Next Meeting: Friday 1 February 2019 – Branch Evening – Simply Books
Lesley Vowles will be bringing along some of the books she has made over the years for us to have a look at and enjoy. We will be making a small book using one of the easiest bookbinding techniques.
Please bring with you the following:
- A spoon (any size)
- A needle with an eye large enough to take a Perle thread and that has a sharp point. A Crewel needle is ideal
- A small pair of scissors
- A pencil
- A ruler
Workshops – You might be able to get a place on our 2 part workshop with Tricia Tominey on Saturdays 2nd Feb & March 2019. There are definitely spaces available for workshops later in the year, so check the Branch Workshop information. Non- members are always welcome to join us too.
Other Branches: see News from Enfield…. for information about their January workshop and a talk by Ninya Mikhaila (as seen on BBC TV) in March.
Exhibitions and Events
The Embroidered Home – Royal School of Needlework
Battle of Britain Lace Panel – Then and Now – Bentley Priory, from 17th November until March 2019
Collections Re-Crafted – Saffron Walden Museum, from 13th October until 3rd February 2019
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War – British Library, fom 19th October 2018 until 29th February 2019
Anni Albers [1899 – 1994] Tate Modern, until 27th January
The Beautiful Stitch – Beryl Dean Gallery, Bucks County Museum, until January 2019. Closed 20th Jan – 1st Feb, please check with Museum before visiting.
100 Hearts an EG Project – Bucks County Museum until 12th Jan 2019.
Sampled Lives – Cambridge, extended to 13th January 2019, see also Personal View and this from the V&A
…. and see these sites for more:
- Society for Embroidered Work
- Artist’s Projects at the Foundling Museum – Ongoing projects and installations, some textile related
- Embroiderers’ Guild – events listings
