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Beyond Technique – Tier Two
Tier Two offered participants focused small group mentorship. These works...
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Student Success Story: Lucy Dundon
"The biggest change was learning to think like an artist - not just a maker,"...
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Student Success Story: Melinda West
"If my art nourishes me, it will likely nourish others," says Melinda West.
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Nicole Nehrig: the layered power of making
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Jo Wright: Feb 13 2026
“If you envision something, you can make it a reality,” says Nicole Nehrig,”...
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Casey Engel: Evidence of the hand
Angela Truscott: Feb 6 2026
Casey chases the “magnificent wobble” that only handwork can hold. “What it...
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A “brand” new chapter for Take Two
Jo Wright: Jan 30 2026
"This rebrand isn’t about becoming something else. It’s about becoming more...
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Claire Benn: when handwriting becomes texture
Deborah White: Jan 30 2026
"Once you realise that text is simply a mark, you’re free to go anywhere you...
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Transformation
Drawing on layered techniques and personal reflection, these works explore the...
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Angela Truscott: a new Take Two chapter
Jo Wright: Jan 23 2026
"You can teach skills anywhere - but belonging changes everything", says Angela...
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Student Success Story: Karen Harmon
"I let go of that idea that I have to be something specific to be considered an...
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From the archives: Bryony Rose Jennings
Angela Truscott: Jan 13 2026
You’re just trying to help them realise who they want to become. It sounds...
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Student success story: Tammy Murdock
"I needed something new but I didn't know that embroidery was what I needed. So...
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Student Success Story: Susanne Lange
“Even though I’m still at the beginning, I feel this type of creative design...
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A Day in Indigo: Traditional Japanese Dyeing at AIWAYU, Gifu
Angela Truscott: Dec 31 2025
At AIWAYU, indigo isn’t a product but a living collaboration – a vat alive with...
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From the archives: Olga Radionova sculpts softness and strength
Angela Truscott: Dec 31 2025
Ukrainian artist Olga Radionova transforms wood, metal and textiles into...
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From the archives: Dorothy Caldwell and Claire Benn respond to land in textile
We're on the planet only once – we might as well get a feel for the place. –...
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Outer Sensing, Inner Seeing
These works emerge from close sensory observation of place shaped by a joyful...
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From the archives: Sandra Meech stitches landscapes
Angela Truscott: Dec 16 2025
Every time I see my feet in a photo, I’m transported back to that moment in...
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Gathered Strands
This exhibition celebrates the beginnings of each student stepping into a...
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From the archives: Sally Hirst turns memory into material
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Tara Axford: Dec 9 2025
I want to maintain this place of not knowing for as long as possible. If I know...
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Lissy and Rudi are crocheting joy
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Fleur Woods: Dec 2 2025
We knew from day one that this whare would tour the world and have an impact....
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The Canary & the Parrot - Nicky Ilsley’s solo exhibition
For textile and mixed media artist Nicky Ilsley, the past three years have been...
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Simone Elizabeth Saunders creates soft textures with strong messages
Jo Wright: Nov 25 2025
Textiles are so soft and tactile, and yet I love that duality – that they can...
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Moving Memories
Inspired by meaningful objects and the memories they hold, these works reflect...
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Dana Falcini sculpts the cycle of life
Tara Axford: Nov 18 2025
I realised the work was more mature than I was, and that I needed to grow up...
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Coulter Fussell on quilts and play
Jo Wright: Nov 11 2025
I don’t have to make connections – I know they’re already there. I’m just...
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Jacki Barklie on resisting perfection
Angela Truscott: Nov 5 2025
If you don't take risks, you don’t find those exciting bits. I tear the fabric,...
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Community Spotlight: K.C. Chilton
We’re back with a Community Spotlight and this month it’s shining on artist and...
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Helen Geglio and the quiet strength of cloth
Angela Truscott: Oct 28 2025
A mind map can be described as thinking made visible by pulling a threaded...
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Carlie Trosclair casts time and place
Nicola Rough: Oct 21 2025
My job is to foster wonder and curiosity in my own life – and if I can walk...
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Seasonal Abstraction
Inspired by seasonal ingredients and sensory experience, these abstract works...
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Tina Marais is starting a Soft Revolution
Deborah White: Oct 14 2025
You don’t need to use the materials I’m using – the invitation is to find what...
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From the archives: Layered histories with Rebecca Crowell
Angela Truscott: Oct 7 2025
You keep building these layers, and then you scrape them back. The earlier...
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From Marks to Meaning
Beginning with the simplest elements of dot, line, and mark, these abstract...
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From the archives: Inky impressions with Sue Brown
Angela Truscott: Sep 29 2025
Every artist must own that idea – just do it. There isn’t a right decision or a...
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From the archives: Pattern, chance, and cloth with Matthew Harris
Angela Truscott: Sep 23 2025
I don’t want to design the pieces – they come about through the process of...
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From the archives: Layers of observation with Tansy Hargan
Tara Axford: Sep 16 2025
If you give yourself a task, then you will start thinking about things in a...