Textile Artist
and Dance Teacher
Hello. I am a textile artist and a creative dance teacher. My art practice includes hand and machine stitched textiles with mixed media, and my creative dance sessions are underpinned by Rudolf Laban’s principles of movement.
I make, teach and choreograph, always touching nature somewhere along the line.
Exhibitions
MATERIAL ALCHEMY
An exhibition by local artists in silver, glass and textiles
7th – 22nd Sptember 2024
Sou’ Sou’ West Gallery, Symondsbury, Bridport DT6 6HG
Stephanie Mogg – silver jewellery designer, Caroline Lewis – painter and fused glass artist, Wendy Hermelin – textile and mixed media artist, Sue Jenkins – natural eco dyer, printer and felt maker, Caroline Lake – weaver, Sally Parker – weaver and stitched crafts.
SOMERSET ART WEEKS 2024
LANDSCAPE – FLUX AND FLOW
21st September – 6th October
Haldon, Town’s End Ilminster TA18 0JA
Caroline Lewis – glass and paintings
Stephanie Mogg – silver jewellery
Wendy Hermelin – textiles 2D and 3D
Workshops
STITCHED TEXTILE WORKSHOPS
Three new day workshops coming in the Autumn 2024
Frampton Village Hall, near Dorchester
Free motion machine embroidery – 28th September – 10.00- 4.00
Spend a day being free and creative with your sewing machine. Practice free motion machining whilst creating a colourful stitched picture or panel from fabric scraps.
£65.00
Make a Mushroom or Two – 12th October 10.00 – 4.00
Create a colourful 3D mushroom or two with hand and machine stitch, using fabric, thread, wool tops and wire.
£65
Salwayash Village Hall – Bridport 10.00 – 4.00
Autumn leaves and lacy cobwebs
Create delicate autumn structures such as skeleton leaves and lacy cobwebs with free motion machining on soluble fabric.
£65
Contact me to book any of these workshops
..DANCING INTO ELEMENTAL ART
OCTOBER 19th and 20th 2024
These workshops provide creative time out of the hustle and bustle of the busy world. Working alone and with others in this beautiful area of west Dorset, nature and the elements come together in our dance and art. No experience is necessary, just a desire to experience nature through our creativity.
We work in Salway Ash Village Hall, near Bridport combining dance and art, inspired by a walk in the lovely West Dorset countryside; on a hill fort, by the sea or in ancient woodlands.
£150.00
Contact me for more details for this October weekend
If you work with a stitch group I am happy to come to you. Get in touch for a list of workshops I can offer.
To book any workshops in dance or stitch please contact me for more details – see the contact page
CREATIVE DANCE CLASSES
Autumn 2024
Laban based classes
Five Wednesday afternoons
November 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, December 4th
Salway Ash Village Hall near Bridport
2.00 – 4pm
Cost: £75 or £20 per session for occasional drop in arranged privately
