEE, Herbert Press, £20

A PLACE OF ABSORPTION

the sewing room

Tender hearts

REBECCA DEVANEY RELATES THE SEDUCTION OF EMBROIDERING WORDS ON TO FABRIC

Smile , YOU’RE ON CAMERA – AND IN CROSS STITCH

Francine Leclercq’s practice plays with notions of the digital and real world, the permanent and impermanent, private and public

exhibitions

JAKKAI SIRIBUTR THERE’S NO PLACE

what’s on

ON SHOW ABERDEEN Artist Textiles: Picasso to Warhol,

WOMEN PIONEERS OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT

Karen Livingstone (editor)