You've got mail.

I recently have been thinking about doing some work based around the 'old school' way of sending information- sending a letter, a proper piece of paper which you receive through your letter box. I have a little collection of old envelopes, letters and stamps that have been specially kept to onside, waiting to be used. I love the idea of snail mail and all the colourful things that I have seen go along with it!- so many cute designs and packaging.
I experimented with a bit of fabric which was lying around, and happened to nicely fall into a shape which caught my eye. I started to stitch and position bits and pieces into this 'fabric letter' and it came together nicely. I also stitched onto it pieces of paper with text, which I had hand typed on my Mr. Olivetti (Lettera 22 typewriter). The use of combining text and words within my pieces I find exciting and give it another form of media. All the fabrics I used in this piece are old scraps, vintage ribbons and bits of lovely leftovers of other materials, that I have been saving, to finish of a perfect personalized gift.

Using the idea of unfolding and opening up a story is exciting and reminds me of when you used to get post as a child, eagerly wanting to know what's inside. . .

What do you think?

                                                          Fabric Love Letter, Feb 2014

Take a look at my website, over at :


/http://www.embroideredfancies.co.uk/

Sugar & Spice Exhibition 2010

'Sugar & Spice'

An exhibition of Ceramics and Textiles on the theme of childhood memory featuring work by Angie Hardwick, Naomi Cotrufo and Susan Forbes.

-Preview evening with wine & nibbles Friday 22nd October 2010, 5-8.
-Open to the public from 27th October - 19th November 2010, Monday - Friday 9-5.
-The Clocktower Gallery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, South Yorkshire.


Angie Hardwick
Life is complicated and untidy. I make ceramic items, influenced by important events that unfold around me.
I have recently moved house and become a mum, I use objects relating to these particular times in my life to reflect various feelings and emotions.
I currently participate in numerous art and craft activities and deliver workshops to all members of the community.


Susan Forbes
I work in education, the voluntary sector & the community doing residencies & workshops passing on my passion for arts to all ages & abilities.
I specialise with groups sharing textile crafts which plays a huge part in communication & learning.
As a young child my mother taught me to knit & stitch, while creating a life-long passion for textiles.
Just as my grandmother taught my mother & aunts, I passed on those skills to my eldest daughter

Naomi Cotrufo
I gained a First and overall best student award for my BA Hons Textiles/Crafts degree at Huddersfield University last year specialising in Embroidery.
I now work with my mother on various community projects such as the Youth Service & Refugee Womens Group, while making work for sale.


I am exhibiting with Angie and Susan now, after showing at The Quilt Show at the NEC last summer.

We are all members of The Fringe, Doncaster Visual Artists Network & have been inspired by nursery rhymes & our childhood memories to collaborate together.
We have shared stands at Craft Markets & Art Fairs all over Yorkshire in the past year & are already booked for the next few months.

Hope to see you there,
Naomi.

More details on the link below:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155509674489774&index=1

Workshops & Events continued.....

These mini workshops i did while my final show was on last july at Huddersfield University.
The idea was to create a collage about your favourite memory, using a range of papers, stickers, bits of fabrics etc.

Workshops & Events

These are a few photos from different community workshops i have done with childeren and their familes.

This was half-term workshops at Wakefield Cathedral (Feb 2009) ....

Keep In the Lines Exhibition . . .

Come along and see my work :

11 January – 26 February



Inspired by the touring exhibition “My Giant Colouring Book” at Doncaster Museum which will feature the work of Jake and Dinos Chapman, the Gallery at The Point is working with four Fringe artists who will be making new work using the theme of colouring books as inspiration.


Mandy Keating is creating a giant fold out book and mobile, Kate Sully is making a giant butterfly shaped book, Naomi Cotrufo is creating embroidered and stitched panels and sketchbooks and Susan Forbes will make new work using the tales which we tell to children as her inspiration.

See link for more details (Map/directions) :

http://www.thepoint.org.uk/thepoint/exhibitions/current/default.aspx

SAMPLE

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