O Curioso Gabinete: Animal Exhibition

I’m pleased to share that Found – Toy Lion has been selected by curator Alison Davis Kurley, for the O Curioso Gabinete: Animal Exhibition – an exhibition touring Portugal.

Found: Toy Lion - part of the O Curioso Gabinete: Animal Exhibition
Found: Toy Lion – part of the O Curioso Gabinete: Animal Exhibition

O Curioso Gabinete: Animal Exhibition

O Curioso Gabinete is a touring exhibition of miniature 2D and 3D works shown in a hamster cage. The cabinet will be displayed in several galleries and other locations in Portugal, including Porto, Coimbra and Tomar.

All work has a maximum length of 10cm and weighs no more than 60g – the average length and weight of a hamster. 

Update

The first stop of the tour, 26 September – 3 October 2025, is A Tentadora in Covilhã. Covilhã is a city in the Portuguese mountains and has a good arts scene. A Tentadora is a small, beautiful space that hosts exhibitions alongside its shop and workspaces. The exhibition will then transfer to its next Porto location. 

Found: Toy Lion inside the Hamster cage
Found: Toy Lion inside the Hamster cage

Update:

The second stop of the tour, 4-16 October 2025 in Porto. The exhibition will then transfer to its next Tomar location. 

Update:

The third stop of the tour, 17-18 October 2025 in Tomar. The exhibition will then transfer to its next Celas location.

Update:

The fourth stop of the tour, 25-31 October 2025 in Celas.

Found: Toy Lion

Found: Toy Lion - part of the O Curioso Gabinete: Animal Exhibition

Found: Toy Lion is my latest hand embroidered artwork. The 2cm wide panel of stitched cloth is wrapped around a little toy lion from my childhood home.

Found: Toy Lion

Eco dyed cotton cloth, sourced from a preloved pillowcase, forms the background for the sewn words.

Words: In a little wooden box, veneer missing long ago, amongst the cotton reels, needle and pins.

The words are my own and hand embroidered in vintage Sylko thread onto eco printed cotton cloth. Attached to the toy lion with a handmade cord of vintage thread.

Size: Height 8cm x Width 5cm x Depth 2cm.

This is the first piece of work in my ‘Found’ series.

Land and Sea Exhibition

For this year’s Knit & Stitch Shows the Embroiderers’ Guild are curating a Members’ exhibition on the theme of ‘Land & Sea’. 

I’m pleased to share that ‘Butlins 1978’ is part of this year’s exhibition.

Butlins 1978 - part of the Land and Sea Exhibition
Butlins 1978 – part of the Land and Sea Exhibition

Knit & Stitch Show

Flowers, Leaves and Berries’ will also be on display, part of the Embroiderers’ Guild Members’ Challenge ‘Colour Rythms’ exhibition.

Flowers Leaves and Berries - part of the Land and Sea Exhibition
Flowers Leaves and Berries – part of the Land and Sea Exhibition

You’ll discover both of these beautiful exhibitions on the Embroiderers’ Guild stand.