HELLO EVERYONE

Hi everyone

I have just returned from a fabulous weekend with the Textile Study Group, www.textilestudygroup.co.uk where we were tutored by two of our TSG members, Sian Martin and Penny Burnfield. We were all challenged to consider and discuss the concept of 'drawing' in very thought provoking ways. Joining us on the weekend were five very talented visiting textile artists from the UK and also Maria Boyle, our Graduate of the Year, who gave a most enjoyable talk about her work. Do visit her website to find out more about her work. www.mariaboyle.co.uk

We were also privileged to host 8 textiles artists from Sweden where our next collaborative exhibition in 2015 will take place. There will be more on the Swedish exhibition in a future newsletter. Meanwhile here we are looking happy and relaxed!!!

Three dimensional forms will be the focus for this three day course and will serve as the starting point for further development, into exploring surfaces and structures. This mixed media based course will show students innovative ways of making new marks and surfaces, for use in experimental structures. Students will leave with a full body of ideas to pursue and there will be plenty of discussion of how these ideas can engage with your own personal development into fabric, stitch or paper.