Lecture 9th January 2021 Anne Griffiths - Stories in Stitch
Anne started her lecture this afternoon by telling us how she started teaching Machine Embroidery at Gloscat. As the City and Guilds courses folded she then took on Hand Embroidery, Felting and Beading.
She has always been interested in letters, script, text, messages and iconography. An iluminated manuscript of her mothers' sparked this enthusiasm
Anne has always been interested in stamps and she has used ideas from these in her work.
While doing her City and Guilds she chose angels as her design topic
Anne told us that handwriting and font are important
While doing her City and Guilds part 2 , her mother died and as she sorted through old letters, and then used these , stamps and motherhood for the inspiration for her wall hanging
Christmas stamps have also inspired some of her work, which starts off in her sketch books
More inspiration from stamps using a variety of fabrics and tecniques
Illuminated letters using Bronzing powder and then metal shim
Anne completed the afternoon by showing us metal shim technique on the inside of tomato puree tube
and the combining it with acrylic painted images and text
Thank you Anne for a very interesting afternoon
