Category: Smiths Row / Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery (2008 – 2011)

An Introduction to “Make It Ok” – Damage & Repair Symposium, UCA Farnham, 2 March 2016

March 31, 2016

The Crafts Study Centre in collaboration with the International Textile Research Centre for Textiles presented my exhibition “What Do I Need to Do to Make it OK? ”  from 5 January to 5 March 2016. The exhibition included specially commissioned work using stitch and other media to explore damage and repair, disease and medicine, healing … More An Introduction to “Make It Ok” – Damage & Repair Symposium, UCA Farnham, 2 March 2016

Door to Door Darning with Michael Swaine, 2008

January 15, 2015

Michael Swaine darns at the Alexandra Palace bus-stop, October 2008. Photo by Rob Kennard. This is an important project for me, in two ways. It was the first for which I received direct Arts Council England support, rather than via an organisation (although it was a feature at 2008 The Knitting and Stitching Show, and … More Door to Door Darning with Michael Swaine, 2008

Detail of "Demonstration 4" by Timothy Information Ltd.

Under the Counter, Smiths Row 18 Sep – 30 Oct 2010

October 20, 2010

Back in April I mentioned this exhibition, which I’d just invited the maker collective Intelligent Trouble to work on with me. It’s been fantastically realised. All of the Intelligent Trouble collective and particularly Helen Carnac put a lot of thought and energy into it. The theme was jewellery in conversation and we programmed events ans … More Under the Counter, Smiths Row 18 Sep – 30 Oct 2010