Festival of Quilts 2015

I am very, very excited to have a piece shortlisted for the Fine Art Quilt Masters prize at Festival of Quilts this year.  The prize is one of the biggest competitions in the quilt world in Europe.

I can’t show you the piece as that would invalidate my entry but it is from the ‘Error bred in the bone’ project up at BARC, University of Bradford.  It’s based on an x-ray of a skull from a medieval cemetery attached to a leper’s hospital in Chichester, and the archaeological dig plans of the site.

The image above is also from the ‘Error bred in the bone’ project and is a detail of an archive x-ray from a leper’s hospital in Addis Ababa from the 1980s.  This piece is in the Quilt Art 30^th anniversary exhibition ‘Small Talk’ which is in the gallery section of the Festival of Quilts.  This show of smaller pieces is the companion show to Dialogues which will open at the Quilt Museum in York in September.  You can buy the accompanying catalogue here. http://www.quiltart.eu/quiltartpublicat.html

AND finally I will also be on the Festival panel discussion ‘How does a quilt become a piece of fine art?’ along with Sue Prichard, Keeper of Textiles at the V&A, Dr Sue Marks, Helen Parrott, and my dear Danish friend Charlotte Yde on Friday 7th August, 12.15pm - 1.00pm.  A big subject for a 45 minute discussion!  You can find out more and book tickets here.
http://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/Content/Panel-Discussions/8_42/

So it will be a very busy Festival of Quilts for me.  If you don’t see me on the Fine Art Quilt Masters gallery, or the Quilt Art Small Talk exhibition, or the panel discussion then you’ll find me on the Pfaff stand driving the long arm Powerquilter.  Please come along and say hello!