Embroiderers' Guild - the UK's leading crafts association
sharing opportunities for discovery and creativity
Apt 41 Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU
T: 020 8943 1229 - F: 020 8977 9882 - E: administrator@embroiderersguild.com
Embroiderers' Guild - the UK's leading crafts association
sharing opportunities for discovery and creativity
Apt 41 Hampton Court Palace, Surrey KT8 9AU
T: 020 8943 1229 - F: 020 8977 9882 - E: administrator@embroiderersguild.com
Spikes & Spots
Pippa Andrews, UK
photo credit: the artist
Tourists Contemplating
the British Museum
Rosie James, England
photo credit: the artist
Needle & Thread
Mariana Fantich, UK
photo credit: the artist
Play With Me
Tilleke Schwarz (Netherlands)
photo credit: Rob Mostert
We are delighted to announce that art of the STITCH will be displayed at the Knitting and Stitching Show 2009 in London and Harrogate
Stimulating and innovative, this major biennial exhibition of contemporary embroidery, art of the Stitch, is sure to delight, amuse and provoke. Showcasing international textile art, it reveals the sustained vitality of embroidery today, celebrating stitch, and the artists who express themselves through it.
An attendant educational activity, A Closer Look, has been created exclusively for the Knitting and Stitching Show in 2009.
This international touring exhibition is presented by the Embroiderers Guild in association with Coats Crafts.
Alexandra Palace, London 8 - 11 October
Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate 19 - 22 November
5 Uses for Charity Shop Buys by Emma Baker
Bascous by Itie Langeland
An unprecedented total of 944 entries by 608 artists from 37 different countries were received for art of the STITCH 2008/9, highlighting the continued and ever increasing popularity of stitch around the world. From these 56 works were selected by an international panel.
art of the STITCH 2008/9 shows work by 54 artists from thirteen different countries including Lithuania, Cyprus, Canada and Japan. The exhibition toured internationally to the UK, Germany and Hungary.
A fully illustrated colour catalogue accompanied the exhibition at £6.00 (10 Euros) and is available through the Embroiderers' Guild.
Congratulations to the following artists exhibiting in art of the STITCH who won Anchor Awards presented by exhibition partner Coats Crafts Europe:
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For further information please contact Emily Childs on 020 8943 1229 ext 26,
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