The Scalloped Edge

The Scalloped Edge

by | Feb 28, 2017 | Exhibitions

This exhibition is a collection of works which link the embroidery traditions of Madeira to my own contemporary stitch practice. The project uses stitch as a common cultural language to make connections through motif, process and metaphor. The sharing and exchange of...
VAST : 15 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

VAST : 15 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

by | Feb 27, 2017 | Exhibitions

  ‘Loukanikos and the Cat’s Cradle’ with glass additions from Kirsteen Aubrey, Amanda Ravetz (film and catalogue essay) shown at VAS:T 2015 show at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh    http://www.visualartsscotland.org and shown at Collect, the Saatchi Gallery...
Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn

by | Feb 26, 2017 | Exhibitions

  Shown by Contemporary Applied Arts at Collect, Saatchi Gallery 2014 Craft Now, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead purchased for Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead “Embroidery has rarely been so vivid” 180cm H x 360cm W  2014 Thread and print on canvas Ariadne, daughter...
Unravelling Uppark

Unravelling Uppark

by | Feb 25, 2017 | Exhibitions

The House of Eloi Alice Kettle and Helen Felcey The Dolls House at Uppark, had a huge impact on me as a child over constant visits with my mother and two sisters. We acquired our own monumental dolls house and each of us made furniture and curios. (I still have the...
The Garden of England

The Garden of England

by | Feb 24, 2017 | Exhibitions

GARDEN OF ENGLAND – ALICE KETTLE AT THE QUEEN’S HOUSE, NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH 14 MARCH – 18 AUGUST 2013 Acclaimed British textile artist Alice Kettle creates three specially commissioned works for the Queen’s House this spring, in the inaugural...