September/October 2020

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This issue features Jessie Chorley’s Little Shop of Wonders, Claire Baker reveals her relationship with the Babushkas of Chernobyl and their embroidery and Jennifer Harris tells us that textiles provide an important link between cultures.  We also have all the reviews, exhibitions and What’s On

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