Links and Events
Current events - send updates for this feature to deborah@bramblecottagecrafts.co.uk
The New Embroidery Group has pieces included from some of our members in an exhibition from 9th November to 13th December in London at Deptford Town Hall. . Please check it out here NEG 50th anniversary exhibition flyer.pdf
30th November to 11th December Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society at The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral, NR1 4DH click here for link
January 9th – January 22nd 2019 Microscopic by Bishy Lace Group.
At Norfolk Wildlife Trust Gallery, Cley, Norfolk. NR25 7SA
Times opening 10 am – 4 pm
The seven members of the Bishy lace group are holding an exhibition and sale of contemporary lace, both two and three dimensional, showing a diverse interpretation of their theme.
They are also holding a needlelace workshop on Saturday 19th January, please apply to Tamara Goulding at playford1@btinternet.com or 01603 870 249
ERTF Members' Sites, Groups and Blogs
Groups
- OTT Textile Group - OTT are also on Facebook
- EAST (East Anglian Stitched Textiles) - EAST are also on Facebook
- Textile Art Group Suffolk
- Herts Visual Arts website
- Suffolk Craft Society - Suffolk Craft Society are also on Facebook
- The Material Girls- Textile Group - The Material Girls are also on Facebook
- Chain Reaction - Textile Group
- Design2Stitch - Textile focus group, Essex
- Quinary group blog
- 98 Lace Group website
- Cambridge Open Studios website
- Vision group website
- The New Embroidery Group group website
Exhibition Reviews
Personal websites and blogs
- Jenny Leslie - personal website
- Deborah Richardson personal website
- Catherine Petit-Van Hoey - personal blog
- Alison White - Sheepy Things website
- Claire Cousins - Claire's Creative Craft Cabin (Cambridgeshire)
- Laura Guida - personal website
- Liz Holliday - personal website
- Nicola Hughes - personal website
- Norah Stocker - personal blog
Links to previous speakers at ERTF conferences
- Anne Kelly Speaker April Conference 2018 (textile nature)
- Michael Brennand-Wood Speaker October Conference 2017 (3-D textile art)
- Susie Wareham - Speaker October 2016 conference (Fabric to dye for) (no website)
- Claire Bullock Speaker October 2016 (Feltmaking)
- Jan Knibbs Speaker October 2015 Conference (wearable art)
- Lisa Tilley of U-Old-Bag Speaker April 2015 Conference (upcycled decorative items)
- Chris Thomas Speaker Nov 2013 Conference (photography)
- Karen Jinks Speaker Apr 2013 Conference (textile marketing and website design/management)
- Mary Sleigh Speaker Nov 2012 Conference (African textiles)
- Katie Chaplin Speaker Nov 2012 Conference (Japanese crafts and textiles)
- Heidi Lichterman Speaker Apr 2012 Conference (textile artist and curator)
- Lucy Day Speaker Apr 2012 Conference (artist and curator)
- Deanna Tyson Speaker Apr 2012 Conference (painter and textile artist)
- Stacey Harvey-Brown Speaker Apr 2011 Conference (weaver, plus speaker on personal/business development)
- Les Bicknell- Speaker Nov 2010 Conference (book artist)
- Debbie Lyddon Speaker Nov 2010 Conference (textile artist)
Sites of interest
- Warner Textile Archive - textile archive in Braintree, Essex
- craftanddesign.net - Craft and Design magazine
- Textiles East Fair - Textile exhibition and trader stalls
- Twisted Thread (Knitting and Stitching Show)
- Midlands Textile Forum - promoting textiles in the Midlands, UK
- Embroiderers’ Guild (The national guild for embroiderers - branches throughout the country)
- Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles - national guild for quilters
- International Felt Makers Association - international association for felters
- The Weave Shed - a website for professional weavers; includes exhibition listings
- TextileArts.net - a link to a variety of textile related websites (artists, groups, techniques, etc, etc)
- Dragon Hall- Norwich - unique medieval trading hall in Norwich, UK; and venue for previous ERTF exhibition and conference
- Broadland Arts Centre - Blog - Norfolk based community of artists (including textile and feltmakers)
- The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey - the location and inspiration for our 2015 exhibition
- Information about Rattan and Wicker a site of interest found by a local school