'Response'
An exhibition by The Textile Collective
Our first exhibition of innovative textiles for fashion, interior and art will run from 28th June to 17th July 2011 at Wildes Wine Bar and Restaurant, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
The Textile Collective are...
Maria describes her work as "make do and mend". Her interests are recycling cloth into interior and fashion accessories using layering, printing and applique techniques.
M.A. Fashion and Textile Studies
Wendy's work is described as textiles for fashion and accessories; bold and striking designs using simplistic graphic motifs such as flowers and spots; with lots of lovely add-ons and embellishments!
Sara is a freelance textile designer and part-time lecturer at De-Montford University. Her designs include tableware, scarves and fashion fabrics. However, presently studying MA Surface Pattern Design at BCU, she is exploring a new direction 'the essence should be simple', to strip away exposing brushstrokes, handcrafted with an artisan quality.
Sharon Mendham:
HND in Fashion and Pattern Cutting
After a career in the fashion industry as a Pattern Cutter, Sharon now combines her love of fabric with screen printed graphic images that are often inspired by humble everyday objects and the domestic details that mark life.
Emma creates unassuming and subtly complex abstract 3D structures, arising from a meditative approach to materials and process, allowing the meaning to evolve in her work through the duration of their construction.
Helen Collins:
B.A. (hons) Fashion Design
Originally trained in fashion, Helen's work has taken a new direction recently. Through her development of open-screen textile process, Helen produces abstract images of layered colours and bold simple shapes, creating textile art for interiors.
Anna Blafield:
M.A. Textiles
Anna's work is described as 'art on paper and cloth', using printing, embroidery, applique and dyeing techniques. She loves finding the old and the forgotten: re-working, stitching and re-creating until something new emerges.
Helen Charalambous:
Diploma in Printed Textiles
Helen's work evolves from 'drawing with paint'- creating a picture with textiles using soft, watery marks, juxtaposed with strong, broken charcoal lines.
Wendy's work is described as textiles for fashion and accessories; bold and striking designs using simplistic graphic motifs such as flowers and spots; with lots of lovely add-ons and embellishments!
Emma creates unassuming and subtly complex abstract 3D structures, arising from a meditative approach to materials and process, allowing the meaning to evolve in her work through the duration of their construction.
Anna's work is described as 'art on paper and cloth', using printing, embroidery, applique and dyeing techniques. She loves finding the old and the forgotten: re-working, stitching and re-creating until something new emerges.
Helen's work evolves from 'drawing with paint'- creating a picture with textiles using soft, watery marks, juxtaposed with strong, broken charcoal lines. 
