March workshop and talk

 In the morning we had a workshop led by Anne - another of her creative sessions combining mosaic and fabric and stitch, this time using Clarice Cliff as inspiration. As usual, Anne was well-prepared with lots of samples and colourful resources.

The session was only two hours long, so even with some preparatory thinking about design and concentrated effort, no-one completed their piece, but here are photos of all the works-in-progress.

Our afternoon speaker was mixed media artist Priscilla Edwards, whom many will know from her 'tea-time' pieces, one of which featured on the front cover of Stitch magazine for April/May 2012.  Priscilla took us on her textile journey from a BA at MMU in 1995 to the publication of her Search Press book Sculptural Textile Art  in 2022.

Priscilla's is an avid collector of ephemera, found materials and the 'lost and overlooked'. Her inspiration has ranged from the cotton industry, the war-time and post-war periods to pincushions from the Gawhorpe Hall collection. More recent work has been figurative with a (slightly scary!) dark, fairy-tale edge. As well as giving an inspiring talk, Priscilla also let us handle some of her work.

If you want to know more about Priscilla and her work, there's an excellent interview at https://www.textileartist.org . 

www.priscillaedwards.co.uk