New Member Beverley Youngman

 

Beverley Youngman is joining Out of the Fold from January 2024

Beverley's creative journey and explorations involve her getting outdoors and experiencing and responding to natural forms. Her local surroundings in Norfolk and the East Anglian coast are a constant source of inspiration.

Taking photographs, working into sketchbooks and mark making allow her to explore freely as a starting point. Thereafter she works intuitively in stitch, weaving, mixed media, collage and paint.

Collage and stitch

Beverley is also a member of Links and Layers.

You can follow Beverley on Instagram @beverley_youngman

 

Out of the Fold at Textiles East Fair 2024

 

Out of the Fold will be the main exhibiting group at the Textiles East Fair in February 2024

We will be exhibiting the 'Unfolding series' from 2023 including a display of handmade fans. 

Plus a series of framed work - a mixture of old and new - from all twelve members of the group.

Work will be on show by Daphne Impey for the final time as she prepares to leave the group after so many years

Our newest member Beverley Youngman who joins in January 2024 will also have work on show

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Meet the Maker - Daphne Impey

 

Daphne Impey is the last remaining founder member of the Out of the Fold Group and she looked back in time when creating this piece for the 'Unfolding' exhibition

Daphne used precious pieces of previously worked embroidery, smocking and traditional patchwork, fabric manipulation combined with new pieces to create a piece entitled "Unfolding the Past" which could actually be unbuttoned and unfolded to show what lies beneath.

An ingenious interactive work

Meet the Maker - Caroline Brown

 

Caroline showed her 'Monochrome' piece again at the exhibition.

Using mostly black and white with flashes of red and lots of precious recycled lace and other textiles collected over many years

The centre-piece of our 'Unfolding Fans' display is this fantastic work by Caroline Brown who combined her fan and unfolding exhibits in this one installation entitled "Fan Fatale Incognito"

Caroline says "Most of my work uses recycled materials and is somewhat dictated by the resources I have available. A couple of year's ago a friend gave me the red fan and the lady, both charity shop finds. Both jumped into my head when the 'Fans' theme was suggested.

The body covering was influenced by the Oslo artist Hanne Friis whom I discovered in 2021. Friis' intricately sewn sculptures are created by pleating, folding and stitching all types of fabrics. 

"Fan Fatale" became "Incognito" when slight damage to the head required a covering"

Caroline will be stewarding at the exhibition on Saturday 7th October so come along and meet her in person

Meet the Maker - Dee Nicholson

 

Dee Nicholson sold her 'Monochrome' pieces at the Snape exhibition in 2022 and has made three new pieces inspired by Bury St Edmunds Abbey ruins.

Dee takes her own original photographs and then interprets these with skillful machine embroidery.

Highly recognisable to all visitors to Bury St Edmunds

This one is now sold but others are still available at the exhibition which runs until Sunday 8th October 

New work created for the 'Unfolding' series has a different interpretation of tessellated hexagons

Meet the Maker - Sarah Boardman

 

Sarah Boardman has made several pieces of work on the theme of 'Unfolding'

Sarah says " There was no specific inspiration for this piece, it just grew through play.

If you would like to see it dance, turn on your phone torch and move the light to and fro. Speed it up, slow it down, go round and round. Enjoy the play"

'Unfolding 2' shows various folded papers tumbing inside a decorated box frame.

'Hope in a dark place' by Sarah is on display as part of the 'Monochrome' series at the exhibition.

Sarah says "Sometimes life takes us through a dark valley. It can feel eternal. This piece has been in response to a particularly tough time. I felt as though I had been torn open and ripped apart. Looking back now there are some beautiful things which have grown out of the roughness"

Meet the Maker - Frances Overy

 

Frances Overy has taken inspiration from images transmitted from the James Webb Space Telescope for her 'Unfolding' exhibition piece

Frances is also inspired by space themes with her piece "Dark Side of the Moon" which is being exhibited as part of the 'Monochrome' series

Frances stays on the dark side with her fam made for the Unfolding exhibition called 'Texas Tease

The 'Unfolding' exhibition continues until Sunday 8th October 2023

Meet the Maker - Penny Evans

Penny Evans with her 'Monochrome' exhibition pieces

This series of felted lamps are inspired by the forest near her home in Norfolk.

Nuno felted using paper, print and stitch

The lamps are offered for sale at the exhibition. Penny also works to commission. Contact pennye.fibre@gmail.com

Also being exhibited as part of the 'Monochrome' series is Penny's costume inspired by the Eri silk moth

To see this spectacular work please visit the exhibition at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1PR which continues to 8th October 2023

Brand new work completed for the 'Unfolding' exhibition. Triptych called 'The Gathering Storm'

Penny says "A piece of hand dyed silk inspired this artwork of a storm approaching"

You can follow Penny on Instagram @pennye.fibreart

 

Meet the Maker - Heather Evans

 

 Heather Evans is exhibiting a series of pieces as part of the 'Unfolding' exhibition.

All made using cotton organdie with Heather's innovative use of wet cyanotype and colour toning techniques.

Heather says "I wanted to explore the properties of organdie with different folding, pleating and manipulation methods"

Detail to show the delicate folds

Heather also used the wet cyanotype technique in a different way to create her delightfully delicate fan

The 'Unfolding' exhibition continues to Sunday 8th October 2023 at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1PR

Meet the Maker - Mary McIntosh

 

Mary McIntosh exhibited her piece 'Cross Words' for the Unfolding exhibition. 

Mary says "Reading a daily newspaper to keep up with the unfolding of world events often leaves me feeling enraged by the deceits and injustices of our society. Attempting the crossword to unfold the hidden answers can help soothe the mind.  But the answers sometimes leave me seeing red"

'Cross Words' is made using paper cuttings from various daily newspapers laminated to cotton organdie before stitched letters are added and then pieced using the Pojagi technique. 

169 black and white squares

The 'Unfolding exhibition continues until Sunday 8th October at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1PR

Meet the Maker - Lynette Domoney

 

Lynette Domoney's piece for the 'Unfolding' exhibition is titled Diaspora; or nostalgia for the hardly-known

Lynette says "A light hearted look at my relationship with Scotland and especially in honour of my grandfather James Waugh Hay, son of a miner, and born near Falkirk in 1874.

He studied medicine at Glasgow University before practicing in Cornwall, New Zealand and the Isle of Ely before his early death in 1924. I hope he would have been amused. 

Lynette has used stitched imagery of motifs with links to Scotland and her grandfather.

Back of the kilt with added ribbons and beads

You can still see Lynette's 'Unfolding' piece along with work by all members of the group ON NOW at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds until 8th October 2023

 

 

Meet the maker - Phillip Rees

 

'Spirals' by Phillip Rees created for the 'Unfolding' exhibition.

Phillip says "Similar patterns at increasingly smaller scales are called self-similarity, also known as unfolding symmetry.

I came across this reference when looking at fractals as an idea for design. The spirals that form this piece are not true fractals but pleasing nevertheless.

Spirals is a combination of hand and machine embroidery enhanced with mixed media"

This detailed image shows the machine stitching

Phillip's piece for the 'Monochrome' series is a whole cloth quilt using an ethnic print.

Machine quilting and hand embellishment.

'Unfolding' exhibition is ON NOW until Sunday 8th November

10am - 4pm each day

at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1PR

Another chance to see our 'Monochrome' collection

 

Monochrome (detail) by Caroline Brown

Out of the Fold unveiled their series 'Monochrome' at an exhibition at Snape Maltings in Autumn 2022.

There will be another opportunity to see the Monochrome work, minus some which sold, and some additional pieces by our new members Frances Overy and Phillip Rees. 

'Monochrome' was defined as either work in black and white or in shades, tones and tints of one colour e.g. blue

The result was a varied range of work from all members of the group to include hangings, installations, costume and 3D work. 

Monochrome (detail) by Dee Nicholson

Exhibition runs from Tuesday 3rd - Sun 8th October 2023 

10am - 4pm each day

The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1PR

FREE entry

'Unfolding' the fan collection

 

Black Lace (detail) by Phillip Rees

As part of the 'Unfolding' exhibition there will be a display of fans made by each member of Out of the Fold.

To inspire us we had an visit to the fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk earlier in the year and were privileged to have a private handling session with some of the fans from the collection.

There have been considerable technical challenges in the making of the fans with every member finding their own way of producing a textile, paper or mixed media fan.

Come along to see the results at our exhibition at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1PR from Tuesday 3rd until Sun 8th October 2023

Octopus (detail) by Lynette Domoney

Fanning the flames (detail) by Mary

Two reasons to visit the Guildhall

 

On Sat 7th and Sun 8th October 2023 there is an added reason to visit burystedmundsguildhall. In addition to the Out of the Fold 'Unfolding' exhibition across the corridor in the Courtroom there will be the Foreword Festival taking place. Authors signing and selling books, writers workshops in the Tudor Kitchen and a pop up coffee shop in the court yard. There might even be some actors showing off in the garden!

In the Ball room you will find lots of beautiful textile and mixed media art and members of Out of the Fold who will answer questions - but only if asked.

'Unfolding' exhibition

 

Unfolding by Phillip Rees (detail)

'Unfolding' is the title of the Out of the Fold exhibition for 2023 and each of our eleven members has interpreted this in their own way.

Here is just a snapshot of some of the things to expect when visiting the show.

There will be wall hangings, 3D work, installations, framed pieces and costume all inspired by the 'Unfolding' theme.

Venue: The Guildhall, Guildhall Street, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1PR

Folding by Heather Evans (detail)

The exhibition will run from Tuesday 3rd until Sunday 8th October 2023.

Open 10am - 4pm each day

Free Entry

Fan Fatale by Caroline Brown (detail)

The Guildhall is a lovely venue with Free access to the tranquil garden as part of your visit

Members of Out of the Fold will be in attendance every day

We look forward to welcoming you to the exhibition

'Unfolding' exhibition at Bury St Edmunds Guildhall

'Fan Fatale' (detail) 

  Caroline is working on an exciting new piece of work entitled 'Fan       Fatale' for the exhibition coming up in October 2023.

 This image of the work in progress has been chosen for the events page on the Bury St Edmunds Guildhall listing 

burystedmundsguildhall.org.uk/events/unfolding-exhibition-by-out-of-the-fold-textile-group-tuesday-3rd-to-sunday-8th-october-2023/

This is a lovely venue for an exhibition in the restored Georgian Ballroom

Dates Tuesday 3rd until Sunday 8th October 10am - 4pm each day

Free Entry

Mary demonstrating in the Creative Textile Studio at Festival of Quilts

Putting on the Glitz packs in preparation

                                                    

Mary McIntosh will be taking part in the www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/creative-textiles-studio/ and demonstrating her 'Putting on the Glitz' technique.

This multi-layered approach to surface design uses fabric paints, bonded sheers, transfoils and glitter film to create a sumptuous velvet fabric

Mary will be in the Creative Textile Studio at the NEC, Birmingham on Saturday 5th August from 1.30 - 5.30 and

Sunday 6th August 1.30 - 4.30

Putting on the Glitz (Green)

 Mary will be offering 'Putting on the Glitz' packs for sale at the show in different colourways. Green, blue, copper and pinks.

Packs retail at £25 and come with full instructions

www.marymcintosh.co.uk/

   

Sarah set to take Swedish Weaving to the Festival of Quilts

 

Sarah Boardman will be exhibiting and trading for the first time at  www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/ at the NEC Birmingham from 3rd - 6th August 2023

Sarah will be offering Swedish Weaving Kits for sale as well as demonstrating this technique during the show

Sarah also offers workshops and online teaching. Please have a look at her website www.sbtextileart.co.uk/ for lots more information

Original designs by Sarah

Packs in preparation for the show