The Eyes Have It 2025 20 x 187cm drawing, painting & bonding on recycled cotton sheet Made for the 62 Group exhibition Joy in the Detail at Crafts Study Centre, Farnham. ARTISTS STATEMENT Glimpses of a year in which Horace & Paddy had eye surgery, & ongoing problems. Paddy’s 2nd cataract op went wrong, Horace [...]
fits like a glove 2023 whole work: 80x69cm envelope: 19.5x25.6cm pattern pieces & instructions: various sizes c.A4 drawing in Indian ink with technical drawing pens, fabric paint, painting, printing, bonding on cotton, paper, tissue paper Artists Wall Statement: Paddy’s professional embroiderer grandmother taught her to embroider when she was 5. She made her first garment [...]
multum in parvo 2022 drawing, painting & machine embroidery on antung silk & cotton velvet 30x30x30 cm made for the 62 Group exhibition Essence at the Knitting and Stitching Shows 2022 at Alexandra Palace, London (6-9 October 2022) & HCC, Harrogate (17-20 November 2022) This Venetian chimney form is Paddy’s first hat since 1995. It encapsulates [...]
Changes of Use – The Moving History of the Moorbys and the Reeds by Paddy Killer 2021 drawing in ink on cotton, washing line & wooden pegs overall size 214x43cm pillowcases 55.5x40cm each selected for The British Textile Biennial Connected Cloth – Exploring the global nature of textiles a 62 Group exhibition at The Whitaker, Rossendale, [...]
the brit and the great bear 129x93cm 2016 Drawing, painting and machine embroidery on silk. Painted wooden frame. Made for the 62 Group exhibition, Making Space, at Macclesfield Silk Museum from 18.05.16 to 03.09.16. Then touring to the Spring Knitting and Stitching Show at Olympia in London from 2 to 5 March 2017, then touring to the [...]
garthwaite with crawfish 2008 38.5x30 cm drawing in indian ink on silk mdf frame rubbed with graphite one of a series of works informed by historical textiles from public collections
airing my dirty washing in public 2008 44.5x 30 cm drawing in indian ink on silk mdf frame rubbed with graphite one of a series of drawings of my clothes
26@62+26 snippets 2012 95x176cm drawing in indian ink & bonding on silk Made for the 62 Group's 50th anniversity exhibition, 62@50, at the Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester When the 62 Group turned 50, I was 62, and Paddy had been priveledged to be member for 26 years. This mini-retrospective of life-size snippets of 26 pieces I have [...]
the bride wore black 2006 drawing and bonding on glass and silk wooden frame rubbed with graphite 41.5x4.15x8.0 cm FOR SALE made for the 62 Group Tracing Threads at Hove Art Gallery. This is a 3D piece with 3 layers of glass. Each layer has drawing in Indian ink. The middle layer has drawing and bonding
consequences of mary swift 2011 drawing in indian ink on silk 170x84 cm Originally made for the 62 Group exhibition Interventions at the Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester. It is a life-size consequences portrait of Paddy's maternal grandmother who taught her to sew when Paddy was 5. It illustrates Mary's clothing throughout her long life from [...]
