Textile Study Group

Artist statement

I have exhibited regularly with edge-textile artists scotland, the Embroiderers' Guild and more recently throughout the UK with the Textile Study Group. Since I gave up full time employment in education I have been able to concentrate more on my own work. This allowed me to put on a joint exhibition, with my colleague Alison King entitled As the Rivers' Run that travelled extensively throughout Scotland. I am currently working towards a 'follow up' exhibition entitled Leaving Your Mark.

I have recently gone back to the drawing board and rekindled my interest in combining mixed media with stitch. My work contains a strong narrative element and is semi autobiographical in nature, whether it is drawing inspiration from the landscape I grew up in, or tapping into family history. In my textile pieces I often work in large scale and use traditional embroidery techniques within a contemporary framework. I enjoy using contrasting fabrics combining hand made felt with silk, organza and muslin, employing hand and machine stitch or using the embellisher to create a painterly effect. I have, over a period of time, developed a method of layering to create depth, which has become something of a signature technique. I am sure this method of working stemmed from my earlier training in screen printing (at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee) where colour separation and registration of one image with another is so important.

I enjoy being a freelance lecturer but most of all being a mentor to a number of groups.

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• • Location: Midlothian, Scotland
  • Member since 2002
  • Available for courses, lectures, commissions
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