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by Take Two

Articles, artist interviews, and student stories - offering insight into creative practice, process, and possibility.

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Beyond Technique – Tier Two

Tier Two offered participants focused small group mentorship. These works...

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Artwork by Lucy Dundon

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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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Artwork by Melinda West

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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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Emergence

Through shifting light, layered surfaces, and changing perspectives, these...

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Transformation student exhibition cover

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Transformation

Drawing on layered techniques and personal reflection, these works explore the...

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Artwork by Karen Harmon

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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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Artwork by Tammy Murdock

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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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Artwork by Susanne Lange

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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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Dorothy Caldwell and Claire Benn Friday Feature Artists

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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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Gathered strands cover for Form to freedom student exhibition

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Gathered Strands

This exhibition celebrates the beginnings of each student stepping into a...

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Uncharted - online student exhibition

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Uncharted

Challenging convention and stepping beyond traditional formats, these works...

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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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Moving Memories

Inspired by meaningful objects and the memories they hold, these works reflect...

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Roadkill - artwork created by K.C. Chilton

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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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Seasonal Abstraction

Inspired by seasonal ingredients and sensory experience, these abstract works...

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Traces

Working with earth pigments and cloth, these pieces explore the subtle and...

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From Marks to Meaning

Beginning with the simplest elements of dot, line, and mark, these abstract...

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Holding Stories

Inspired by the stories held in trees and landscapes, these works explore how...

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Transience

These collages explore the quiet beauty found in impermanence and change....

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Meet the winners of Time Well Spent

Our Time Well Spent exhibition and art prize celebrates five wonderful years of...

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Begin at your Beginning

Beginning with a self-chosen material, technique, or idea, these works reflect...

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Findings

Responding to place through sight, sound, and touch, these works reflect...

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Layered Fragments of Time

Exploring time as both companion and catalyst, these works reflect a layered,...

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Connections.

Through attentive sensing and thoughtful stitching, these works explore the...

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A-muse-ing

Exploring the many meanings of a muse, these works reflect thoughtful...

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Realigned

These works explore how ideas can shift through editing, reassembly, and new...

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Eleanor Burkett Vessel 02 - Friday Feature Artist

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Ellie Burkett: A passion for paper

British-born artist Ellie Burkett travelled to Japan to explore her fascination...

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Embroidered landscapes: The art of Kate Tarling

Through her textile artwork, British textile artist Kate Tarling stitches not...

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Finding Fragments - Student Exhibition 2025

I am delighted to share more amazing work from my Finding Fragments course....

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Capturing Moments

Exploring the space between photography and mixed media, these works capture...

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Seasons.

Through stitched painting and mixed media embroidery, these works explore the...

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From Elements to Archetypes

Exploring the elements of design and the archetypal structures of composition,...

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In Retrospect

These works reflect thoughtful visual enquiry into memory, meaning, and...

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Nurturing Revolutions

Through sculptural weaving and basketry, these works explore nurture as both...

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Collating Past, Present

Inspired by personal objects and the stories they hold, these works explore...

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Sue Brown - Friday Feature Artist Interview with Take Two

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Sue Brown: Collagraph and Birds

Sue is a master collagrapher and artistic storyteller. She shared her love of...

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What Remains

Inspired by the quiet beauty of imperfection and impermanence, these collages...

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Sue Hotchkis: The Beauty of Aging and Decay

Sue is a fibre artist with a fascination for decay. During her Friday Feature...

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Where the Light gets in

Inspired by the beauty found in imperfection, these works celebrate...

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