Having always had a love of needlecraft, Bev works with textiles to create her art. She uses textiles because of the very tactile nature of the medium. She uses stitch to make marks, and her sewing machine is an integral part of the furniture. The materials she uses are diverse, [...]
Cas Holmes trained in fine art at UCA and later received research Fellowships form the Winston Churchill Trust and the Japan Foundation to study in Japan. Her interest lies in the issues relating to the environment and to the land. Stitch, cloth and memory combines with paint, mark and image, [...]
Based in Ramsgate, Emily graduated in 2000 with a BA(HONS) in Fine Art. A painter and textile artist she exhibits regularly in Kent and further afield with her mainly figurative artworks.
Nienke Eernisse is a geographer who is inspired by landscapes and nature, and their human interaction. She translates this into textile pieces and collages.
I take my first point of reference from crowds and large gatherings of people, looking for the detail in the ordinary but also the commonality within the group. Photographs are used to still movement and to reveal details, these photographs are then used to create drawings.I sew these drawings onto [...]
Wendy has a BA in Textile Fine Art with the OCA. Her recent degree work, titled Isolation and Loneliness, identified the use of stitch, cloth and paper as a voice when words don’t come easily. Her specialist area is water soluble technique with organza, abaca tissue and free-machine embroidery
