On Demand: TALKING THREADS: Claire Wellesley-Smith & Mandy Pattullo

Registration gives you instant access to an on demand recording of the Embroiderers' Guild TALKING THREADS event with Claire Wellesley-Smith and Mandy Pattullo that took place on February 24th, 2022. Susan Weeks was indisposed, so this event was hosted by Alex Messenger, one of the trustees of the Embroiderers' Guild.

The video can be only be viewed online and will be available for at least 1 month after registration.

Claire and Mandy discussed how to use stitch to promote wellbeing, their use of pre-loved fabrics.

Feedback from some people who came to the talk:

Firstly can I say how much I enjoyed hearing from, and about, both of the artists. I know the work of both very well but there’s always something to be learned by listening to creative conversation.

I commend the choice of interviewing Claire Wellesley -Smith. She is thoughtful, intelligent yet down to earth and the work she creates has an integrity that goes beyond simple recycling on materials.

I really enjoyed last night’s talk, it felt really relaxed. Mandy and Claire were a good combination together. They are both so passionate about their work and their enthusiasm was really infectious. I have already been looking through my fabrics and threads thinking of using them in different ways!! I will be exploring their work further.

Thank you for organising the event with Mandy and Clare. I really enjoyed it and found it both positive and inspiring.

Mandy Pattullo

Mandy Pattullo is an artist based in Northumberland in the North of England. She makes garments, textile collages and fabric books which often incorporate antique textiles. For many years this has included fragments of old patchwork and quilts.

Mandy sometimes works directly on to the surface of the quilt with embroidery and applique or she unpicks old quilts to find the layers hidden inside. These form a palette of materials which evidence the ghost stitches of previous makers.

Mandy’s pieces bring together precious fragments to form evocative compositions. The viewer is forced to re-examine fabrics that have become flawed through wear and tear, to find in them a new beauty.

www.mandypattullo.co.uk

By Mandy Pattullo

Claire Wellesley-Smith

Claire Wellesley-Smith is an artist, writer and researcher based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. She specialises in projects that use local, natural colour, created from home-grown and locally foraged plants on reclaimed materials. Cloth, dye and stitch are used as carriers of the natural and social history of place.

Long term socially-engaged projects are a key part of Claire's practice. These community-based engagements explore the ways that place, heritage and memory can connect people to their surrounding environments.

Her two books Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art (2015) and Resilient Stitch: Wellbeing and Connection in Textile Art (2021) are published by Batsford.

www.clairewellesleysmith.co.uk

Stitch Journal by Claire Wellesley-Smith

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