The Stitchery of Catherine Hill, a Lancashire Lass
I’m pleased to announce that Moors of Home has been selected for the Water exhibition at Village Arts in Skelmanthorpe.
The exhibition will be in show at Village Art, 24 Commercial Road, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, HD8 9DA from the 3rd February – 1st March 2025.
I’m pleased to announce that ‘Moors of Home‘ has been selected by the Open Gallery for their Summer Art Exhibition.
This Group Exhibition will take place 25th June – 15th July 2022, at Open Gallery, 18 Rawson Street, Halifax HX1 1NH.
The central panel features an extract from the poem ‘Pennine Ramble’ written by Ebron. It was first published in “A Lancashire Miscellany”, a newspaper column featured in weekend editions of the Oldham Chronicle between 1956 and 1959.
The words around the outer border depict a memory from my own childhood of visiting my Grandparents in Stacksteads, Lancashire.
On sunny days they would pack a picnic and say ‘Let’s go up clough’. For me this meant a short walk up the footpath, past the farm with a Border Collie dog and ducks, over the stile and through the broken dry-stone walls, followed by a steep climb up to the clough and the brook where the water flowed fresh from the moors. I’ve spent many summers since sitting on the same rock, under the tree and paddling my feed in the cool water.
Size 21 x 27 cm. Hand embroidered and hand stitched with vintage Sylko thread on cotton cloth Eco printed with leaves and petals from my lockdown garden in Summer 2020. Designed during Spring 2021 UK lockdown.
Moors of Home is part of a body of work about my Lancashire roots.
I’m pleased to announce that ‘Moors of Home’ has been jury selected by Better Together Artists and Walk Bye for the Through the Clouds Exhibition. This international online event is hosted by Better Together and curated by artists Catalina Aranguren, Mary Waltham and Sonya Lee.
“What do you see through the clouds? Blue skies, an opening up to colorful fun times, jesters, jokers, party-time? Feeling positive about the other side of the clouds, going places, seeing new things? What does your sunny-side conjure up that visually interprets “…through the clouds”. Co-curated by Sonya Lee, Catalina Aranguren and Mary Waltham the exhibition showcases 36 international artists from 16 countries. A first collaboration with Walk Bye a truly complimentary public art partner and social media platform based in Jersey City, NJ, USA. ”
Better Together Artists.
This is the fourth exhibition I’ve taken part in with Walk Bye – the previous were ‘Merry Happy Joy‘, ‘Home‘ and the ‘First Anniversary‘ exhibitions.