Monthly Archives: May 2009

Annette Messenger – Moyra McNeill

May 20, 2009 – 7:10 pm

 
A male aquaintance said I really ought to see this exhibition as “it was all cloth”, so I went. Although cloth is used extensively, the main thrust ofthe exhibition was about childhood, but more Brothers Grimm than the Water Babies. My personal title for this exhibition would be The Ultimate Installation Show . The floor [...]

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Desconocida:Unknown – Margaret Blow

May 20, 2009 – 6:06 pm

University of Creative Arts Epsom 
March 2009 
 
As we often meet up in Epsom for a coffee and chat, we decided to look in on the exhibition advertised in Embroidery . From a brief look at the article by Lesley Millar, Curator at Epsom UCA, I was prepared for a strange presentation, but not quite what was [...]

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Culture Clash Update – Pat Cove

May 20, 2009 – 6:03 pm

The members involved in Culture Clash are now used to having their perception of embroidery shattered by the goings on at London Printworks but the last gathering on March stretched our imaginations and had us chatting away at new ideas and offering suggestions for clashing our chosen cultures 
 
Berit Greinke is studying for an MA in [...]

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Living with Colour – Liz Holliday

May 5, 2009 – 5:28 pm

 
I have used as the title for this report one which was given to a Good Housekeeping publication in the 1950’s.  “Do you lead a colourful life?…….Take a deep breath, it won’t be long.”!
In the wake of the gloom of World War II, there was an outpouring of house interior design and colour in the [...]

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