20th October 2023 – A final showing of the embroidered snowdrops at Glasgow School of Art
When I submitted a paper to Extreme Making – the Glasgow hub of thefive day European Academy of Design Conference 2023 (EAD 2023), one of my reviewers thought it was an exhibition submission. The work was accepted, and I was able to exhibit the 171 snowdrops by the 42 stitchers in the Reid Building, Glasgow…
17 June 2023 – To conclude this project I’ve made a photobook
The photobook is of the edition of 171 snowdrops stitched by 42 participants in The Lugg Embroideries project. I imagine the snowdrops strewn as a gesture of hope towards the threatened River Lugg. It includes poems by Maggie and Robert Crompton, Rose Tinted Rags and one that I wrote and performed in Manchester. I was…
16-18th June 23- ‘Lugg Riverbend’ goes to the Royal Three Counties Show
I was kindly invited to show ‘Lugg Riverbend at Mortimer’s Cross’ at The Royal Three Counties Show in Malvern. The Church in the Countryside had a theme of ‘Protecting the Rivers’ for their marquee. They ran a cafe and activities during the show. The carved sculpture ‘Our Lady of the Wye’ was also shown. Following…
11th April 2023 – The strewing baskets /boats are repurposed by Joe Shute and Sarah from Groundworks with their community groups investigating the River Irk.
I was invited to join the Community group in Collyhurst who have been meeting, walking and sharing lunch for several years at St George’s Community Centre. Joe Shute has involved them in his research of the River Irk and that morning they were meeting to walk and to reweave the strewing baskets, that were originally…
6 March 2023 – Poems and the embroidered ‘Riverbend at Mortimer’s Cross’ go to Manchester
Manchester Metropolitan University invited work for an exhibition by postgraduate research students. Writer and journalist Joe Shute, who is investigating the River Irk in Manchester, and I collaborated together to perform and display poems in a piece called ‘River Voices’. We each read a poem about our respective rivers at the opening night and displayed…
6th September – 31st December 2022 – The final exhibition of the 171 snowdrops at Hereford Archive and Records Centre
The images show the work of the 42 The Lugg Embroiderers who were stitchers from the community including the already established stitching group from Rose Tinted Rags. I also displayed poems by stitcher and poet Maggie Crompton and, a charm for the Lugg composed by Rose Tinted Rags – the illustrated poster here was made by Kirsty just after the group wrote…
Invite to meet some of the artists of FOLDLINES, an exhibition in and of the rural.
Please come and join us for coffee and cake at Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre on Wednesday 26th, 11am – 1 pm in October half-term.
The final Exhibition for The Lugg Embroideries
The final exhibition of the Lugg Embroideries has been set up at Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre as part of an exhibition with three other artists from my art collective Fold, plus a few of our friends. The premise of our work together for this exhibtion was about folding the map between each others’ houses…
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6th September to 31st December 2022 – The final exhibition of the 171 snowdrops at Hereford Archive and Records Centre
The images show the work of the 42 The Lugg Embroiderers who were stitchers from the community including the already established stotching group from Rose Tinted Rags. I also displayed poems by stitcher and poet Maggie Crompton and a charm for the Lugg composed by Rose Tinted Rags.
The Lugg Embroideries 