art textiles

cornucopia dickie 1988 private collection drawing, painting and machine embroidery A dickie waistcoat with a quote: "prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue". It was a private commission

a peach of a hat 1988 painting and machine embroidery on satin and cotton velvet private collection one of a series of fantastical hats from drawings for the The Horticulture Show exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria  

18th century style grey waistcoat 1985 machine embroiderery on satin collection of darlington mbc The pattern shape was sourced from Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums' collection of 18th century waistcoats.

18th century style flower long waistcoat 1985 private collection painting and machine embroidery on satin The pattern shape was sourced from Tyne & Wear Museums' collection of 18th century waistcoats

white dickie waistcoat 1985 machine embroidery on satin private collection One of a series of 1930s style dickie waistcoats.

woman in the garden, weeding 1990 97x83cm drawing, letraset, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection Made for the 62 Group of Textile Artists exhibition Fascinating Fibres at the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. The quote comes from a book of gardening lore

sewing seeds 1998 20x29cm drawing, painting and machine embroidery on satin private collection this piece is based on one of a series of drawings of seed packets, for the The Horticulture Show exhibition at Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria. This piece was made for an exhibition at Liberty of London    

the mirror 1986 150x125cm painting and machine embroidery on satin Made for the Embroiderers' Guild exhibition Stitched Textiles for Interiors at the Royal Institute of British architects in London. It is on the front cover of the book Designer Textiles by Fiona Adamczewski, 1986, David & Charles: ISBN 0 7153 9040 6, pp90, 91

trying-to-work-mates 1984 23x36cm machine embroidery on satin private collection a self-portrait with Mici the cat

sleeping partners in a bed of roses 1985 56.5x44.5 cm machine embroidery on satin private collection Paddy with red hair, newly pierced ears, and her cat Mici in her newly painted bedroom with pink walls and sheets