Mapping the Future: where are you now?

As we said in this post Textile Forum South West have an exhibition coming up in Taunton, Somerset
As 8 BB's are in TFSW we thought it would be good to put up a post inviting you to come and see our work!

Browse the blog here
Click on the invitation
to read more!

We were delighted and honoured to be reviewed by Embroidery Magazine for our show 'Curiouser'...? at the Silk Mills in Frome.

Buy a copy of the Jan /Feb issue http://embroidery.embroiderersguild.com/index.html and read all about it!

The Broderers Discuss!

This week an unexpected surprise happened - I found Alison, Liz and Kay having coffee in my sitting room! Not planned and what a treat!

One of the greatest strengths of the BB's is shared creative dialogue - looking at work together and discussing strengths, ways to develop, uncertainties and emerging thoughts. Before long work appeared out of bags to look at - the 'Mapping the Future' Textile Forum South West Exhibition is coming up soon and we all felt like some BB support! This kind of sharing of work is invaluable for artists and it reminds me we need to try to make time for it to happen!

Detail from 'A Route Through' - Susi Bancroft

Mapping the Future, 'where are you now'?

Map Strings - photo Janet Haigh 

Textile Forum South West here have an exciting Exhibition coming up from 23rd February - 24th March 2012. Liz Harding, Kay, Alison, Liz Hewitt, Susi, Jan, and Carolyn from the BB's are TFSW members and will be exhibiting work (as well as some of us juggling organising, curating, blogging and pompom interventions!)

It will be at the Brewhouse, Taunton here 

The exhibition follows a stimulating TFSW Conference in 2011 about Mapping the Future.

The dedicated blog gives more details and posts from artists of work in progress! Have a look here

Beautiful Boxes!

Here are some of the new boxes I made with my embroidery class Autumn Term 2011.
We had a great time creating them - with inspiration from Janet Edmunds' and Jane Lemon's books on embroidered boxes.

Happy Christmas Everyone!

Last week the BB's held our Christmas get-together. Not much trifle was left, but here it is amongst some inspiration gathered from the stash of tailors remnants which we will work on in the New Year, as well as planning for a possibly curious event!

Exhibition

Hi - Liz and I went to a wonderful exhibition at the weekend in London at the Crypt gallery in St Pancras Church. It was by an old friend of ours Catherine Dormor and the exhibition relates to her research for her Ph.D. Check out Catherine's website for images and times here just in case you are in London this week.

I found it a very profound and moving exhibition.

Kay