Bristol Branch: Bristol Branch Evening Lectures

Evening Lectures 2011

Friday 21st January - Embroidered Enamels. A talk by Janet Haigh of her journey from embroidery through enamelling and out the other side.

Friday 18th February - Judy Simmons. Journeys and Inspirations. Judy will talk on her inspirations and designs from India, architecture and patterns.

Friday 18th March - Lynn Setterington . Reflections on Coss Cultural collaborations. Lynn will talk about her practice led research and the various colaborations that have influenced her work.

Tuesday 9th April - Anthea Walsh . Line of Enquiry. Anthea will be giving a talk about her textile practice, the development of her work, design process and techniques

Friday 20th May - Inspiration fron Africa. A talk by Mary Sleigh based on Mary's travels , extensive research and experiences with tribal people.

Friday 17th June - But I am a Seed. A talk by Jenni Dutton on the process of making a piece of work around the theme of family and memory.

Tuesday 16th August - Drawing out the Collection. Julia Griffiths will talk about the way she references museum collections and how these influence her work in metal and fabric.

Friday 17th September - Knock `em Dead! Jan Connett wil be talking about why design and composition are important to anyone who who stitches !

Friday 21st October - Moira Ackers will talk on The History of Samplers.

Tuesday 15 th November - Maggie Grey will talk on Paper metal and Stitch, showing ways of using paper with metal, texture gels, paint effects and stitch.

Friday 16th December- Members Social evening.