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