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■ OF ALL THE ART genres textile art,

LET THERE BE LIGHT

Above: Artist Anne Lindberg installs What color is

News

A week is a long time in the

One to watch

One more graduate chosen by the Embroiderers’ Guild as an exciting prospect

I’VE FOUND MY METIER

When Fiona Gill won the self-portrait award at the Knitting and Stitching Shows it was to spark a change of direction in her work

AND THAT ’S A (BUBBLE) WRAP!

After a BA, MA and working in designer knitting, Yu Mei Huang is finally able to let her creativity run riot – and with exciting results...

MISTER FINCH’S BURROW

Mister Finch is somewhat elusive but we finally tracked him down to his sewing room, more lair, nest, burrow or sett, where many a late night is spent imagining the impossible

TECHNO BLOOM

Lucy Newman always wanted to be an artist but didn’t dare set her sights on winning the Textile Art Open category of the Hand and Lock Prize for Embroidery 2022. She even asked her mum not to attend the ceremony as she ‘didn’t have a chance’

Birds of a feather

KATE TOMS DRAWS ON CHILDHOOD INSPIRATIONS TO CREATE A RANGE OF DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE WORKS THAT NEVERTHELESS SPEAK VOLUMES

COURSES TO NURTURE AND INSPIRE

1. PICK A PELARGONIUM WORKSHOP What could be

16 coronation keepsakes

As the Royal School of Needlework was founded in 1872 and is the international centre of excellence for the art of hand-embroidery, their archives are quite something.We asked them to delve into their depths to discover the school’s association with royal coronations

The tradition of goldwork

THE HIGHLY-SKILLED GOLDWORK TECHNIQUE IS IN GREAT DEMAND FOR CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS

SEAM COLLECTIVE

Meet the artists of seam collective and better still, enjoy their diverse works at their forthcoming exhibition

PURE & JOYFUL

Saima Kaur, mother to an autistic child, became fascinated by Phulkari Indian textiles which inspired her to create joyful simple embroideries that made her heart sing

Moved by Windrush

Sabine Kaner’s father was on the first boat from Jamaica in the 1940s and what he experienced in Britain on arrival is still uppermost in the artist’s mind

WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THE MILLS

Jane Walkley is based at Sunny Bank Mills in West Yorkshire, a location which every day offers inspiration for her unusual practice, not least through its extensive archive

Disarming charm

RICHARD SAJA PLAYS WITH THE BUCOLIC PASTORAL SCENES OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY TOILE DE JOUY TO DISARMING EFFECT, BUT HIS WORK IS ROOTED IN A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY

A colourful life

The winners of the Madeira Colour Your Life competition took the competition brief to heart

HOOK, PROD, PUNCH, TUFT

‘ How did Hook, Prod, Punch, Tuft come

Take Five

Find a quiet spot and delve into these new books

CHARLOTTE JOHANNESSON

Nottingham Contemporary 11 February – 7 May 2023

KUMIHIMO JAPANESE SILK BRAIDING BY DOMYO

Japan House London 23 February – 11 June

What’s on

On show ARUNDEL Earth Materials including work by