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Artist workshop with Sheila Mortlock,

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Artist workshop with Sheila Mortlock,

Running throughout April to July at the Peebles Library and Museum, we are celebrating Making:50 with opportunities for you to meet some of the artists and join in artist led workshops.

Date: Saturday 17th June, 10am to 3.00pm

Printed Layers

In Sheila Mortlock’s workshop you will use simple print techniques to produce a textural surface that can be used for many projects. Layers of colour and texture create exciting surfaces for work with depth and this workshop shows how it can be achieved with a minimum of equipment.

Price £45.00

To book call the Museum & Gallery on: 01721 726333 or email libpeebles@liveborders.org.uk 

Please bring: 

  • One photograph for a source of inspiration and colour scheme. This could be an image of a landscape or a garden, flowers, old walls, whatever appeals to you as a colour scheme and gives you a rich source of texture.
  • If you have acrylic or fabric paints bring some that reflect the colour scheme in your chosen photograph
  • An old 1” brush, a small bit of sponge
  • A roller if you have one, although I will bring some
  • Textural surfaces – bubble wrap, corrugated cardboard, old lace, relief surfaces, etc
  • A polythene bag to take your fabric home 

Cost of kit: Sheila will have the base fabric, rollers and print surfaces, acrylic paint and fabric medium for which she will make a charge of £5. 

Meet the Artist

On Saturday 8th July, between 1pm and 3pm, Sheila will be in the gallery and available to answer your questions about her exhibit.

Meet the artist, and workshop

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Meet the artist, and workshop

Running throughout April to July at the Peebles Library and Museum, we are celebrating Making:50 with opportunities for you to meet some of the artists and join in artist led workshops.

On Friday 2nd June, 13.00- 15.00 you can MEET THE ARTIST JULIA TRISTON.

Julia will bring some samples, talk about her Making:50 work, give a demonstration, or be working on a piece, and be available to engage with the public and answer questions about our individual practice.

Workshop Title: Text & Textiles

3rd June: Tweeddale Gallery, Peebles Library and Museum 13.00-15.00

Workshop Description:

In this workshop you will transfer a special or intriguing piece of writing into a small textile artwork. You will start by sampling and experimenting with lettering and text styles in free machine embroidery. You will then creatively interpret your piece of writing – which could be a list, a letter, a poem, or a personal manifesto – to emphasise and highlight important elements.

Price £45.00

To book call the Museum & Gallery on: 01721 726333 or email libpeebles@liveborders.org.uk 

Please bring:

  • Notebook and pencil, ruler and rubber
  • Some lined paper, or graph paper
  • Some pieces of writing as a starting point – lists, letters, poems etc (NB if you have texts that are written in small hand writing, and wish to copy the handwriting exactly, you might need to enlarge your texts on a photocopier before the workshop)
  • Tracing paper
  • Machine with a drop feed and free motion/darning foot, spare needles and bobbins
  • Extension lead
  • Machine embroidery threads
  • Paper scissors
  • Sewing kit: needles, pins, small scissors
  • Background fabric – can range from a fine cotton organdie or netting to a thicker cotton or linen – approximately A4 size or smaller

Cost of kit: N/a. Materials are to be brought by the students.

Adult Workshop: Mandy Pattullo

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Running throughout April to July at the Peebles Library and Museum, we are celebrating Making:50 with opportunities for you to meet some of the artists and join in artist led workshops. Our second Creative Workshop is with Mandy Pattullo.

Date: 18th May 2023, 10am- 3.00pm.

Venue: Peebles Library and Museum

Price £45.00

To book call the Museum & Gallery on: 01721 726333 or email libpeebles@liveborders.org.uk 

In this hand stitching workshop you will learn to make a small cloth doll using a piece of vintage log cabin quilt as a starting point. You will learn Mandy’s construction techniques, how to get lovely limbs, how to stitch the face and hair. You will come away with a precious little doll that you will not want to give away!

Please bring your own sewing kit- needles, pins, scissors. Many will provide a kit of all the other things you need at a cost of £5.00 per person.

Making:50

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Making:50

The Textile Study Group reaches a milestone anniversary

The Textile Study Group will be 50 in 2023. For half a century this group has been at the forefront of innovative making, teaching, and textile art practice. Since its inception in 1973, and originally established to support tutors of embroidery, the group has evolved and grown in stature and is now one of the UK’s most prestigious and respected groups of textile artists and tutors.

The Textile Study Group maintains a core membership of 25 experienced textile teachers, all of whom are nationally and internationally recognised for their forward-thinking and challenging approaches to art practice, contemporary teaching and making. Many members are published authors of best-selling textile, art, and design books, and many have won prizes and awards for their outstanding work in the world of textiles, as have their students.

Making:50 a landmark exhibition

We will be celebrating our anniversary year with a significant touring exhibition – Making:50 – and by publishing a limited edition bespoke book. Both will include new and exciting work from our current membership, and acknowledge those who paved the way by initiating ‘Group ‘73’, (which later evolved into the Practical Study Group, renamed the Textile Study Group in 2010).

Each new artwork in this anniversary exhibition includes an element of 50 – either obviously or obscurely – and some artists will be discussing their work in an exciting series of online lectures and Meet the Artist events.

Exhibition details

Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, Peebles (1st April – 5th August 2023).

The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber (16th September – 26th November 2023).