Thanks to our Chairman, Sue Tyldesley, we had a very good replacement speaker at very short notice, who did a splendid job telling us all about her work with textiles.
Jo told us about her Open University and John Moore’s University degree courses - training as a Textile Artist, explaining that her main interests were – colour – dyeing; texture and a mix of techniques from weaving, knitting, machine and hand stitching to felt and print making.
A woman after my own heart – she cuts up and reuses many of her old textile samples and finished pieces, often over dyeing and printing to change the surface
As part of a design group she exhibited fabric samples for textile designers at trade shows in Paris and one of these is shown above.
The above collaged pieces both include parts of older work and the bottom one has several ‘razor shells’ found on the beach at Formby.
Two felted and beaded necklaces made for a Craft event.
Thank you Jo - a very interesting talk. If you want to see more of Jo’s work she is a member of the newly opened Contemporary Arts Centre on Eastbank Street in Southport.
and is also taking part in the Open Studios event from 26th May to 4th June – more details from arthousesca@gmail.com
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