Cwilt Cymru Exhibitions in Swansea and Llanidloes

Nautical  Dawn         Red Flotsam 

 There's still time  to see  2 exhibitions  by Cwilt   Cymru  at Swansea  Museum  as part of Swansea Festival of Stitch  and    Minerva Arts Centre  in Llanidloes

 At Swansea  we're  showing work  from 2 collections : ' Connection'  and 'Traces/Olion' . The 2  red quilts I have  there  are actually the 2 pieces I made from same old quilt  as my  Connection pieces , it's great to  show them  together for the first time.

Hidden Fractures 

  From the ' Traces/Olion'  collection ,  the 2 indigo pieces incorporating  a sheer layer of indigo shibori   were selected to show. These don't photograph well  ( as I described here)  but  when they were  displayed  at  Stockport, they proved very popular  with viewers.

Indigo Ripples

  Indigo  also features  in one of my 'Cynefin' quilts   at Minerva  as  part of 'Welsh Connections'  ( short film here)

 Voice of the Waters

 Gifts to the Gods

 My other 'Cynfin' quilt ' Gifts to the Gods'  is  one of a series  based on losing my wedding rings on Catfield Fen! 

Connection at Forge Mill Needle Museum

 'Red Remnants'  detail

 

 'Red Remnants'  24" x 48"

 

 'Red Ripples' 24" x 48"

 

 'Red Ripples' detail

 I'm thrilled to say that 2 pieces I made as guest artist  with Cwilt Cymru for an exhibition on the theme of 'Connection'  will be at  Forge Mill Needle Museum from 11 February to  9 March. I won't get a chance to see the exhibition there but will definitely be going to Llandidloes Minerva Gallery  when it opens there in the summer.  Both quilts were made from the same ragged red and cream strippy coverlet I use for 'Red Flotsam' and 'Nautical Dawn'  ( which is currently touring as part of the CQ Horizons exhibition).  'Red Remnants' literally used almost every last scrap from the previous 3 quilts!
I would love to have the opportunity to show all 4 pieces together  at some point.

 And the 'connection' to Wales?  My first job after I graduated was  doing  grassland surveys of Gwent in 1993/94  and I lived in Abergavenny, joining the local quilt group, helping with the quilting on their Castle  quilt which featured in the local paper. The start of both my botanical career and quilting journey.