February meeting – 6 February 2014
7 for 7.15pm start
at The Saints Parish Rooms, 3 St Mary's Gate, Chesterfield
After many years
of teaching art and textiles in Sheffield and North Derbyshire, Sarah
decided to go back to college herself, studying MA Textiles at
Manchester School of Art.This is the tale of what happened; how life
intervenes and what she did next.
You can find out
more about Sarah at http://www.sarah-burgess.com/index.aspx
February
meeting – Exhibition Table
Chris
Commons, one of our members, has been an artist all her life. She
trained as a painter and developed her interest in creative textiles
later. She uses a variety of approaches but this picture show her
favourite method. She paints onto the fabric a carefully drawn
picture, parts of which are enhanced by closely worked machine
stitching. It looks possible to walk through her archways and doors.
Chris will bring a selection of her work and there will be an
opportunity to talk to her about her work before the start of her
meeting
Bad winter weather
If the weather is bad and the meeting is cancelled, we will email members on the day and place on notice on this blog and on our page on the East Midlands Embroiderers' Guild website.