Monthly Meetings 2021
8 September, 2021
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
Kate Findlay
Working in Series
Working in Series is a talk encompassing Kate’s different styles of work over the last 15 years. It includes hight lights from the Hadron Collider series, the Henley series, some of her licensed work, and her landscape and animals series.
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13 October, 2021
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
Sue Crook
It Started with a Duster
Sue prefers to work with natural fibres. She dyes and screen prints her fabrics then works into them with machine and hand stitching. Sometimes she uses paper in her work: either simply stitched paper or combining it with fabric to produce her stitched sketches. More recently, she has been developing her expertise in breakdown printing and producing a range of fabrics and scarves.
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10 November, 2021
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
Polly Woolstone
My Journey with a Sketchbook, Camera and Needle
Polly will give us an insight into her varied and layered mixed media technique, exploring how her various travels in this country, India and beyond have had an impact on her choice of subject matter and imagery.
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8 December, 2021
Iffley Village Hall and Zoom
Ruth Lowe
Mary Quant – Her Early Life, Career, and Designs
“If You Remember The 1960s Then You Weren’t There” – take a trip down memory lane with us to see some of the fashions of the 1960s.
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4 August, 2021
Iffley Village Hall
Summer Social
We are optimistic that we will have a real-life summer meeting with a pop-up exhibition and a bring and share supper.
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14 July, 2021
Zoom meeting
Jo Mabbutt
Due to Covid restrictions, our Summer Social has been postponed until 4 August 2021.
We are delighted that Jo stepped in at short notice to talk to us about her development journey from decorative painter to lace gilder.
9 June, 2021
Zoom Meeting
Janet Bright
The Tokens and Textiles of the Foundling Museum Archives
Janet has been inspired by stories of the past for as long as she can remember. Her recent work relates to the archives of the Foundling Hospital.
12 May, 2021
Zoom Meeting
Cathy Corbishley
Cyanotype on Textiles and the History of Blueprinting
Cathy’s talks will include both the history of the Cyanotype/Blueprint technique and and the inspiration behind her quilts.
10 March, 2021
Zoom Meeting
Ann Rippin
Blinged-up Boro
Ann will be telling us about Boro, a Japanese technique for mending work garments, usually indigo dyed, and her westernised version.
14 April, 2021
Zoom Meeting
Suzette Smart
Stories in Stitch
Suzette is a Textile Artist and Tutor living in a rural hamlet in North Shropshire. The natural world and the towpath close by are her greatest source of inspiration.