The Stitchery of Catherine Hill, a Lancashire Lass
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been selected as one of 40 core embroiderers for a very special hand embroidery project called The Unstitched Coif. The project is a collaboration between the V&A and curator Toni Buckby a PhD student. The 40 core embroiderers will have their work taken into the V&A archives in 2024. …
I’m pleased to announce that Giant Cauliflower Harvest has been selected for the Calderdale Open 2023. To mark Calderdale’s Year of Culture in 2024, the theme of this year’s exhibition is the landscape, people, history, and heritage of Calderdale. My father worked as a builder renovating old farm buildings in the area around Todmorden in …
My latest artworks called Reel Stories, started life as a handful of reels that I rediscovered after a day sorting through my collection of vintage cotton reels. The smallest reels are a perfect size for my hand embroidered text. It’s funny how a relaxed day pottering around can spark an idea. The cotton cloth is …