Events
Namad
A Persian Journey in Felt
9 Jan - 20 Mar 2010
Quilt Museum and Gallery
St Anthony¹s Hall, Peasholme Greenv York, YO1 7PW
The exhi ition looks at the variety and richness of embroidered Turkoman motifs. The Namad exhibition is shown in partnership with the Collins Gallery, Glasgow.
Entrance charges apply.
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Tel: 01904 613 242
The Celtic Fringe
Wholecloths of Wales and Scotland
9 Jan - 20 Mar 2010
Quilt Museum and Gallery
St Anthony¹s Hall, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PW
An exhibition comparing wholecloth quilt patterns from Scotland and Wales. »
Tel: 01904 613 242
Embroiderers' Guild
South West Regional Festival
Sat 27th March 2010
Godolphin School, Milford Hill, Salisbury, SP1 2RA
With speakers Alice Kettle and Ruth Issett, plus traders Art van Go, Bits & Pieces, Caroline Bell, Fay & Kay, Janice Williams, Jennifer Gail Threads, Natural Wool Company, Simply Sequins, Winifred Cottage.
£23 entrance
Tel: 01722 323110
The Cathedral's first exhibition of its kind brings together embroidery pieces from churches around the Diocese and includes work by Louisa Pesel and Ernest Sichel. Opening on the first day of Lent, a time of reflection, the exhibition gives people a chance to understand more about the traditions used to enhance daily worship.
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sandra.howard@cathedral.bradford.anglican.org
Tel: 01274 777723
Sashiko (sashi-to stitch and ko-small) is a technique similar to quilting characterised by geometric patterns stitched in white on indigo coloured cloth. This exhibition from York Museums Trust now tours the country.
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Spring Meeting
Central Asian textiles
Wed 14th April 2010
11am
The home of John and Joan Fisher in Berkhamsted.
We shall meet at the home of Joan & John Fisher in Berkhamsted, where they will show us part of their collection of Central Asian textiles.
The topic for ‘show & tell’ is a hat or headdress of some kind, or any textile from Central Asia.
Cultex
Textile as a cross cultural language
30 Jan - 18 Apr 2010
10am - 5pm everyday
National Centre for Craft and Design
Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
Curated by Lesley Miller, Professor of Textiles and culture at the University for the Creative Arts, Cultex brings together the work of 6 major, innovative textile artists
from Japan and Norway. »
laura.mabbutt@thehubcentre.info
Tel: 01529 308710
Courses at Farncombe
1 Mar - 1 May 2010
Farncombe Estate Adult Learning Centre
Farncombe Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire , WR12 7LJ
The spring sees a range of courses taking place at Farncombe, including many on a textile theme. Click here for details. »
enquiries@FarncombeEstate.co.uk
Tel: 01386 854100
Shirley Craven and Hull Traders
Revolutionary Post-War Fabrics and Furniture
13 Mar - 9 May 2010
Tues-Sat + Bank Holidays 10am-5pm, Sunday 1-4pm.
Bankfield Museum
Boothtown Road, Halifax, HX3 6HG
Fabrics and furniture that encapsulate the Swinging Sixties go on display in this exhibition which showcases the extraordinary output of the company Hull Traders. Leading 60s designer Shirley Craven revolutionised post war furnishings with her dramatic, unconventional designs.
Tel: 01422 352334
Textile Society visit to Ashmolean
Advance notice
Thu 20th May 2010
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford
A behind the scenes visit to the newly extended and
refurbished Ashmolean Museum.
Sue Stanton, conservator, will discuss the superb new displays of textiles and the challenges they presented. More details to follow.
Petworth House is hosting this event, designed to bring together a wide variety of the “Textile Arts”. »
www.divinemrpearce.blogspot.com
Tel: 01798 343929
Women in chintz
Textile design as a profession for women in the 1920s
Thu 24th June 2010
7-8.30pm
MODA
Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Hertfordshire
Evening talk by Karen Protheroe, looking at the work of female textile designers of the 1920s. »
Tel: 020 8411 5244
Woolfest
Celebrating Nature's Finest Fibres
25 Jun - 26 Jun 2010
10am-5pm
Mitchell's Lakeland Livestock Centre
Cockermouth
Cumbria
CA13 0QQ
Woolfest is an annual festival celebrating all aspects of natural fibres - their sources, uses and products. It was the first ever festival of it's kind to be held in the UK, in 2005.
Entrance £6
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Tel: 016974 78707
Yuzen-style Silk Painting
Adult workshop
Sat 3rd July 2010
10am-4pm
MODA
Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Hertfordshire
Yuzen is a Japanese textile art where patterns are drawn on to the cloth using dye resist rice paste. Using the Japantastic exhibition as inspiration, participants will create their sumptuous silk squares following the principals of the Yuzen resist method but using modern day gutta outliner and silk paints.
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http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/events/adult_events.htm
Tel: 020 8411 5244
Inspired by the Past
Traditional Practice and Contemporary Conversations
27 Mar - 3 Jul 2010
Quilt Museum and Gallery
St Anthony¹s Hall, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PW
Inspired by the Past shows how historic techniques, style and purpose continue to influence and inspire new textile
works. The Quilters Guild Collection forms the basis of this exhibition.
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Tel: 01904 613 242
Breakthrough
by Contemporary Quilt
27 Mar - 3 Jul 2010
Quilt Museum and Gallery
St Anthony¹s Hall, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PW
Contemporary Quilt is one of four specialist groups affiliated to The Quilters Guild of the British Isles and its members aim to stretch their abilities in terms of design and technique. This new juried exhibition challenged Group members to interpret the word breakthrough.
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Tel: 01904 613 242
Cultex
Textile as a cross cultural language
22 Jun - 22 Aug 2010
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
22nd June - 22nd August 2010.
Curated by Lesley Miller, Professor of Textiles and culture at the University for the Creative Arts, Cultex brings together the work of 6 major, innovative textile artists
from Japan and Norway. »
To compliment the highly succesful and long running Antique Textile Fair (now the the Textile Society's Manchester Fair) we are launching a new London fair, with a similar theme and content.
More details will be available soon.
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Shirley Craven and Hull Traders
Revolutionary Post-War Fabrics and Furniture
18 Sep - 30 Oct 2010
King's Lynn Arts Centre
29 King Street, King's Lynn, PE30 1HA
Fabrics and furniture that encapsulate the Swinging Sixties go on display in this exhibition which showcases the extraordinary output of the company Hull Traders. Leading 60s designer Shirley Craven revolutionised post war furnishings with her dramatic, unconventional designs.
Tel: 01553 764 864
Discover the exotic with Frances Ergen textile designer,collector & trader of vintage fabrics from
Turkey & its eastern neighbours. »
Shirley Craven and Hull Traders
Revolutionary Post-War Fabrics and Furniture
15 Jan - 5 Mar 2011
Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Market Square, Preston, PR1 2PP
Fabrics and furniture that encapsulate the Swinging Sixties go on display in this exhibition which showcases the extraordinary output of the company Hull Traders. Leading 60s designer Shirley Craven revolutionised post war furnishings with her dramatic, unconventional designs.
Tel: 01772 258248