Yesterday my MIL took me to the local arty crafty enclave,
Oad Street Centre. Mostly it was a huge
giftshop filled with
tea trays with poppies printed on them and
decorative ceramic shoes, but out the back were
actual working studios with craftspeople doing their thing. Everyone seemed to have Monday off - the furniture restorer, the potter, the glassblower - but it turned out there was a
textile art exhibition on in a hidden corner.
I was most impressed with the work of
Cas Holmes,
Caroline Hoy and
Anne Hawkins.
Cas Holmes makes wonderful textile collages highlighted with
thread sketching. Reading her
profile, I'd love to participate in one of her adult education workshops.
Caroline Hoy is a textile printer.
From what I've read I expect Caroline creates these prints by painting grasses and branches and pressing them onto fabrics to achieve these beautiful images. At the gallery she had some beautiful prints made with gold paints and multiple types of grasses - sadly I haven't found a picture of one of these prints on her website!
Anne Hawkins creates felted objects images highlighted with embroidery. I wish I could find a photo of work similar to what she had at the exhibition, it was gorgeous!
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