Trisha Forshaw | Carol Green | Maggie Hills
Rosemary Jarvis |
Ruby Lever | Carla Mines
Lynne Prosser | Caroline Sinclair | Brenda Weeks
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TRISHA FORSHAW I am greatly influenced by the vibrancy of colour, which I interpret in
different techniques using design sources of landscapes, woodlands and,
recently, biological and cellular structures. I use wool and silk
fibres, a variety of threads wire, beads and materials, with machine and hand |
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CAROL GREEN I love texture and therefore much of my work is heavily textured. To achieve this I have experimented with many types of threads, cords, motifs, fabrics, plastics, metals, beads and hand made paper. I also use paints, crayons, metallic wax and dyes including tea and coffee. I like to combine machine and hand stitching to create the required texture. |
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MAGGIE HILLSI have a background in the study and teaching of fine
art and textiles. My passion for pattern and line has
always been there, fed over the years by constant
observation of these elements wherever I could find
them.
Landscape became the focus of my work once my
time became my own; with agricultural pattern
created during, ploughing, planting and harvesting
a source of delight. Allotments came later when we
began to grow vegetables - and keep chickens.
The two are a marriage made in heaven - for the
chickens, that is, who love small green shoots and
even more the joy to be had in scratching up small
plants in order to take a dust bath. But the pattern
and colour they offered was glorious and endless.
I make my pen drawings loose and lively by sketching
as rapidly as possible, often sacrificing accuracy
for vitality - and I strive to scribble as fast as my machine will allow to give my textiles the same vitality.
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ROSEMARY JARVISFollowing a visit to Rajahstan, my work now reflects the magical, soft and subtle colours found in the walls of the ancient forts, palaces and temples. However, the striking, clashing colours of the market-place are never far away, nor are memories of peacocks and elephants.....
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RUBY LEVER My technique is constructing fabric by dyeing (many different types of fabric), piecing, patching and machining them together onto felt and calico to create a ground fabric for my hanging. I then embellish with machine and hand embroidered slips, motives and little framed mirrors. I finally added the tassels using hand made cords, shapes and beads. |
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CARLA MINES I have spent many years teaching art/embroidery to children and adults. In 2003 I embarked on a personal journey and was accepted on a Textile Art degree course at Winchester School of Art. For the last year my work has been concerned with plastic. Most people believe that by recycling their plastic bags and bottles they are helping to protect the Earth. My work has tried to demonstrate that recycling plastic is a 21st century myth. The alternatives for its disposal are to bury it in an ever decreasing landfill space or burn it in incinerators. Councils across the country are opting to burn it. Plans to build more incinerators are increasing. Incinerators do not destroy waste only transform it into ash, gases and particulate matter. These gases and the poisons (dioxins) are spewed out into the atmosphere, to the air, which we eventually breathe. These dioxins are invisible to the eye and I believe that it is the artists job to make the invisible visible. This piece is called ‘Dum Spiro Spero’ (loosely translated it means while I breathe, I hope). The Earth’s ecosystem is finely balanced and most people are unaware of what is happening to their environment. I used Leonardo da Vinci’s easily recognised ‘Homo Vitruvianus’ which appears as a model of perfection and harmony to illustrate the need for this balance. Tel: 01225 702720 |
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LYNNE PROSSER I am inspired by huge vistas and small rooms.
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BRENDA WEEKSMy art is currently influenced by the artists Paul Klee and Hundertwasser and I have been experimenting with innovative techniques incorporating fabric, paper, paint and stitch. I draw upon a number of sources for inspiration and I like my work to convey a sense of fun. I love the excitement of layering up colours and fabrics and never being quite sure what is going to happen. Layer upon layer, creating new colours and depths or juxtaposing different colours against one another - colour has such power. |