Sarah launches her new website

 Out of the Fold member Sarah Boardman is proud to announce that her new website https://www.sbtextileart.co.uk/ is NOW LIVE

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

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.
 

 

Out of the Fold Snape Maltings Exhibition

 

Drawing Threads by Sarah Boardman

Out of the Fold will exhibit their series 'Drawing Threads' as part of their new series 'Monochrome' at an exhibition at Snape Maltings https://brittenpearsarts.org/visit-us/snape-maltings from Friday 30th September until Wed 5th October 2022

New member Heather Evans

We are delighted to welcome Heather Evans as a member of Out of the Fold.

Heather says:

I have had an interest in art, photography and being creative for a long time. 

Over the past four years  I have focused my creativity into textile art, having completed the Creative Stitched Textiles course followed by the Advanced Stitched Textiles course.

Mixed media cushion
inspired by Autumn sunlight on a riverbed

As a student I have found much of my work is based in the natural world and enjoy the process developing my own style and experimenting with different mediums.

Madder dyed scarf with pulled thread work
Inspired by the cobbles of a Norwich street

Having now joined the Out of the Fold, I would like to develop an individual style and look forward  to the challenge of creating exhibition pieces.

Out of the Fold at QG Conference 2022

 

Out of the Fold will have a small exhibition of work at the Quilters' Guild annual conference 2022 which this year will be held at Wherstead Park near Ipswich

Dates 1st - 3rd April 2022

https://www.quiltersguild.org.uk/

Out of the Fold member Mary McIntosh was commissioned by the quilt to create a piece of work inspired by the Sutton Hoo mask to be used as the image of the conference. 

Mary will also be teaching this technique as a workshop 

Adjustment

 

Mary McIntosh has had a piece juried into the Norfolk Makers Festival exhibition 'Adjustment'

The jacket is made from screen printed and dyed fabric and assembled using the Korean technique of Pojagi

The Norfolk Makers Festival will run from 9th - 20th March at The Forum, Millenium Plain, Norwich