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Art Textiles Made in Britain – ‘Found Exhibition’

A little textile inspiration from the Arnold’s Attic YouTube Collection. Today it features the ‘Found’ Exhibition by textile art group, Art Textiles Made in Britain.

Each beautiful artwork has been created using an element of discarded, reused or repurposed material. In this video Cas Holmes and fellow artists, guide us through the stunning pieces in the ‘Found Exhibition’ and share the stories behind the work.

This inspiring textile gallery shows us what is possible and what we can create within our own homes using what we all have to hand.

Filmed at The Festival of Quilts 2021.

Art Textiles Made in Britain - circles of cut out beer cans crocheted together with white thread - called Keep the Homeless Warm
Art Textiles Made in Britain – ‘Keep the Homeless Warm’ by Bethan Ash
Machine embroidered kettle on a red cloth by Cas Holmes
Artwork by Cas Holmes

This piece features in Embroidering the Everyday Book by Cas Holmes.

Artwork by Sylvia Paul - handmad quilt featuring images of theings found in an imaginery attic - a skull, Mona Lisa, spiders
Art Textiles Made in Britain – Artwork by Sylvia Paul

​Art Textiles: Made in Britain comprises of Bethan Ash, Louise Baldwin, Jessica Grady, Cas Holmes, Rosie James, Edwina Mackinnon, Sandra Meech, Sylvia Paul, Stephanie Redfern, Christine Restall, and Sarah Waters, some of the leading textile artists working in Britain today. Our aim is to promote British art textiles and to ensure their future; to introduce them to new audiences and to continually stretch the boundaries with new, vibrant work, both as individuals and as a group.

Art Textiles

‘Found’ is currently on exhibition at Queen Street Gallery, Neath.

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Food Glorious Food Exhibition

I’m pleased to announce that ‘Bound: Part 1” is on display at the Open Door, Food Glorious Food Exhibition in Berkhamsted from 7th – 18th September 2021. Free entry. For more information please follow this link. This is the fourth Open Door exhibition I’ve taken part in. To read more about this piece please check out a previous post.

Food Glorious Food Exhibition
Food Glorious Food Exhibition
Food Glorious Food Exhibition
Bound Part 1
vintage kitchen utensils bound with vintage thread
Bound: Part 1

For generations women have been bound to the home and a life of domesticity. This piece is a celebration of the tools of their trade. Beautiful Skyline products manufactured in the Lancashire town of Burnley, well-worn wooden spoons and unusual utensils. Each piece tells a story through the imperfections, scars and dents it has collected through use. Artwork is mounted onto a cotton tea-towel woven in Quarry Bank Mill . Size 31 x 38 cm. Vintage kitchen utensils, hand bound with vintage crochet and Sylko threads.

Catherine Hill, Textile Artist
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Open Door Textiles Exhibition

A collection of red handmade dorset buttons stitched onto a panel with hand embroidered words around the edge stating the names of the different types of dorset buttons. All made in red thread.

I’m pleased to announce that ‘Dorset Button – Study 2’ is on display at the Open Door Textiles Exhibition in Berkhamsted from 13th July – 7th August 2021. Free entry. For more information please follow this link. This is the third Open Door exhibition I’ve taken part in. To read more about this piece please check out a previous post.

Open Door Textiles Exhibition - exhibition poster featuring hand embroidered images of berkhamsted's buildings
Open Door Textiles Exhibition Poster
dorset buttons displayed on cards and in frames. red and natural colours, old and modenn
Dorset Button – Study 2 in the window of the Open Door Textiles Exhibition
A collection of artwork on exhibition from textile artists
A collection of artwork on exhibition from textile artists