tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90938393125124626192012-01-28T20:14:01.545ZThe Brunel Broderers are a group of artists based in the South West of England who work in a variety of textile media and methodologies. The group has built up a following within the textile world in challenging expectations of a medium traditionally called 'embroidery'. Today their work defies a neat title encompassing as it does a diverse range of approaches, methods and materials to create a series of ideas for thematic schemes and exhibitions.Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2001100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-25687537118983463782012-01-28T18:40:00.007Z2012-01-28T18:45:42.610Z

As we said in this post Textile Forum South West have an exhibition coming up in Taunton, Somerset As 8 BB's are in TFSW we thought it would be good to put up a post inviting you to come and see our work! Browse the blog here Click on the invitation to read more!

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We were delighted and honoured to be reviewed by Embroidery Magazine for our show 'Curiouser'...? at the Silk Mills in Frome.Buy a copy of the Jan /Feb issue http://embroidery.embroiderersguild.com/index.html and read all about it!

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This week an unexpected surprise happened - I found Alison, Liz and Kay having coffee in my sitting room! Not planned and what a treat!One of the greatest strengths of the BB's is shared creative dialogue - looking at work together and discussing strengths, ways to develop, uncertainties and emerging thoughts. Before long work appeared out of bags to look at - the 'Mapping the Future' Textile

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Map Strings - photo Janet Haigh  Textile Forum South West here have an exciting Exhibition coming up from 23rd February - 24th March 2012. Liz Harding, Kay, Alison, Liz Hewitt, Susi, Jan, and Carolyn from the BB's are TFSW members and will be exhibiting work (as well as some of us juggling organising, curating, blogging and pompom interventions!)It will be at the Brewhouse, Taunton here The

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Here are some of the new boxes I made with my embroidery class Autumn Term 2011. We had a great time creating them - with inspiration from Janet Edmunds' and Jane Lemon's books on embroidered boxes.

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Last week the BB's held our Christmas get-together. Not much trifle was left, but here it is amongst some inspiration gathered from the stash of tailors remnants which we will work on in the New Year, as well as planning for a possibly curious event!

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Hi - Liz and I went to a wonderful exhibition at the weekend in London at the Crypt gallery in St Pancras Church. It was by an old friend of ours Catherine Dormor and the exhibition relates to her research for her Ph.D. Check out Catherine's website for images and times here just in case you are in London this week.I found it a very profound and moving exhibition.Kay

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A couple more images from when we met recently and started some creative experiments for what will be our new exciting exhibition based on the wonderful collection given to us from a small tailoring business... more of this later... Kay buttonholes, feathers, corsages, patches, seams, pockets, fragments

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This week Liz Hewitt sent a link to this - thought-provoking work, have a browse! When we were at her home for our last BB meeting she showed us a piece from her textile collection.... Romanian dress top It was made in 1967 and is worked as fine cross stitch on linen. 

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One of the best things about our meetings is that as we take it in turns to 'host' we often get to glimpse bits and pieces of each other's textile collections! Liz brought out this wonderful late Victorian quilt - made in about 1890ish in silks, taffetas, silk ribbons, silk and cotton velvets and backed with papers written on in copper-plate script which may be letters.  Liz can't find a

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Hi - I have just delivered an interesting commission to a care home in Bristol. It is a funeral pall, to be kept at the home, and used when the family come to visit the person who has just died. I hadn't realised (never even thought about it I suppose) but when someone dies in a care home, the body isn't put into a coffin but into a bodybag and is wheeled out, like that, on a trolley. I was

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For our 21st Birthday there were many more than 21 candles at the Silk Mills in Frome!!! Thanks to all who contributed by bringing a candle or making one during the Curiouser exhibition We hope to show Curiouser again at a Bristol venue next year - will keep you posted!

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Here are a few images on our workshop day we had at Liz Hewitt's house - what fun we had.

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A good meeting yesterday with a workshop beginning to think about using woollen fabrics from the tailors shop. We don't do enough of this getting together to try out ideas. Jan's talking about 'upcycled' clothes and bound buttonholes got me thinking about the days when I made altered and mended clothes and the skills used in plain sewing. Some of the fabric from the tailors shop had been attacked

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Look what Alison found!!!!! Inspired by one of our exhibitions a poem was created... Knitting Crisp Packets in a Shed - original poem by Sue Chadd - from Pulsar Poetry event, April 2010

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Went to Somerset to give a talk about the Brunel Broderers to the South Somerset Branch of the Embroiderers Guild - what a warm welcome and such interest - we had a great time! The new 'Chair' Janet Hiscox sent this lovely thank you letter: 'Can I say a big thank you both for your talk on Saturday - everybody thoroughly enjoyed it, said it was wonderful to be able to hear easily (no I'm not

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I found this quote recently and thought I would share it with you. a rectangle of clothto wrap the baby; make the bed,grace the meal and honour the guest,to mop up a spill, encircle a waist,screen the window and admit the breeze.to proclaim a causeto tend a corpse ..... Gwen Egg

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Liz , Liz, Susi and I went to the current exhibition at Brewery Arts in Cirencester last week - it was well worth a visit. I particularly liked the work of Rhiannon Williams and Ekta so I have included some images. We had a lovely time - Kay

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Exhibition of Creative Textiles 20 - 23 October from 10 - 4 daily. West Barn, Barton Grange, Pound Lane, Bradford on Avon BA151LF

Susi Bancrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02905812631114573501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-63107146361828773532011-10-06T22:09:00.006+01:002011-10-06T22:37:28.740+01:00

Colours of a Winter Morning Liz Harding Blue Sky and Buttercups Liz Harding

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Lizzie, Susi, Liz H, Kay

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Carolyn, Corinne, Carla, Alison

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The Barbie story that most shocked visitors was that of the 8-yr old girl being injected by her mother with Botox. The mother has since retracted her story, but not before her daughter was apparently taken into care. So when is it acceptable for little children to be dressed and treated as little adults? Where do we finally draw the line? Jan 

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There is a new blog called daisymarmalade  Beautiful, colourful site and a few posts about 'Curiouser' with lovely images of Carla, Alison, Lizzie and Jan's work - see here and here and here and here  and the first one here Have also put a link in our 'blogs we follow'.. Thank you!

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Frome Carnival today! The BB's like to be part of a buzz, so we dressed up our model and here she is ready to be carried through the town, she has been busy welcoming people in all day! Last day tomorrow 11 - 5 - come if you can..

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'Frome Young Embroiderers' visited last Saturday and decorated the biggest candle which, as you can see, is at least 8' tall; this group meets regularly under the guidance of Margaret Howard, was such a pleasure to meet them and see them enjoying everyone's work Alison

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What a welcome surprise! We found 2 sets of slideshow images of the Private View for 'Curiouser?..'. Katy Duke at fromepeople  has taken evocative images capturing the feel of the evening and they are on the site - have a browse -  here and then again - here - enjoy them, and thank you Katy!

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Blue 11 is an exhibition of ten local artists on show as part of Somerset Art Weeks here  in Rook Lane Chapel in Frome.The artists have taken the theme from an 18th century Dye Recipe Book from Wallbridge Mill.Annie Ridout, arts co-ordinator at Rook Lane Arts, did a lovely post about Curiouser hereWe are enouraging people to visit both our venues.. It is a creative place Frome - see here

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layers, facets, sides, back, front, inside, many ways of viewing, understanding,opening to experience... reflections on Liberty lawn and silk - visitors sharing memoriesof a child's dress, fluttering curtains, tablecloths, silk dresses,a friend arriving in a wonderful old treasured Liberty tie -the backs of things and what they reveal..

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...Curious....? then come to the exhibition!...

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-90592090516009448922011-09-20T23:11:00.004+01:002011-09-21T09:42:15.643+01:00

...whispered words,softly float, words of comfort, reflected words,thought, sound, serenity. new work by Susi Bancroft.

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-56101386630855632652011-09-20T23:07:00.002+01:002011-09-21T09:42:45.617+01:00

...beauty in miniature,fluttering wings of soft powdery moths and vibrant butterflies, delicate stitching and intricate detail... new work by Louise Watson...

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-84113350403481841352011-09-20T22:47:00.006+01:002011-09-21T09:43:27.189+01:00

spikes of colour, swathes of paint and stitch, loose threads, frayed threads,recalling journeys, capturing sights, smells and experiences of the place familiar... new work by Liz Harding muted palette, folds, seams, rhythm in stitch work by Kay Swancutt. ...willow tears weaping.... work by Carla Mines.

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-41900524201942727822011-09-15T17:33:00.008+01:002011-09-15T17:45:05.535+01:00

Jan Connet's Heartfelt Exhibition is currently showing at the Grant Bradley Gallery in Bristol. There is a British Heart Institute talk tonight from 6-7pm, also researchers are in the gallery every Saturday 12 - 4pm to answer visitors questions about heart research. Wine reception 12 - 4pm on Saturday 24th Sept. For more click the link.. Grant Bradley Gallery

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At the  Silk Mills some very curious things were unpacked last week. What is this about? How do glass mirrors and a real willow weeping fit into it? What has Carla been working on? A detail of one of the sides.. there was, and is so much more to be revealed.. And whose knitting in curious yarn is this waving at you in the wind and attached to a lamp-post just outside the gallery as you

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Friday Tea with Lizzie see more here Corinne by her fairy tale work... for more see here which inspired wonder!

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kay swancutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04984809623123809248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-82949507106266459442011-09-09T08:32:00.001+01:002011-09-09T08:37:44.196+01:00

Setting up day started on Wednesday - there were nerve-wracking moments along the way! Hope to see you all in Frome More images tonight!

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 Just back from our last meeting today before starting to put up our show 'Curiouser?..' at The Silk Mills Frome ready to open at the end of the week! Watch this space... Take a peep at a few tempting close ups Linda Babb Liz Hewitt Louise Watson

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Just finished my work for Frome after stitching solidly for three days. I am pleased with the pieces and thought you might like to see an image or two.

kay swancutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04984809623123809248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-63840135950372270122011-08-26T13:11:00.003+01:002011-08-26T13:21:42.470+01:00

...cherished memories... ...holding onto those ritual and ceremonies that shape us. tea and biscuits, napkin rings and tablecloths...conversation, debate and love. detail from "Friday Tea" work for Curiouser by Lizzie Weir.

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-61227554008105508402011-08-16T22:39:00.007+01:002011-08-17T10:24:55.882+01:00

Carolyn's cranes are growing and preparing for flight, 700 hundred amassed so far and more being created beautifully, delicately and with a swiftness of touch as we sit and discuss....

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-76101987275611968542011-08-16T22:33:00.006+01:002011-08-17T10:25:52.887+01:00

...tears of... ...sadness... ...lament for the destruction... ...plastic encroaches every living thing, threatens to engulf and suffocate the greenery and beauty that assume will always be there... new and thought provoking work from Carla Mines...watch this space!

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-88072590054345101612011-08-16T22:29:00.004+01:002011-08-17T10:26:15.328+01:00

take a walk through the flowers.... look at the tail!... ... intrigued...? new work in progress from Corinne Renow-Clarke for "Curiouser...?"

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-63514834352889245412011-08-16T22:26:00.004+01:002011-08-17T10:26:33.718+01:00

muted palette linear linen subtle blue undertones permeate the cloth, new work from Linda Babb for "Curiouser...?"

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-24604509551084497522011-08-16T22:23:00.004+01:002011-08-17T10:26:54.992+01:00

...doorways... new work by Linda Babb, vibrant colour and line...

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-43642883444431426572011-08-15T15:30:00.003+01:002011-08-15T22:14:33.536+01:00

The Glos Guild of Craftsmen Summer Exhibition in Painswick finishes this Sunday. Last chance to see my collaboration work with Rosemary Cochrane!

Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212493340899400916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-88562123831890581812011-08-15T15:22:00.010+01:002011-08-15T22:14:07.633+01:00

There are some days when stitch can seem to restrict the creativity. Sometimes you just need to be bold and free, to allow the physicality of the fabric to speak for itself. This morning the sky was blue and the sun shining, just the time for some"blue sky thinking".The beginning of a piece of work for the forecourt of the Silk Mill. Now about two metres by one; it will grow!

Liz Hardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666803281411885876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-76364961474873608802011-08-13T09:55:00.003+01:002011-08-13T09:58:57.100+01:00

Amy Houghton and Ed Holroyd have created Tweave (commissioned by Craftspace) - have a browse and listen! Tweave maps sound recordings of craft and making to create an evolving thread of sounds - see here Recently Amy recorded 3 pieces with Susi which are on the site - 'Susi Bancroft stitching hand-written paper backings onto a contemporary quilt artwork'; 'Susi Bancroft reading her reflections on

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Alison is currently featuring in a video called 'interactive knitting' on the Crafts Council website (filmed by Marc le Galle). Alison recently took her knitting chair into Bath School of Art and Design where she invited passers by to join her in her making - knitting, crocheting and unpicking the yarn she has made from discarded crisp packets - emphasising the fact that this material will be

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New work for "Curiouser...?" from Carolyn... beautiful Japanese origami cranes, simplicity of line and shape...Carolyn's collograph block before it has been printed.....

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-84318081412537559952011-08-05T13:43:00.001+01:002011-08-05T13:44:58.564+01:00

Alison will be using her crisp packet yarn for an outside installation at the Silk Mills responding to the post-industrial character of the setting. Recent developing work is challenging the 'throw-away' single use of paper coffee cups one cut cup

Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-31851927877622149342011-08-05T13:16:00.001+01:002011-08-17T15:16:09.066+01:00

As you can see preparations are afoot for the BB's birthday cake! We are inviting you to make your own candles and bring them along to the show - as we need at least 21! Please attach a small label describing your favourite / worst birthday party experience! This can be from when you were 5 or 50.... Size for candles optional - whatever you like! Hints - cut spirals or wrapping are an easy way to

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Glimpses of landscape exploring the effects of colour continue to fascinate Liz. Orange and red provide a contrast to the blue and green [detail of Glimpse 3] Grey softens and merges the brighter colour [detail Glimpse 7]

Liz Hardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666803281411885876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-52078676436808886602011-07-17T09:07:00.008+01:002011-07-17T09:24:08.686+01:00

I went to the 'It's darling!' Vintage and Artisan Fair in Bath - click here. There were beautifully crafted items there.  I met Eirlys from Scrapiana and bought this Stitcher'sBeeswax - fell in love with the way it was thought about and made!Beeswax is featuring in my work for 'Curiouser' at the moment.More about this later..Eirlys also says she follows the Brunel Broderers blog - she follows

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.. the last of the four panels being designed. Over many days I stand changing the pieces around and then, walking back, turning round, it looks and feels right...

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The work from the Cardiff Exhibition, Material Connections, will be on show at the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen Exhibition in Painswick from July 30th - Aug 21st. Rosemary Cochrane's work and mine will be shown alongside each other, so if you missed it there is another chance to see it! Sketchbooks and E-mail book to explain the developments. I will be there all day on Friday 19th August

Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212493340899400916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-76754877128454097582011-07-11T12:20:00.001+01:002011-07-11T12:53:01.620+01:00

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The curent issue of embroidery (July Aug 2011 EG website) arrived today and we are delighted to see the advert for Curiouser on page 6!! Have a look..

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On Thursday 23rd at 12.15 I am going to be on Radio Gloucestershire talking to Anna King about my miniature gardens. Here are some pictures so you can see what we are talking about!

Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212493340899400916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-46467284366151918512011-06-16T19:51:00.001+01:002011-06-16T19:53:40.516+01:00

Pictures of work from the collaboration between Rosemary Cochrane, a potter from Usk, and myslef. The Exhibition is at Cardiff in the Bay Makers Guild Gallery. It finishes on the 26th June so do visit if you can!

Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-69157188909370140122011-06-14T23:02:00.002+01:002011-06-15T07:28:39.266+01:00

info about Carla Mines work for "Curiouser...?" It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable earth into ourselves so deeply, so painfully and passionately that its essence can rise again, invisibly, inside us.’ Rainer Maria Rilke The raw material used for the manufacture of plastic is produced in small pellets, these are called nurdles or mermaid’s tears. We have endangered our very

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work from Jan Connett... ‘I pluck and polish and powder and paint I soap and soak and deodorise and re-perfumeI lather and rinse and colour and shine ….’The 21st century woman’s talisman is her houseful of cosmetics, beauty products and accoutrements. They offer her a disguise, protection against the physical world (sun, wind, rain, late nights) and the imagined (‘I can’t let anyone

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"Curiouser...?" work in progress from Jan Connett DaisychainThe major thesis of my work is the exploration of woman’s dichotomy in pursuing the Body Beautiful. We all do it, in our different ways, taking pleasure in presenting our ‘best’ face to the world. But at what cost?We become addicted to diets, exercise regimes, cosmetic surgery.We dream of machines that will tone our muscles while

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Everyone seemed to like the quotes I post so here is another one by Satish Kumar'To find a synthesis between the intellectual and the manual, between the head and the hands, between contemplation and action and between science and spirituality.'This is exactly what we were discussing at the meeting yesterday and I referred to it in my own practice.

kay swancutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04984809623123809248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-86915250869879253742011-06-12T13:01:00.008+01:002011-06-13T18:35:09.684+01:00

Liz is working on a series of pieces called"Glimpses". Built spontaneously and quickly using combinations of paint, dye, stitch on organdie the work reflects glimpses of walks though woodland.Contrast is explored through light/dark, opaque/transparent, painted/dyed, stitched/clear areas.

Liz Hardinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11666803281411885876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-78067807237263176772011-06-02T16:31:00.001+01:002011-06-02T16:33:49.984+01:00

A Japanese gift came Carolyn's way yesterday - fragments of papers and textiles. Thank you to Sachiko and Hiromi The whole concept and presentation of the gift are so beautiful. Wrapping and rewrappinglooking, thinking, dreaming - what tales do the pieces tell?

Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-66887923883854001282011-05-27T10:19:00.011+01:002011-06-02T16:34:46.556+01:00

"Water stills my soul, calms my mind and brings peace to my inner being." Liz Babbs This quote is the starting point for a new body of work on journeys and the symbols we use to support, protect and comfort us; for Curoiuser...? Using rolls of African Strip cloth, I'll create maps of journeys using symbols that support, protect and comfort me.

Liz Hewittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-71004756176496268272011-05-20T20:34:00.002+01:002011-05-20T20:39:04.651+01:00

Louise recently did a very successful workshop for the Birmingham Embroiderers Guild called 'Little Boxes'. They have a new blog and if you would like to see images and a write up of the day please click here

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a small statement from Lizzie about "Curiouser...?" work in progress... Discovering a forgotten method in a world of speed and throw away, Taking time to mend the frayed and join the ripped, to seal, seam and stitch the torn. A long seam of straight stitch-what was once a side is now a seam. together.

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-62326802506312076002011-05-18T15:01:00.007+01:002011-06-02T16:35:14.135+01:00

Alison Harpers work in progress 'Taking things apart becomes a bit compulsive - what else can I make yarn out of, have moved on to paper coffee cups, used once and discarded, why has the cat gone under the sofa?!'

kay swancutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04984809623123809248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-39460721627206612952011-05-05T19:10:00.002+01:002011-05-11T20:08:31.098+01:00

I love this quote from Joan Schulze:- ' The days passed as I created, one-by-one, a body of works that taught me yet again the power of limited means and focussed attention.

kay swancutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04984809623123809248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-17341109330663290072011-05-05T19:07:00.005+01:002011-06-02T16:35:39.539+01:00

I have begun some pin tuck samples and I love the way the needle moves in and out of the fold and how it relates to the movement in the felt.

kay swancutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04984809623123809248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-11650095746468399372011-04-29T10:08:00.001+01:002011-04-29T10:10:10.642+01:00

Louise is doing final preparations for the collaboration exhibition. Private View Friday 6th May, Exhibition 7th May - 26th JuneOpen every day 10.30 - 5.30 every dayCraft in the Bay, Cardiff in the Bay CF104QH

Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-25212709093651646472011-04-22T11:05:00.001+01:002011-04-22T11:07:23.575+01:00

I was looking for buttons today. In my mother's home you can open a sewing box...or a drawer, or look in a tiny bowl on a shelf,or in a glass vase, a broken china saucer,find some wrapped in a screw of tissue,or tied in a bag with string, a treasurehunt which will delight and surprise!

Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-49801909077350867702011-04-20T22:52:00.004+01:002011-06-02T16:36:08.668+01:00

Corinne's "Little red" storybook front cover, work in progress for "Curiouser...?"

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-4816411187612719542011-04-20T22:40:00.008+01:002011-06-02T16:36:32.428+01:00

new "Curiouser" work and artist statement from Carolyn... I have travelled widely and am interested in the lives, beliefs and religions of the many cultures I have visited – but never to Japan. A small Japanese cabinet with drawers has evoked many thoughts and led me down many paths in my research.Clothing, painting and printing, architecture, beliefs, Buddhists and Zen, haiku, the

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-67451099616400443012011-04-20T22:34:00.007+01:002011-06-02T16:36:59.453+01:00

Carla's tears, images of work in progress for "Curiouser...?"

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-16224689709326234772011-04-20T22:21:00.006+01:002011-06-02T16:37:22.234+01:00

Observation, reflection, fragility, delicate, emphera, reinventing, mending, frayed, ripped, edge, intersection, junction, red, black, white, journey, doorway, saisiko, rhythm, discovering, tears – 21 words to celebrate 21 years making a mark in stitch. It is the Brunel Broderers 21st year...the journey continues...

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-69217161138909883922011-04-15T20:37:00.004+01:002011-04-17T17:00:28.846+01:00

'Thus the day was spent in friendly gossip as they quilted and rolled and talked and laughed ...Unrestrained gayeties followed..serious matrons commentated on the cake and told each other high and particular secrets in the culinary art..One might have learned in that instructuve assembly how best to keep moths out of blankets;how to make fritters of Indian corn undistinguishable from oysters;how

kay swancutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04984809623123809248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-83103182839197225252011-03-31T10:46:00.011+01:002011-06-02T16:37:54.128+01:00

Family threads assemble and dissemble reveal and hide holding, piecing and joining connecting and slipping away.. My mother was dying I was stitching The two processes connected and layered together: a delicate rhythm I continue stitching, interpreting, defining and the work emerges

Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-68141212110599857232011-03-29T22:08:00.015+01:002011-06-02T16:38:23.534+01:00

Liz Harding "Curiouser...?" Continuing the journey Each day new things seenBecoming curiouser and….The landscape remains the same butYesterday we saw deerLast week the hedgerow looked bareToday little white spots, flower buds on the Blackthorn Observation, documentation and reflection lead to a series of painted and stitched textile works

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-9400040617159104102011-03-29T21:25:00.006+01:002011-06-02T16:40:24.634+01:00

"Curiouser...?" Kay Swancutt A seam is a join where two or more pieces of fabric or other materials are held together with stitches A stitch is a short length of thread that has been passed through one or more pieces of material, either for decoration or to join pieces togetherA joint is an edge, junction, or intersection with infinite possibilities

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-38070644359198534622011-03-28T23:20:00.005+01:002011-06-02T16:38:52.245+01:00

CURIOUSER...? Since the ‘Curious Drawers’ exhibition my work has evolved. As I worked through ideas I become more interested in detailed aspects of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales that I previously used as inspiration. I have decided to focus on one story– that of Little Red. The three symbolic colours of fairy tales will come to the fore – the red (of blood), white (of snow) and

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-6995994072405257212011-03-28T23:14:00.005+01:002011-06-02T16:39:18.243+01:00

Artists Statement for “ Curiouser…..?” Silk Mill - Frome Sept 2011For the “Curious Drawers” exhibition (May 2010) I made a sketchbook and chest of drawers after studying insects, looking specifically at butterflies. Last Autumn and this Winter I took moths as my theme and my work has pared down in colour and techniques. I have made drawings in pencil and ink developing the

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-91846899845504894062011-03-28T23:13:00.003+01:002011-06-02T16:40:56.562+01:00

an assortment of images and statements of the exciting work in progress from the group for the forthcoming exhibition "Curiouser...?" at the Silk Mills in Frome in September..... Have a look at the Silk Mills site here

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-72730429325760552282011-03-16T22:40:00.001Z2011-06-02T16:41:29.257+01:00

...watch this space...!

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-8110644854828130202011-03-13T15:20:00.001Z2011-03-13T15:21:58.442Z

I am playing around with notan - looking at old botanical prints. I took this work to our BB meeting today to show everyone.

Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17049337951564388499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-51459854163559249422011-02-24T15:41:00.005Z2011-02-24T15:51:53.791Z

As promised some images of my new piece called "Sides to middle", it based upon a load of sheets that have been unearthed in the moving of my Grandpa. They were all turned sides to middle. The work is still very young, am not sure where it will end up...but I am quite excited by it!

lizziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11876883008350381949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-35728081065758664382011-02-22T16:56:00.002Z2011-02-22T17:21:35.059Z

We were at the Star Anise again this morning - Alison, Linda and Susi. Here are the trimmings from our makings!

Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-28391287212764887692011-02-16T13:33:00.002Z2011-02-16T13:39:53.160Z

As you see here we are, with fans (the boys), in the Star Anise Cafe in Stroud discovering a quick and easy way to make miraculous pompoms. This is part of the Pom Pom Project that Alison is devising with Textile Forum South West as a way to 'map' where textile people live and to bring people together to share skills and enjoy 'making' together (and chat and have coffee and cake). All will

Brunel Broderershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974772667454387918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9093839312512462619.post-34214343092695343172011-02-16T08:46:00.001Z2011-02-16T08:48:53.855Z

Yesterday some of the BB's were in the Star Anise Cafe in Stroud making pom poms.. Alison's idea - so here she is with those we made earlier! More images later and an explanation as well as BBbirthday news..

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This is a very small piece, recently finished, called Winters Walk - part of a body of work in progress for the collaborations exhibition beginning May 7th at the gallery Cardiff in the Bay. Louise

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