I was delighted to meet our speaker, Melanie Kay, last year at
Harrogate. She was there as one of the EG graduates [congratualations] In
conversation , I found that she completed her degree at Bolton Uni and
still lives in Manchester. I asked if she would like to speak at Bolton but
Carole had got there first and she was already booked.
So walking in last night , it was lovely to meet her again. I
was glad I was there as there was a
technical problem and I was able to utilise the old laptop that I had donated
to Bolton years before. As well had a wonderful, display and great slides.
Please visit Melanies site for better photos than mine and you will see the
quotation below that explains her work.
www.melanie-kay.com
I am a Manchester based Embroidery Artist that has a strong desire for my artistic work to be meaningful, purposeful and to act as a visual language. I like to experiment with a variety of canvases, which link to the subject matter to form narrative. Imagery, text and colour are used metaphorically to encourage thought, raise questions and provoke speculations.
As you can see, Melanie has concentrated on using a cariety of metals in her very innovative work. Some was passed around and we were fascinated to see how she deconstructed, embroidered on and then reconstructed a beer can!!! You would need to hear her amaxing explanations to really apprecaie her work. Recommended....
Embroiderers’ Guild – Bolton Branch January 2019
News
Helen,
the caretaker at Horwich Community Centre will be retiring at the end of the
month so we will be having a collection
for her tonight. The Town Council are
co-ordinating contributions from all the organisations which use the centre and
there will be a presentation on 31 Jan.
Jacob’s
Feast is this Saturday at
Bank Top Chapel, doors open 10.30am.
Our next workshop is on March 23 with Liz Cooksey, who came to our May 2017
meeting. We have to cover the costs of
this workshop so the fee will be £28, plus a small charge for materials payable
on the day. It is limited to 12 people –
a deposit tonight will secure a place, full payment in Feb.
Following on from the Capability Brown
and 100 hearts projects, the Guild’s project for 2019 is HOME -what does it
mean to you? Details of how to take part
are on the noticeboard and the EG website.
Last date for Registration is 28 February.
Please listen out tonight for details of
an auction we are planning!!
Competitions
The national members’ challenge for 2018/19 is “Life’s Rich Pattern”. Details are on the member’s section of the
Guild website, you will need to log in.
The subject for the Rosebowl competition for NW region next year is “Twist it, Turn
it”. There will be a joint regional
day/AGM for 2019 on 28 September at the Crofters Hotel in Garstang.
Exhibitions
Sorrell
Kerrison has a display at Bolton Art
Gallery consisting of intricate hand embroidered portraits of four of the
museum’s founders, together with a short film.
Until 24 February 2019. Also from
24 Jan -23 Feb, there will be an exhibition showcasing the work of staff and
students from the BA(Hons) Textiles and Surface Design course at the University
of Bolton, inspired by Bolton’s textile heritage.
Alice
Kettle has an exhibition at the Whitworth
Gallery, Manchester until 24 Feb 2019. ‘Thread
Bearing
Witness’ contains large textile works that consider the subject of migration
and how individuals, groups and communities respond to it. Also at the Whitworth – an exhibition of
textiles from the Islamic world “Four Corners of One Cloth”.
The
Creative Craft show is at Event City in Manchester, 31 Jan – 2 Feb. Among the demonstrators
will
be Bex Raven who will be coming to our June meeting to talk about the art of
Wabi Sabi.
Preston EG
have an exhibition, “Shorelines and Seascsapes”
22,23 and 24 February at the Green Room, Barton Grange Garden Centre,
near Garstang.
Ann’s stock of cards is running low. If you have any hand-made cards you can
spare, please give
them to Ann. If you
hear of any exhibitions or events that you think may be of interest to us,
please tell Sheelagh.
Our
Bolton blog: begstitchers.blogspot.com
We
now have Facebook pages for Bolton
and NW Region. Please ‘like us’ to help publicise the Guild
and
our activities.
