24/7 Stitch
Our next meeting is on Friday 6th October, when we welcome renowned textile artist, Karen Nicol to give us a talk. The talk will look at her career as an embroiderer over fashion, interiors and gallery; the fantastic diversity and excitement of embroidery as a subject, looking at use of different materials and exploring and expanding traditional techniques.
It will look at working with fashion designers and interior designers, answering a brief and the need to be constantly innovating to try to stay ahead of the game. Inspiration and the gallery side of Karen's work creating art pieces and showing in galleries.
Karen's art pieces have been exhibited around the world in various exhibitions, fairs and shows - you may have seen her striking embroidered and sculptured animals, ‘Couture Creatures’…from Napoleonic Polar Bears to Marquetry foxes, cut glass mandrills to tattooed monkeys.
In the book Embellished, New Vintage Karen explores her passion for the visual inspiration informing her embroidery that she finds in her magpie flea market collections.
Besides holding roles of senior lecturer, research fellow, visiting tutor and visiting professor on the textiles MA degree at the Royal College of Art, Karen won the Embroiderers' Guild Beryl Dean teaching award in 2014 and in November 2015 she was made a Royal Designer for Industry.
www.karennicol.com
instagram@karennicol1
Visitors are very welcome to come to this talk.
Details are on our 'How to find us' page.
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We are also excited about our exhibition later in the month.
"On our Doorstep"
opens with a Private View evening on Thursday 18th October
at All Saints Church, Leamington Spa
and then continues until 4th November
We hope visitors will come along and see this interesting collection of original stitched textile work, and take away some inspiration.
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