Programme 12/13



January 19th   2013               Anna Doswell                 The History and Making of Corsets and Stays

 Exhibition table : Cushions
 
February 16th                            Clare Gage                      Textile Inspired Ceramics
 
                        A talk by award winning ceramicist, Clare Gage, about her unique textile inspired ceramics. 
                        Clare will discuss her techniques and successes so far.
 
 Exhibition table : Dyed or painted backgrounds
 
March 16th                                 Jean Baggott                   The Girl on the Wall

                           How the girl came to be on the wall. How she became the catalyst in the creation of the
                           needlework which depicts social and world history covering the period 1940-2006.
 
 Exhibition table : Goldwork or Gold fabrics & embellishments
 
April 20th                       Sally Ward                       William Whiteley & Sons, makers of scissors
 
 
 Exhibition table : Work including weaving
 
May 18th                        Festival of Stitch (Regional Day), The Becket School, Wilford Lane, West Bridgford
                                        
                                        For branch members the tickets are covered by the guild.

                                        There are specialist traders for all of those “must haves”
                                        Hillary Hollingsworth speaking on Darned Obsession
                                        Make Do and Mend themed competition 

                                        For more information click on the Regional Day Tab  
 
June 15th                      Nicola Jarvis                     Birds, beasts, men and fishes

                        Exploring exemplars of Raised Work embroidery from key museum collections
                        around the world.
 
Exhibition table : Tree inspired work
 
July 12th-14th               East Midland’s Region Summer School
                                       
                                        Venue: Scalford Hall, Melton Mowbray
                                        Tutors: Jacqui Carey (Elizabethan Stitches), Yvonne Brown (Melting and Burning) 
                                        & Liz Welch (Modelled on the past) 

                                        For more information click on the summer school tab
 
July 20th                        Members’ Day, 

                       The Ruddington Framework Museum 
                       Free to members. 
                     
August 18th                   No Meeting                                  

September 21st             AGM                         Victoria Brown                 Losing Lace

                    A project celebrating the local lace industry, through a collection of lace and the creation
                    of contemporary canvases using oils and gold leaf inspired by old lace.
 
Exhibition table : Architecture inspired work

October 19th                                                  Kate Aimson

                     talk with textile samples to show the influences on Kate’s work and its development.

 Exhibition table : Work including applique
 
November 16th                                        Xmas Lunch  
                                                               

                                 An illustrated talk on Greta’s travels and research work on elephant dress in India.

Exhibition table : Landscape inspired work 

December 15th    2013           No Meeting

21st January 2012 Antonia Stanford - Hand Puppets Inspired by Street Furniture

How Toni developed adult-sized hand puppets using the main road that she lives on as inspiration.
  

18th February 2012 Beryl Slade - Seamless Weaving

A mini workshop in which you will make a small receptacle using a technique that requires no seams (a short requirements list will be provided). 

17th March 2012 Janet Taylor - The world of the Luttrell Psalter

A glimpse into medieval life and how a medieval manuscript inspired the members Lincoln Bailgate branch of the EG. 

21st April 2012 Sue Rangeley - Embroidered Originals, Wearable Art

Sue’s exotic water lily caught the eye of fashion designer Bill Gibb in the late 1970s and took her to the couture catwalk for bespoke bridal and evening wear. Sue will be featuring her new work, including samples. 

19th May 2012 Jane Smith - Traditional Japanese Embroidery

Jane, tutor and student of traditional Japanese embroidery will speak about her introduction to, and passion for, this 1600 year old art form, covering the history and techniques from the beginning to the modern day using slides and examples of antique and modern embroidery, and her own designs and work. 

16th June 2012 Alysn Midgelow-Marsden

Our local Internationally known Textile Artist and owner of the Beetroot Tree will give us an insight into her work. 

21st July 2012

Members’ Day – to be arranged Suggestions accepted for either a workshop (maybe something inspired by one of our speakers, a technique such as batik,) or even a day out to a museum etc. 

15th September 2012 AGM followed by Peggy Fearne - Bags Galore!

Peggy will cover a brief history of bags and purses, historical bags from the Sheffield Galleries collection and finally her own sumptuous bags with details of the making process of some of them. 

20th October 2012 Louise West - 'Linen to Lace, Cotton to Concrete and beyond'

A brief history of lace and then Louise’s explorations. Louise has featured on the BBC East Midlands 

October 27th /28th 2012 Jenny Adin-Christy Weekend Workshop - Sweety Bags

A contemporary slant on the traditional Elizabethan ‘Sweety Bags’. Numbers are limited to 12. The ‘Sweety Bag’ is approx. 7 x 7 cm 

17th November 2012  Christmas Lunch (12.00pm) followed by Jenny Swindells - A History of Buttons

Since 1974 Jenny has been collecting and researching buttons. Jenny’s talk is illustrated and she brings a display of her buttons.