TextilesCONTEMPORARY

FAIR 201816-18 MarchFriday 6-8.30pm Sat & Sun 10am-5pm

Catalogue

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Welcome to the Contemporary Textiles Fair 2018! This year brings you 78 fabulous stands featuring the best contemporary textiles in the UK. Unique in our focus on textile artists and makers, unencumbered by suppliers and other craft disciplines, our exhibitors show and sell a vast range of textile art, from needle-felted wool portraiture, to silk-knitted garments, stitched mixed media canvases, to naturally dyed clothing. Our events programme for 2018 has the theme of Eco Textiles and Sustainability. An increasingly important subject in the textile world; and a focus that many emerging and practising artists and designers have taken on board as part of their own ethos. Ecology in relation to textiles is a broad subject; from taking care where and how raw materials are sourced, to rejecting the use of man-made fibres and dyes. Artists have started taking this a step further by taking these considerations into their processes and imbuing their work with these values.

This year at the Contemporary Textiles Fair we are

celebrating this movement within

the textile art world with a range of special exhibitions, talks and workshops.

ExhibitionsLiminal Objects & Sluice Creek Cloths by Debbie Lyddonexhibition in the Bell Room & Main Hall Local artist Debbie Lyddon has been invited back to the Contemporary Textiles Fair, this year to exhibit her work inspired by the coast, and what she notices when walking through the landscape. Lyddon’s of-ten sculptural, pieces evoke moody skies and sweeping scenery, without becoming a direct representation of a particular vista. Her exper-imentation with non-traditional materials such as bitumen and dried out sea salt, alongside her main staple; cloth, introduces an element of conscious, process-based decision making; informed by natural environment.

Journey ‘d3ǝ :niby Ross Beltonan installation in the grounds of the arts centre• an act of travelling from one place to another • a long and often difficult process of personal change and development.“An estimated 258 million people worldwide don’t live in the country of their birth. What started off as a personal journey as an artist has become much more, making me look at journeys, people on the move and migration. This new textile installation considers both meanings: the rust scarring the cloth, like migration trails across the globe, or personal obstacles to overcome; the cloth meandering through space, traversing the geography of the personal.” Media: Rusted and naturally dyed recycled hotel sheets, fencing pins, cotton twill tape. Fencing pins kindly sponsored by Travis Perkins on Worton Road.

Sea & Skyby IFA Membersexhibition in the entrance Sea and Sky is an International Feltmak-ers Association exhibition, displaying their members’ feltmaking skills and creativity on the theme of Sea & Sky. The aim of the show is to celebrate the diversity of contemporary feltmaking within a theme. Sea & Sky has al-ready toured to the Knitting & Stitching Show in Alexandra Palace in London, and The Big Textiles Fair in Leicester.

TalksMoments of BeingDebbie LyddonSaturday 17 March 201812noon – 1pmDebbie Lyddon will be talking about her work,inspired by the experiences of the NorthNorfolk coastline. A multi-sensory talk whichincludes sound from the environment thatinspired her and access to her own sketchbooksto look at and touch. 1hr approx; free but booking essential.

WorkshopsEco Dyeing TasterTutor: Ross BeltonSaturday 17 March 201810 – 11.40am & 4 – 4.30pm(please note the long break in the middle to allow the scarves to ‘cook’)Create your own beautiful unique silk scarf. Contact printing with gathered and recycled foliage, bundled in a natural dye bath.

Royal School of NeedleworkStylised Bird TasterSaturday 17 March 20182 – 3.40pmThis charming stylised bird will give theopportunity to learn some basic embroiderystitches, concentrating on those which canbe used for outlining as well as for filling ashape, showing possible effects that can beachieved: Stem Stitch, Buttonhole Stitch,Running Stitch, Couching and Seeding. Therewill be the chance to finish off the design witha sequin and bead to bring the bird alive.These techniques can be used to decoratemany items whether for fashion or interiors.

Colour from the LandscapeTutor: Debbie LyddonSunday 18 March 201810.30am – 1pmA short workshop that explores how to makepaint using rocks and earth to colourpaper and cloth. Materials gathered from theenvironment; chalk, carbon and differentcoloured clays, will be processed in order tomake natural pigments and then mixed withgum Arabic, linseed oil and rice starch toturn hand-ground pigments into paint. Eachparticipant will go away with a range of handcoloured paper and cloth samples.

Royal School of NeedleworkJacobean Crewelwork SamplerSunday 18 March 20181.30 – 3pmThis simple Jacobean-inspired design will introduce you to the traditional technique of trellis work along with a variety of popular surface stitches that can create a solid shape or outline. The design will also give you the chance to use traditional crewel wool allowing time to learn all the hints and tips in order to achieve the best possible finish.This technique is often used for interior fashion on cushions and curtains.

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depicting the essence of something that is caught in an instant, yet in reality remains elusive and ever-changing anitabellpaperworks.com14 Wholecloth Studio Under the name Wholecloth Studio quilt maker Elli Beaven produces one-of-a-kind quilted pieces for the modern home, including cushion covers, wall hangings, bags and quilts wholecloth.co.uk15 Caroline Bell Textiles Caroline Bell is a textile artist specialising in natural processes. She works on cloth and paper which she marks and colours using plant and other natural materials. These are then embellished often quite intensively with hand stitch caroline-bell.co.uk16 Emily Sladen Emily Sladen is textile designer whos work includes framed art pieces, wall hangings and lampshades all influenced by the wild and rugged environment of her island home emilysladentextiles.wixsite.com/emilysladentextiles17 Catherine Jackson Textile Artist Catherine Jackson’s two main areas of design are embroidery art and needle felted art. She particularily enjoys upcycling where she can, and using local wool facebook.com/knitsewrosie18 Laura Marriott Designs Laura’s intricate, bold embroideries are inspired by a deep cultural fascination with tribal art and traditional objects accumulated on personal travels around the world lauramarriott.co.uk19 Bryn Pratt-Boyden A designer/maker and textile artist based in London working with indigo dyeing, collecting vintage japanese boro and making fish skin leather, tanned in tea instagram.com/bryn/pb20 Max Alexander Max Alexander hand knits moths, based on real species, from Shetland Wool maxsworld.co.uk21 Darren Ball Framed machine and hand embroidered artwork inspired by vintage stitch magazines darrenballtextileartist.com22 Emma Bevan The Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains is where Emma draws much of her inspiration; using wet and needle felting techniques to create one-off pieces ffolkyffelt.com23 Sue Nicholls Designs Sue’s work is based on the shapes and forms found in nature; including the plants and landscape surrounding her home in rural Hertfordshire suenichollsdesigns.co.uk24 Michiyo Leather A designer that specialises in creating fine craft from antique or retro kimono. Products include clothing,handbags, snoods, purses and spectacles cases michidesign.co.uk

25 Crea-tine Inspired by colour and texture Crea-tine mixes her own prints with ethnic fabric and embroideries to create unique accessories – bags, scarves, necklaces, cuffs etsy.com/shop/creatine126 Sarah Vaci Sarah is a contemporary wool artist exploring political and social themes using dry felting techniques, combined with a high level of realistic detail sarahvaci.com27 Carousel Textile Art Seven members of Carousel Textile Art, an established, London-based group of exhibiting artists, with a wide range of different techniques are represented carouseltextileart.org.uk28 Miesje Chafer Bold and bright hand screen printed textiles made into colourful and unique homewares and accessories miesjechafer.com28 Linda Miller Embroideries Linda makes one off framed and unframed machine embroidery pictures depicting figures in narrative scenes lindamillerembroideries.co.uk29 Marmalade Skies Designs Applique cushions and pictures of British wildlife and fauna designs using upcycled fabrics marmaladeskiesdesigns.co.uk30 Coraux Mei – The Urban Tribe Handmade use-ful accessories made using collected hill tribe textiles namely from hill tribes in northern Vietnam and leather corauxmei.com30 Anna Clarke @ Artyana Art & Craft Contemporary artist-felted pictures, as well as mixed media art and acrylics artyana.co.uk31 Hilary Collins Luxury handcrafted sensory products etsy.com/uk/shop/HilaryCollinsTextile32 Caroline Hyde-Brown A beautiful & atmospheric collection of embroidered landscapes using a variety of materials including felt, natural dyes & thread artistcaz.co.uk33 ModernEccentrics A collaboration between textile artist Ross Belton and photographer and printmaker Jonathan Dredge moderneccentrics.wordpress.com34 Brenda Gibson Textile Artist Brenda is a hand-weaver, tutor and author, exhibiting a range of fine handwoven scarves, as well as jewellery brendagibson.com35 Ruth Blackford A quirky and unique collection of large stitched textile portraits ruthblackford.com36 Wendy Crawshaw Cushions and homeware handmade from collected fabrics37 Gosia Weber Handmade Colourful leather bags and accessories; classic designs with a modern twist gosiaweberhandmade.co.uk

38 Settlers Stores Settlers Stores design and make a range of contemporary tweed clothing for men and women that marries vibrant West African cotton prints with bespoke Scottish tweed, all made in the UK and hand finished to last a lifetime settlersstores.co.uk39 Christine Chester – Studio 11 Eastbourne Christine paints and prints with dye enhancing and highlighting the dye marks with stitch studio11eb.co.uk40 Romor Designs Romor Designs, formed by Rob Jones, a shibori textiles designer and natural dyer, creates handmade homewares romordesigns.com41 Les Artisanes We design and make beautifully simple and timeless linen knitwear: cardigans, poncho-style jumpers, sweaters lesartisanes.co.uk42 Stitch and Make Studio Combine – Abi’s love of old textiles, print and handstitchery. Collaborate – apron dresses in linen and print with Ria Rich.Clothes- You’ll love to wear forever abijackson.com43 Chelache Distinctive, colourful, knitted fashion accessories for men and women by knitwear designer Layla Chelache chelache.com44 Kumadori Scarves, wraps and wall hangings; handmade from the silk of vintage kimonos45 Jude Shore I take inspiration from the world around her to make decorative and functional items for interiors and fashion accessories. Recent work includes a range of pebble inspired felt items46 Jose Heroys – Fibre Artist Jose is a Sussex-based crochet artist making life-like birds from natural fibres joseheroys.com47 Alison Dupernex A work of art to wear knitted and interiors knitted with silk, cashmere and Donegal wool lightly felted AlisonDupernex.co.uk48 Sarah Grove Sarah’s range of simple shaped but highly textured porcelain vessels combine her love of clay, stitch and the domestic interior with wit and curiosity sarahgrove.co.uk49 Tamsin Francesca Jewellery Delicate and striking, Tamsin Francesca jewellery combines textile and metalworking skills to create strong, yet gracefully feminine pieces tamsinfrancesca.co.uk50 Arati Devasher The accessories Arati makes are unique pieces of wearable art, hand painted on the softest silk she can source. They soon become favourites you want to wear every day aratidevasher.co.uk51 Made By Maggie Discover hand-embroidered keepsake dolls, tiny tape-measure holders, brooches made from machine-embroidered motifs and lavender eye pillows for mindfulness and relaxation. Vintage

1 Freyelli Textiles Freyelli Textiles is a collection of original painted and freehand machine embroidered textile art, and beautiful homeware freyelli.com 2 Colette Moscrop Modern textile designs hand screen printed in rich colours onto linen and cotton zip purses, tea towels, cushions and other home accessories colettemoscrop.com3 Thimble & Thrift Fee Fraser creates machine embroidered stationery, gifts and home ware with colour and humour thimbleandthrift.co.uk4 Linda Gifford Interior Textiles Linda Gifford uses digital technology to produce affordable, bespoke designs which can be tailored to fit homes of all styes and eras lindagifford.co.uk5 Casa del Duende The Casa del Duende is dedicated to upcycling kimonos or vintage fabrics which have been carefully sourced to ensure that they are eco-friendly justinedalton.company6 Karen Rao Felt Artist Karen Rao creates wearable art. She hand felts animal inspired headwear, clip on ears and other fun and primitive felted accessories karenrao.com7 DelVillar Textiles DelVillar Textiles creates hand lino printed designs on noble fibres as Cotton, Linen, Ramie in vibrant colours8 Flextiles Flextiles sells unique upcycled scarves and garments that have been overdyed with indigo or ecoprinting flextiles.wordpress.com9 Gemma Textiles Gemma Textiles create simple, structural garments, individually handmade using reclaimed textiles and organic or upcycled, naturally dyed fabrics gemmatextiles.co.uk10 Caroline Kirton Caroline Kirton uses a combination of fabrics, free machine embroidery, appliqué, screen-printing and mixed media to create a moment in time through stitched drawings carolinekirton.co.uk11 Yola Walaszek Handstitched Leather Handbags Handcut and handstitched soft leather handbags and accessories designed and made by Yola in her Wimbledon studio yolawalaszek.etsy.com12 ROPEworks A small independent label set up by textile artist Zuzana Lalikova. She creates baskets, vessels and other 3-D objects mostly from cotton rope using traditional coiling technique www.zuzanalalikova.com13 Anita Bell Each paperwork is a one-off piece, created using papers, painted with watercolour or dye, which are torn and layered and embellished with stitch. Her work is about capturing a moment in time,

EXHIBITORS

Floor Planlandscape as inspiration for atmosphere, texture and colour pennyseume.co.uk66 Jo Dewar Textile and Wire Artist As a textile artist and working with a variety of different materials such as wire and paperto create 3D and 2D objects that are both tactile and durable jodewar.com67 Emma Gatehouse Emma creates freehand machine embroidered images of British Wildlife emmagatehouse.com68 Ria Rich Uniquely made, colourful homewares and textiles by designer-maker Ria Rich riarichcreative.com69 Charlotte Clowes Charlotte is a decorative artist making vibrant, unusual textile works charlotteclowes.co.uk70 Yuka Jourdain Jewellery Yuka Jourdain is a designer who creates mixed media jewellery in an elegant and colourful contemporary style yukajourdain.com71 Canela I make textile wall pieces using painting and embroidery, also make accessories, cushions and objects , ornaments. My main inspirations are childhood memories consueloradclyffe.com72 Kylie Siobhan Kylie is a natural dyer and artisan living in London, she uses plant pigments to create intriguing patterns on each hand dyed textile. The collection consists of a unique range of pure silk scarves and luxury nightwear kyliesiobhan.co.uk72a Fablestitch Fablestitch is a fabric designer and sewist, working in Northumberland, using a variety of techniques to make unique garments for children and women, and home accessories etsy.com/uk/shop/fablestitch73 Puffinpatchworks Bold, simplistic designs using tartan and tweed, reflecting the farming and wildlife of the Galloway region of Scotland puffinpatchworks.com73a No Serial Number Magazine A family-run print and digital magazine dedicated to showcasing and promoting small, independent designers, artisans, and creative businesses with a strong social, ethical and sustainable ethos noserialnumber.org74 Sara Harris Sara Harris (jelliclebuttons) work derives from a love of the quirky, oddball and otherwise unusual. From figurative soft sculpture creatures, to textile illustrations and impressions using mixed media, free machine embroidery and a variety of found fibres jelliclebuttons.artweb.com

inspired denim aprons with Liberty print pockets and headtwists that hark back to a make-do-and-mend era etsy.com/uk/shop/MadebyMaggieStudio52 Linda Dooley Knitwear Knitted designs using natural yarns (silk, linen and cotton) sometimes dyed. Colourful, quirky designs in all sizes and made to mea-sure dooleyknitwear.com53 Batik by Jane Hickman Jane Hickman makes original Batik paintings, creating reproductions on paper and greetings cards, and also available in the form of digitally reproduced scarves in Silk,Velvet and Wool janehickmanbatik.com54 Cardabelle Design Linocut and letterpress prints on textiles; bags, aprons, oven gloves, tea towels and bunting. Bold imagery on a food and cooking theme cardabelledesign.com55 Pam Butcher An ever evolving range of hand knitted designs56 Rebecca Honey Textile art using layered yarns to create graphic patterns, simplistic landscapes and imagery rebeccahoney.co.uk57 Stitched Up and Fleeced Decorative and func-tional pieces for fashion and home accessories such as wall hung work, bags and book covers stitchedupandfleeced.com58 Shelley Faye Lazar Unique and vibrant hand painted silks and wools for scarves and shawls shelleyfayelazar.com59 Katybprints Unique hand printed, hand sewn heat sublimated scarves in fleece, silk and Velvets. Each one a wearable fabric art piece katybprints.co.uk60 Tessa Jane A Fine Art Textile Artist who loves to explore colour and surface. I create cards, tea towels, fashion accessories to Fine Art pieces and furniture tessajane.co.uk61 Jules Hogan Hand Crafted Knitwear Jules Hogan is an evolving timeless collection of luxury British knitwear. A designer for people who like to make a quiet statement juleshogan.com62 Liz Emery – Felt Artist Liz uses the wet felting method to create pictures from Merino wool and silk fibres. She is inspired by nature and the landscape liz emery felt.com63 Manijeh I utilise my dyed textiles to design and make clothes manijeh.co.uk64 Jamknits Jamknits makes stylish and functional knitwear for both adults and children using only the highest quality natural yarns instagram.com/jamknits 65 Penny Seume Textiles Penny Seume is a textile designer using imagery from the urban

Launching this year is Raw Fibres; a section supporting and showcasing a selection of the best new UK textile artists. Raw Fibres is a platform for graduates, students, and fledgling maker-businesses to promote and sell their work to collectors, enthusiasts, and local visitors alike. Allowing them space to launch their work into the textile art world, meet fellow artists and designers, and giving them advice and encouragement to move their practice forward. For the inaugural year the fair has selected 4 artists; Laura Marriott is the current Embroiderers’ Guild 18-30 Scholar. Her colourful designs are sold as brooches, patches and made into other jewellery pieces; all inspired by her travels, from crowded British towns to remote villages in Botswana. Bryn Pratt-Boyden lives locally, as a designer-maker who graduated from Kingston University with an MA in 2016. His interests currently lie with indigo dyeing and the Japanese mending technique; Boro, to make, fix and create garments, bags and other textile items. Emily Sladen is influenced heavily by the wild and rugged environment of her home on St Agnes, one of the Isles of Scilly. All of her work is made from recycled fabrics and yarn waste; sustainability being important to her and her local community. Her mixed media embroidery is used on lampshades as well as framed artworks. And Catherine Jackson who has just completed her first year as a self-employed artist. Catherine’s main focus is on embroidery and needle felting, and finds using natural and locally sourced materials important in her work.

Laura Marriott

Bryn Pratt-Boyden

Emily Sladen

Catherine Jackson