THE TEXTILE STUDY GROUP

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BOBBY BRITNELL

TEXTILE and ART courses offering unique learning opportunities for all

In beautiful South Shropshire an area of outstanding natural beauty

COURSES WITH PLACES STILL ON THEM

Please check out these two courses which still have places on them

DOROTHY TUCKER

Stitched Pictures ~ A contemporary take on kantha

Monday and Tuesday ~ July 31st, August 1st

Kantha is a Bangladeshi word for cloth and a particular way of stitching embroidered quilts made from the good parts of old worn-out saris. Old traditional kantha feature a wealth of images eloquently drawn with running stitch. These images are filled in with pattern and colour and then surrounded with the rippling quilted textures unique to kantha.

Dorothy will show you some traditional and contemporary examples and will lead you into stitching a kantha based on your own designs. Fruit and flowers, leaves and seeds, working tools and everyday objects, birds or animals or fish all provide interesting shapes and a personal story.

Above: A piece from Dorothy's Collection.

Right: A recent piece made by Dorothy for the Textile Study Group exhibition 'Making 50'

This will be a stimulating course especially for hand stitchers.

Book HERE for a place on this course

Amanda Clayton

Chinese Whispers

11/12/13 August ~ Fri/Sat/Sun

PLEASE COME AND IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ANOTHER FULL 3 DAYS OF STITCH

This is what Amanda has had to say about this course

"This is a workshop where the outcomes most definitely develop depending on the individual student. You will be exploring and experimenting with both paper and cloth in many different weights and transferring qualities, making relationships and connections between the two, as well as blurring the boundary. Hand stitch and surface will be encouraged interpreting traditional techniques of eyelets, cutwork, couching, trapunto, quilting, Italian quilting and inlay. My collection of old textiles especially my collars will be inspiration for shape, edge weight and right side /wrong side. Paring down to a neutral palette will heighten the surface qualities and tactile senses opening your eyes to new ideas in colour when you return to your personal palette.

I have no idea of your particular journey, just your starting place. But I do know you will enjoy the process of making and taking the next creative step." Amanda Clayton

Here are some samples of Mandy's work to whet your appetite.

You will be guaranteed a most thoughtful and highly considered course with Amanda at the helm with her's vast teaching and communication skills.

Please click HERE to book a place on this course

ALEX McINTYRE

Well that was even better than my expectations. I fully recommend a course with Alex in the future, in fact she will be coming back and the dates are now booked for 2024. But first let us look at some of the students work produced on this course.

.........and this is what the students had to say about the course and these comments reflect the constant excellent teaching from tutors to Moor Hall:

"Thank you Alex for being such a giving ttor. I've learnt lots of new techniques and how to incorporate ones I already knew into my work more successfully. i am very much inspired to carry on, experimenting and bringing everything I have learnt together. A really enjoyable three days that went too fast."

" Wonderful opportunity to play and experiment with new techniques without pressure, in a wonderful environment."

"Thank you for introducing me to new ways of painting and different media. I hope that this 3 day course will be the start of me painting and creating for myself."

"Thank you Bobby for hosting and Alex for giving such an invigorating course. The lunches were great and the studio well organised and functionsl with its kitchen and handy loo!!!."

"Alex has been so generous with her knowledge and her practise. Her easy going persona is very encouraging and pulls the craetiveness out of her students. I have banished my negative doubting thoughts and explored the world of textured acrylics with ease. Thank you Alex and Bobby for fascilitating it all."

"A truly inspiring 3 days, from the magical studio setting and gardens, to Alex's insightful guidance. We learnt lots of new techniques combining different media, and reduction to keep me experimenting for months to come. Thanks you Bobby for being an amazing host and thank you Alex for always being inspiring."

EXHIBITION

'Mixing Things Up'

A celebration of the life and work of textile artist

Surjeet Husain

Textiles and Paintings and Drawings

Friday 6 October - Saturday 14October.

The Penny School Gallery, Kingston upon Thames

Dorothy Tucker writes:

I first met Surjeet Husain in the early 1990’s at The Embroiderers Guild, Hampton Court when she brought a group of adult education students to see the collection. As Education Officer I always enjoyed visitors coming to the library to see the study folios. I had just begun researching kantha for a chapter in “Embroidered Pictures” a book to be published by A&C Black. When we discovered that we lived within 20 mins of each other Surjeet kindly invited me to come to see her collection of Indian Textiles, and so began our long and lovely friendship. We met regularly in my house or hers.

During these “stitching days” we researched kantha extensively, exchanged information and ideas, worked samples and between us developed a contemporary take on kantha. We have created major contemporary textile pieces for exhibitions. Surjeet is an active member of the New Embroidery Group and the Kingston Stitches. ((Formerly the Kingston Branch of the Embroiderers Guild) Many students, particularly those who come to my kantha workshops at Moor Hall will know Surjeet by name and will have enjoyed looking and learning from handling her stitched samples. Before I moved from London to Holt, North Norfolk Surjeet and I spent the best parts of each summer drawing and painting together in Richmond Park. We keep in touch via Whats App but sadly it’s just not the same!

“ I am still drawing”

Surjeet sent me this photo taken on

her front door step in 2002 via

Sunlight Through Trees

One of Surjeet kantha samples which I often share with students in my workshops at Moor Hall.

Then at the beginning of June her son Iqbal and her friends, some from Kingston Stitchers messaged me to say that there was a move afoot to set up an exhibition of Surjeet’ work, would I like to be involved? A light spacious gallery has been found and dates agreed. And next weekend I shall be in London with Surjeet helping to select the work ……

Do come to see the creative way Surjeet moves from exploration to resolved textile pieces and the connection between her textile pieces and her paintings and drawings. It will also be about Sujeet’s personal journey as an Asian woman, mother, teacher and mentor. Telling this story will give the exhibition a very special extra dimension.

“I like to break the rules, to mix things up, to make something different for today” Surjeet

Dorothy Tucker ~ 28.06.2023

Thats all for now.

Have a good weekend.

Bobby

BOBBY BRITNELL

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