On Demand: THREAD TALKS: Anne Haigh: Digitising the EG Collection

In October 2023 the Embroiderers’ Guild commenced the huge but joyous task of digitising their collection. A chance to find out more about the Embroiderers’ Guild Collection and the further progress they have made to photograph and digitise images that will then be available online via ArtUK for all to study and enjoy in glorious detail.

Anne Haigh, the Trustee leading the Digitising the Collection Programme will provide an overview of what the project has involved, progress to date, glimpses behind the scenes and what is planned next. Be prepared for amusing stories of practical challenges overcome and some exquisite embroidery eye candy.

Donations from this talk will be ringfenced for further work on the Digitisation Project.

Please note that this ticket is for a recording of the live event on 12 July. Tickets for the live event are available here. You will be emailed access details to the recording by 30 July. The recording is not downloadable but will be available for viewing until at least 31 August, 2025.

Support items for digitisation

Anne Haigh is a trustee of The Embroiderers' Guild and is project managing the digitisation project. Having done embroidery since a child and completing City and Guilds Certificate and Diploma in Embroidery she is a member of her local stitch group and joined the Guild as a trustee to help the Guild reshape post-COVID-19.

Having spent 34 years working for a large telecommunications company, Anne has a lot of experience managing projects and creating processes to streamline working methods. Anne has been managing the digitisation project since October 2023, initially running a pilot phase to see how the Guild could deliver the project, and once this phase was reviewed it was agreed to continue the digitisation through 2024 and 2025.

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Ian and Anthea Godfrey planning the video