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This is a monthly Members Meeting that includes a business meeting followed by a presentation. Members get together, via Zoom at present; hopefully, in person in the future.
Chaired by Sarah Beardslee.
Agenda: Membership, Volunteer opportunities, Facebook Group, social media in general, Newsletter, Programming
Janet and her team will take us on the virtual tour around the home studio. We will see incredible collection of the materials, inspirations, work in progress and finish product. The beads she is demonstrating developed from small scraps left over when I was asked to design and make projects for a book “Little Ribbon Patchworks and Applique” featuring the brilliantly coloured jacquard ribbons designed by Kaffe Fassett for “Renaissance Ribbons”.
I am a freelance designer-maker, applied artist, crafts-woman, whatever you want to call me – I stitch stuff by hand: fabric, metal, porcelain, leather, vitreous enamel and more. My work is various, it depends whether I am working for myself, to commission or collaborating with other artists.
To enable me to achieve a balanced working life as a textile designer and maker of hand stitched work, I taught for over 30 years as a part- time Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at Bristol University of the West of England. Teaching all types of textiles continued after I had taken early retirement at Heart Space Studios, which I set up to offer high quality textile-based classes and courses with other textile artists and makers. This lasted for 5 fascinating but exhausting years, then I closed it to concentrate on my own stitched work.
I kept the business name now working with a group of textile makers with whom I develop projects primarily for publishing companies and exhibitions, 2 of whom are working with me to produce this video. Most notably we work with designer Kaffe Fassett in the production of his patchwork quilt books.
Registration
Member meetings and programs are free for Members and first-time guests. After attending one meeting we ask that guests join our group ($30/yr) if they wish to attend a subsequent meeting.
This is a virtual monthly Members meeting. RSVP deadline is two days before this event. (RSVP Monday, get link Tuesday, meeting Wednesday).
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ZOOM
You will need an internet connection and a device you can use with Zoom (laptop or desktop computers seem to work best). Your Zoom link will be sent prior to the meeting.
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