Saturday 25 June 2022

Saturday 18 June 2022

Monochrome Exhibition

 

Thanks to Penny for providing the background image and to Dee for her computer design skills to produce the poster for the forthcoming Out of the Fold exhibition.

'Monochrome' will be a complete new body of work produced by all twelve members.

The exhibition will also give visitors the chance to view the 'Drawing Threads' series which was previously exhibited at The Guildhall, Bury St Edmunds in 2021

Thursday 9 June 2022

Introducing new member Penny Evans

 


Penny Evans is the latest member to join Out of the Fold.  
 
Her love of stitch was fostered from a young age having been surrounded by Grandma’s who knitted everything, including her first swimming costume and a Mum who was an accomplished seamstress who through City and Guilds became an exhibiting Textile artist. But it was only after 2017 having given up full-time work that Penny too could immerse herself in her creative interests. 




Penny’s work is very much influenced by her love of Geography – contours, topography and relief feature large.  Raising the surface, texture and bold lines using mixed media, machine and hand stitch are a feature of her work.

 

 







Penny takes inspiration from her local landscape and the seasonal changes on the flora and fauna surrounding her mid-Norfolk home. She loves experimenting and is never happier than combining techniques and materials to create her artworks. 
 


Penny graduates in 2022 after completing the 2-year Advanced Stitch course in Suffolk, having also completed the 2-year Creative Stitch course in 2020. The sillk moth inspired costume, one of Penny’s felted works, will be appearing in ‘Fiber Transformed’ the Summer 2022 issue of Fiber Art Now magazine, following its selection in the juried competition.