The Stitchery of Catherine Hill, a Lancashire Lass
I’m pleased to announce that ‘Fragments‘ is part of ‘In and Out of Lockdown’ – the Embroiderers’ Guild Members’ Challenge 2022.
Hand stitched cotton cloth, eco-dyed and marked with leaves from my Lockdown garden.
This is the fourth Guild Challenge I’ve taken part in – previous entries include ‘Matchbox Challenge‘, ‘Take Time to smell the Roses‘ and ‘Sound of the Kenwood Chef‘.
The Embroiderers’ Guild Challenge 2022 artworks will be on display at The Knitting and Stitching Show in 2022.
I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be taking part in Saltaire Arts Trial 2022. A selection of my artwork will be on exhibition Saturday 30th April – Monday 2nd May in The Stitch Society shop within the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Salts Mill, Shipley.
I’m slowly preparing artworks to show – starting with Sound of the Kenwood Chef and Matchbox Challenge.
The Arts Trail guides visitors to exhibitions within Sataire village in addition to exhibitions and events within Salts Mill.
I’ll be there during the event and I hope to see many of you there.
Fragments is my latest piece of needlework, stitched and assembled during the last two years of Lockdown.
Lockdown was a challenge for me in many ways. Time stood still, my creativity was stagnated and I felt I needed a project to escape the world outside. The solution was to create components for an artwork that I knew would eventually evolve and take shape.
Non-essential shops were closed so the cloth was sourced from within my own home: old garments, bed and household linens.
Each piece was cut up and dyed during the summer months with plants from my Lockdown garden.
These hexagons formed part of a portable project that kept me focused and occupied.
Hand stitched over quarter inch hexagons with red thread. Started during the first UK Lockdown in March 2020.
Size 20 x 20cm. Red cotton thread, cotton cloth.
This piece forms part of a body of work created during Lockdown in the UK.