January 6th Narrative Textiles - Vivienne Beaumont

The first lecture of 2024 was a fascinating talk by Vivienne Beaumont

After doing her City and Guilds at Westhope College she went on to teach art , textiles and ceramics.

Vivienne then started an MA before lockdown. She needed to find a narrative for her work by using 50 words, 50 images and studying 4 artists

Her backgrounds start with acrylic mono prints. ink on top and then machine stitching, Texture is acheived with using the tailor tacking foot on her machine. She also uses abaca fibre  to create texture

She has an old Irish sewing machine which she has permanently set up with gold thread. as she likes harvest colours the gold enhances it. She has also used twigs and thorns.

As you can see she doesn't always stick to the inside of a frame or to a regular rectangular shape

Vivienne won a competition with ACE arts and the prize was to hold a solo exhibition, which she held last year entitled Seeds, flower and flowing hair

Thank you for a fascinating talk Vivienne