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8th December 20218th December 2021

Hannah Lamb – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features the work of textile artist Hannah Lamb.

Hannah Lamb is a textile artist, lecturer & author, based in West Yorkshire. She works with a range of textile processes, including stitch, print & fabric manipulation, creating textile artworks from an intimate scale to larger installation works.

Her creative practice focusses on recording a sense of place through careful observation & material investigation.

Catch up with Hannah and her stunning artwork at Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace 2021.

Embroidered aprons by — Embroidered aprons

House shape covered in a fan of cloth made from an old striped cotton tea cloth by Hannah Lamb — House

Hannah’s first solo book, Poetic Cloth; Creating Meaning in Textile Art, was published by Batsford (2019) – and is available to purchase here: https://amzn.to/3pFS0X0

Hannah Lamb gained a BA (Hons.) Embroidery (2001) and MA Textiles (2010) from Manchester Metropolitan University. She has lectured in embroidery and design at Bradford School of Art (Bradford College) since 2004, where she is currently Programme Leader for Textiles. Hannah exhibits nationally and internationally and is an exhibiting member of the 62 Group of Textile Artists.

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1st December 20211st December 2021

Textile Study Group – INSIGHTS Exhibition

A little textile inspiration from the Arnold’s Attic YouTube Collection. Today it features the INSIGHTS Exhibition created by members of The Textile Study Group.

In this video Mandy Pattullo, Alice Fox and fellow artists, guide us through the contemporary embroidered art in the INSIGHTS Exhibition and share the stories behind the work.

The Exhibition includes work by Lois Blackburn, Bobby Britnell, Jenny Bullen, Sarah Burgess, Penny Burnfield, Rosemary Campbell, Jean Draper, Janet Edmonds, Jan Evans, Alice Fox, Kay Greenlees, Gwen Hedley, Ruth Issett, Alison King, Sian Martin, Jan Miller, Sheila Mortlock, Amarjeet Nandhra, Mandy Pattullo, Shelley Rhodes, Mary Sleigh, Julia Triston, Dorothy Tucker, Ann Wheeler.

Filmed at The Festival of Quilts 2021.

Textile Study Group - hand woven forms by Alice Fox — Hand woven forms by Alice Fox

Textile Study Group - hand stitched vintage quilts by Mandy Pattullo — Artwork by Mandy Pattullo

The Textile Study Group was originally established in 1973 to promote a high standard of design in stitched textiles & the teaching of embroidery – members’ work is varied in the themes addressed & techniques employed – hand stitch, machine stitch, quilting, constructed textiles, pieced textiles, lace-making, mixed-media, sketchbooks & drawing, print, dye, in both two and three dimensions.

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11th November 202111th November 2021

Richard Box – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube ‘Meet the Artist’ Collection. Today it features the work of textile artist Richard Box.

Richard originally trained as a painter and uses this training to build up rich surfaces in his textile artwork. His ‘collage & stitch’ layering method is informed by a process associated with Impressionism.

Watch as Richard demonstrates a project – Blackberries & Spider’s Web – using layers of coloured cloth & stitch – then demonstrates how to ‘draw’ with the sewing machine. Filming took place just as we came out of lockdown in July 2021 so Richard is wearing a face mask during filming.

Whilst at Goldsmiths’ School of Art he was taught embroidery by Constance Howard. Richard is an author, painter & art historian.

Catch up with Richard and his stunning artwork at The Festival of Quilts 2021.