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Visit to Mulberry’s factory in Somerset
I spent this afternoon visting Mulberry’s handbag factory. They are opening another British factory in the next few weeks great to hear…
Coat, Wrap, Cover – Exhibition at 44AD – Bath in Fashion
I am showing my stoles during Bath in Fashion next week at the gallery 44AD. Do come to the opening night if…
Bradford Textile Society Design Competition 2013
I am delighted to have been awarded two prizes in the Bradford Textile Society Design Competition. Here is a short description of…
Stoles at The Holburne Museum.
The private view of ‘Painted Pomp: Art and Fashion in the Age of Shakespeare’ which is a new exhibition at The…
‘Painted Pomp: Art and Fashion in the Age of Shakespeare’. New Exhibition at The Holburne Museum.
Last year I visited the Holburne’s archives and was inspired by a 17th Century Bearing Cloth embroidered with silver lace. This inspired…
‘Ballgowns’, British Glamour since 1950, at the V&A.
This show had a broad range of dresses some recognisable as having been a key time in the life of a celebrity….
‘Threads of Silk and Gold,’ Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
I was lucky enough to be invited to the private view of this amazing exhibition. I haven’t seen embroidery quite like this…
Heatherwick studio: ‘Designing the extraordinary’, at The V&A.
The Heatherwick Studio’s V&A exhibition was very inspiring. Here is a video of Thomas talking about the exhibition from the Guardian’s website. The detail…
Bath Spa MA Design Show -Textiles
The 2012 Bath Spa University MA show at the American Museum was excellent. The stitch detail on Frances Bayliss’ colourful contemporary bags…
Front Row – Kirsty Lang – ‘Art as Life’, Bauhaus exhibition.
In Front Row on 4th May Kirsty Lang and the Artist Michael Craig-Martin discussed the major new exhibition of work from the…