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New exhibitions
TRANSFORMATIONS – inspired by the natural world A new exhibition of paintings by Pauline Lerry and textiles by Siân Martin Paintings and mixed media textiles by artists Pauline Lerry and Siân Martin The Malthouse Gallery, Town Mill, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3PU Saturday 13th May to Thursday 25th May 2023 Open every day 10.30 to […]
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Rolling out the carpet for hope
The title refers to a mixed media sculpture in cane, using textile processes create a long carpet of gradual change which relates strongly to global conservation concerns. ‘Rolling out the carpet for hope’ was inspired by the United Nations project to create a green corridor of plants and trees to re-hydrate the desert areas of […]
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Tread Softly
‘Tread Softly’ has a conservation theme reflecting the fragility of the earth. Featherweight feet shapes are placed along a flower footpath of paper fragments, laced together with fine stitching. Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the half-light,I would […]
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Between me and the Sky
A mixed media textile, using negatives threaded together with translucent silk organza to create an ethereal, watery textile. This reflects the changing light and large expanses of sky that characterise the moorland landscape of Somerset. ‘Between me and the Sky’ was exhibited in ‘Traces of Life ‘ with the UK Textile Study group and the […]
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Empty Nest
Inspired by a small silk bonnet studied at Platt Hall Museum, Manchester. Exhibited with the 62 Group of Textile Artists at Platt Hall in 2012. Somerset willow and machine stitched paper lace made from old school sketchbooks.
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How Green is my Valley
‘How Green is my Valley’ has been created into a flowing curtain form that hangs like a steep valley. This articulated form has been created from photo fragments from old family photographs. It makes connections with family roots in the hills and mountains of Wales.
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Dispatched with a Kiss
Inspired by the journey made by one boy from his home in Afghanistan to safety in the UK’. Exhibited in ‘DIS/rupt’ with the Textile Study Group in 2018. Fabric fragments threaded onto fine steel wires to create a long suspended textile wall hanging.
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‘Los 33’
The stack of punched holes makes a hollow void which symbolises the hole drilled deep into the ground to rescue the 33 Chilean miners who were safely brought out after two months incarceration deep underground in the collapsed copper mine in Chile. Exhibited with the 62 Group of Textile Artists in 2010.
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Family Ties
Inspired by the collection of papers accumulated by people over a lifetime. ‘Family Ties’ is a textile lace that is made from stitched paper and fabric fragments. Exhibited with the Textile Study Group at the Knitting and Stitching Shows in 2011 Series of work involving the threading together of fabrics and paper.
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Change Matters
Recent experiments relate to the presence of plastic along the coastline and especially the impact on sea birds. A series of artworks recycling plastic bottles and polythene bags in response to the pollution of our shores and the harm to sea life.