September/October 2020
features
14 THE BABUSHKAS OF CHERNOBYL
Claire Baker on her relationship with the Babushkas of Chernobyl and their embroidery
20 LITTLE SHOP OF WONDERS
It's been 15 years since Jessie Chorley opened the doors of her Columbia Road shop - we ask what's in store in 2020 and beyond?
26 REUSE, RESTORE, REINVENT
Mandy Pattullo has built her artistic practice around a passion for reinventing textiles
32 THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
Anne Smith turned to textiles, enamoured by the traditions and considered pace of quilting
38 LAND GIRLS
Vivienne Beaumont's machine embroidered narratives capture her affection for ancient landscapes as well as personal obsessions
44 RELATIVE VALUES
Personal history collides with classical references in the work of Henry Hussey
48 SILENT WITNESS
Hilary Bower roots her practice in the quiet observation of the incidental and the ordinary
54 BLURRING BOUNDARIES III
Dr Jennifer Harris continues her series on art textiles by exploring how artists explore textiles in the global context