Talk on Friday 2nd July: Sue Brown, 'Same Sea, Different Boat'

We are delighted to welcome artist Sue Brown to give our talk in July.

Friday 2nd July, 6.45 for 7.00pm 

'Same Sea, Different Boat'

Sue Brown is an artist who uses printmaking and mixed media to tell stories. Inspired by process as much as by nature, her work springs from the pages of sketchbooks, and she develops carefully researched themes, exploring and developing them on paper and textiles.

Sue has been an artist for over 20 years and is inspired by all things ornithological, being particularly fascinated by the antics of corvids and our relationship with the feathered visitors to her urban garden.

Entomological museum collections also feature in her work and Sue has become intrigued by printmaking onto fabrics and vintage textiles.

Driven by the need to learn new processes and collect techniques to keep her practice fresh, Sue continues to explore our natural world.

Sue is passionate about encouraging creativity in others through printmaking and mixed media sketchbook techniques. At the yard: ARTspace, Cheltenham, Sue runs a range of courses and workshops focusing on intaglio printmaking and sketchbook techniques on paper and fabric.

The project - 'Same Sea, different boat' 

Sue will talk about the international quilt project, ‘Same Sea different Boat’, which she started in lockdown. We have all experienced this pandemic, but not all in the same way; hence we have all been in the same sea, but not in the same boat. Following the talk, Sue will explain how you can take part.

Sue will demonstrate how to make a simple collagraph plate which she is offering to print for us (£3 donation). 

Please note - all the details of where to send your collagraph plate with your £3 donation to cover costs, will be sent out on an instruction sheet after the talk. For an extra £2 donation you can have two copies, so you will have one to keep (£5 donation in total).

When the fabric square has been printed by Sue and has been returned to you, you will then, after stitching into the print, send it back to Sue for inclusion in the project. Thus, it will become part of this giant social documentation textile.

No previous printmaking knowledge is required, you just need a story to share.

Show & Tell:  Saturday 3rd July, 2.45 for 3.00pm

Share your collagraph plate with us.

If you have already taken part in the project, where possible please show an image of it, and just make a different collagraph plate.

Alternatively, if you want to go straight to stitch, express your lockdown experience on a 10 x 10 cm square, which you may decide to send in for the community project or keep for your own enjoyment.

If you would rather not say anything during the Show & Tell session, it's absolutely fine, you can let us know at the start of the session.

If you are already registered for these Zoom sessions, the link will be sent to you a couple of days before the talk. The requirements list has been emailed previously.  

If you have not registered and wish to take part, please email: dayschool@warwickshirestitchers.org.uk for details of how to pay and receive the link.

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