The Tutors

Hello, 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 judge at a number of festivals internationally and am currently in the process of writing a series of three books. My work is concerned with people’s relationship with each other and also with their environment. I draw, my sketchbooks are crucial to my practice, and inform all my textiles work.I belong to several …

My process-led practice is based on personal engagement with landscape and has sustainability at its heart.I am fascinated by the detail of organic things and my work celebrates and carries an essence of what I experience in the natural world. My background in physical geography and nature conservation underpins my artistic practice. I work with natural fibres and gathered materials, employing natural dyes, stitch, weave and soft basketry techniques.These elements come together in different c…

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…

Amanda Clayton is a visiting tutor to the Granary Studio, here she introduces herself I have always maintained my joy of cloth and stitch as well as keeping a strong exhibition profile whilst teaching since graduating. My main lecturing has been as a diagnostic tutor (Btec Foundation Art and Design) which encompasses all specialist areas of art and design all underpinned by a firm foundation of looking, selecting, and drawing. As well as being involved in advising for the BBC on th…

Amanda Hislop is a visiting tutor to the granary studio, here she introduces herself: Artist Statement Amanda has a passion for colour and texture. A degree in Woven Textiles developed an intuitive understanding and response to the tactile nature of textile materials. She has developed a way of working which gives freedom beyond the restraints of woven fabric, using threads to draw images and integrate texture into the surface of fabric and paper; combining drawn and painted marks wit…

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 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 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…

I am a textile artist and tutor living and working near Oswestry. I am inspired by the landscape of Shropshire, it’s colours, patterns textures and shapes. I have always loved rolling landscapes, clumps of trees perched on hills, ploughed fields and the changing of the seasons. Through my textile art I aim to bring out my feelings about what is around me rather than  being a true representation of any one place. I work with a number of textile techniques singly and in combination, batik(…

Melanie Rose is a visiting tutor of Drawing and Painting, and Life Drawing at The Granary Studio. Here she introduces herself ‘I am a practicing artist specialising in drawing and painting. My current research is about embodied drawing with a particular focus on the figure and place. Alongside my practice I work in both mainstream education as a lecturer and within gallery education specifically with Southampton City Art Gallery and Aspex. I have taught Life Drawing for many year…

Here Sue introduces herself l did a textile degree at Liverpool School of Art.Then moved to Cornwall and have spent time,teaching and developing my own work.I ran a Fine Art Textile HND at Cornwall college for many years,as well as living and working in Australia.I produced ‘Painting with Stitches’ book in 2004 and am currently featured in Maggie Greys …2nd WOW bookI am a member of the Makers Emporium ,cooperative gallery in st Just ,Penwith and the St Ives Society of Artists….

My name is Susie Chaikin and I am obsessed and inspired by Frida Kahlo, Mexico, idols and love. I lived and traveled in Central America for a year 20 years ago and it was here that I was first captured by textiles, pattern and colour. The abundance of all those things took my breath away and have had a huge influence on my artwork and my life. I was taught how to weave by the women of Tikal, a hilltop village in Guatemala, where my passion for embroidered roses grew. They all shouted at me a lot…

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 …

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 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” …