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Guild member Cate Fox has been working part time at a local auction house for a number of years and has found it to be a never ending source of inspiration for her textile and mixed media work. We asked her to tell us more about it... "Each month a wonderful mad collection of items…
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Guild member Louise Watson has been asked to do the illustrations for a community cake recipe book. Most of the drawings will be in black and white but Louise also wanted to do some textile ones, as that is her thing! The Avening Community Café started last November to combat loneliness, introduce newcomers and provide…
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There is currently an exhibition at the V&A celebrating a lifetime's work of Mary Quant. It is on until February 2020. Guild member Liz Valenti designed for Mary Quant in a freelance capacity for about eight years in the 1970’s. Here are some relevant images of Liz's design drawings for Mary, as well as one…
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Guild member, Christopher Noble has again been invited to represent England in the 4th Global Print exhibition which takes place in 10 venues spread along the Douro Valley in Portugal featuring 500 prints from 500 printmakers from over 60 countries. The show opened on 1st August and runs through till the end of September 2019.…
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Many congratulations to Guild member Emily-Kriste Wilcox who has been awarded 'Best Interior Decor Products 2019' in the SME News Midlands Enterprise Awards. These awards are given to those who are considered to be using 'innovative business practice' as well as for their 'outstanding overall performance' Woop! Emily-Kirste's website
Guild member Andy Moore has had a good month or so with his calligraphy. Vincentre, the new Van Gogh museum in Nuenen, Holland, has requested copies of his two hand-written and illustrated books on Van Gogh. And the Keats book on which he collaborated with the Old Stile Press has been featured as one of the highlights of their forty years of activity in…
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