The Tutors

Booking classes is easy, simply follow the booking links below for our short or yearly classes. If you have limited time or want to focus on something specific try our shorter classes or if you have more time on your hands why not sign up for our yearly class schedule, these are run monthly. Reserve your place today.

Susan Chapman – Granary Studio

I am an artist who works mainly with printed and stitched textiles.I exhibit and teach both nationally and internationally, also at my home studio, the Granary Studio.  I have served as a judge at a number of festivals internationally and am currently in the process of writing a series of three books. My work is always concerned with all aspects of being human. how people interact with each other and the world around them… My art is deeply personal and currently related to the people wh…

Alysn Midgelow Marsden – Granary Studio

Here Alysn introduces herself I clearly remember school sewing lessons.The first project was ashirt, andwas then allowed to create an abstract ‘composition’ with layers of coloured net and machine stitching.The realisation that sewing didn’t have to be lazy daisy, French Knots, zips or button holes was a revelation and a joy. At the samemoment I was also discovering ‘modern’ art – the likes of Monet, Picasso, Mondrian, Klee etc. and the thought that I could marry the two was the start of a (v…

Caroline Bell – Granary Studio

Caroline Bell is a visiting tutor at The Granary Studio. She specialises in Eco printing and Dyeing on both paper and fabric, as well as natural indigo dyeing and hand stitch.  For more information about Caroline, please visit her own website at www.carolinebelltextiles.co.uk…

Clare Bullock – Granary Studio

Clare Bullock is a visiting tutor at The Granary Studio, she specialises in all aspects of feltmaking. For more information about Clare, please visit her own website www.clarebullock.co.uk Here she introduces herself‘Felt is my passion, I find you can create anything from wool, as a wet feltmaker I love to experiment with lots of different mediums but felt always remains at the core of my work.“If you can think it, you can felt it” I have been teaching felt making for the …

Debbie Lyddon – Granary Studio

Debbie Lyddon is a visiting tutor at the Granary Studio. she specialises in mixed media.Here she introduces herself Debbie Lyddon is an artist and maker based in Surrey and Norfolk, UK. Her creative practice explores landscape and place and includes mixed media cloths, sculpture, installation and drawing. Her inspiration comes from experiencing and paying attention to her surroundings. STATEMENT ‘My interest lies in the perception of natural phenomena that occur in my…

Wendy Dolan – Granary Studio

AppleMark I am a Fellow of The Society of Designer Craftsmen, The Sussex Guild of Designers and Makers, The Embroiderers’ Guild and am on the Crafts Council Makers’ Index. I am qualified with a B.Ed. Degree and a Diploma in Creative Embroidery and exhibit and sell my work at Exhibitions and Shows nationwide. Specialising in Freehand Machine Embroidery and related creative stitching techniques, I offer a range of courses, lectures and workshops. I welcome commissions both large and …

Rachael Singleton – Granary Studio

I am an experimental textile and mixed media artist living in West Yorkshire, England and love bringing together materials in the chase of an idea.  All this leads me to make one-off pieces or very small series.  The natural world is a constant source of enchantment and I also have a few preoccupations such as stones and stone walls, containment and housing objects.   Pieces are often small, or if larger, are the combination of  smaller elements.  Layers and complex s…

Rachel Johnston – Granary Studio

Rachel studied painting before completing an MA in Fine Art Tapestry at the Royal College of Art. She has worked with communities around the UK to produce commissioned and public art and was for many years a senior lecturer in Fine Art at the University of Chichester. She is a member and studio holder at Art Space Portsmouth and has exhibited widely including a recent solo show ‘All Rivers Run North’ at the West Gallery, Quay Arts in Newport, Isle of Wight. Group shows have included the Cordis P…

Jo Morley – Granary Studio

Jo is an experienced and qualified teacher, printmaker and working artist.  Her teaching career spans 30 years working with all ages and abilities in schools, colleges, universities,printmaking studios and community groups. More recently, Jo has facilitated art sessions on well-being retreats in the UK and in Greece.  Jo encourages and guides students to find their own unique creative voice through exploration, experimentation, and self-expression.  In her own practice, J…

Kate Findlay – Granary Studio

Kate is self employed as a textile artist and teacher. She lives with her partner and son in Berkshire, and has a studio at home on the second floor which gives her plenty of exercise up and down the stairs! She trained in industrial textiles at Kidderminster College and worked in the carpet industry for a few years before retraining as a teacher. Kate taught Design Technology and Art in secondary schools for many years, before getting a job as an art teacher in a private primary school after…

Linda Miller – Granary Studio

Linda Miller BA Hons. Has been a professional embroiderer since she graduated from Winchester school of art in 1988. Her work is successfully exhibited throughout the UK Europe and the USA. She has pieces held in public and private collections such as those of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Arts Council South East. Her book entitled “Creative Machine Embroidery” was published by A&C Black and she has appeared on Kirsty Allsop’s television program “Kirsty’s Handmade Britain” …

Helen Sill – Granary Studio

My practice brings together drawing, stitch and textiles to explore how knowledge is formed through the act of making. I am interested in the relationship between hand, material and thought, and in the forms of understanding that arise through touch, repetition and embodied attention. Working with global textile traditions, I practise and teach a wide range of hand-embroidery techniques—including Indian embroidery, shisha (abhla) work, sashiko and visible mending—while continually learning new methods and approaches. I work with textiles, drawing, reclaimed materials and slow, process-led techniques to honour the histories of craft while reimagining them for contemporary contexts.

As an artist, tutor and practice-based researcher, I draw on over thirty years of experience in stitched textiles and fine art. My current PhD investigates embodied learning through textiles and drawing, focusing on how making generates, carries and transforms knowledge. This research informs my teaching, where I encourage participants to engage with stitch not only as a technique, but as a way of thinking, noticing and being in relation with materials.

Through talks, exhibitions and storytelling rooted in global textile journeys, I share how textiles have shaped my life and practice. My research focuses on South Asian textiles, especially those of Gujarat, and I co-host and collaborate on artisan-focused textile tours to India and Central Asia with www.aahilyaholidays.com. These experiences continually deepen my understanding of hand-embroidery traditions and keep my practice evolving.

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